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The Council Wars were a racially polarized political conflict in the city of Chicago from 1983 to 1986, centered on the Chicago City Council. The term came from a satirical comedy sketch of the same name written and performed by comedian and journalist Aaron Freeman in 1983, using the good vs. evil plot line of the film Star Wars as a device.
List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923. The Chicago City Council assumed its modern form on April 16, [ dates 1] 1923, with fifty wards each electing one alderperson. Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time. Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied ...
DePaul University ( JD) Joseph A. Moore (born July 22, 1958) is a former Chicago politician. Moore was first elected to Chicago City Council as the alderman for the 49th ward, which includes the majority of Rogers Park and portions of West Ridge, in 1991. [1] Moore won re-election six times, before losing to challenger Maria Hadden in 2019 .
Introduced in the Senate at the end of July by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), the Credit Card Competition Act of 2022 calls on the Federal Reserve System to prohibit ...
June 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM. NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge said she's not likely to approve the $30 billion settlement between the payment processing giants Visa and Mastercard and the merchants ...
Not rewarding. Thanks to The Kansas City Star for an excellent overview of the credit card swipe fee legislation proposed by Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall.
Maria Elaine Hadden is an American politician and community activist from Chicago. She is a member of the Chicago City Council, serving as alderperson for the city's 49th ward. She won election to that office after defeating 28-year incumbent Joe Moore in the 2019 election, and was reelected in 2023. The 49th ward includes most of Rogers Park ...
In 1975, he was elected Alderman of the 33rd Ward of the City of Chicago. In 1976, he was also elected ward committeeman. His ward comprised part of Chicago's Northwest Side. In 1979, Mell was elected by the City Council to serve as the city's vice mayor. He held this position until April 1987. [2] During the Council Wars of the mid-1980s, Mell ...