My account of the endorsement process wherein the sitting Fifth Ward alderperson's hand-picked candidate got a blisteringly fast endorsement from this "independent" group. Plus, A plan that shows how the institutions (credit union, health center, Freedmen's Bureau) I have proposed for South Shore translate into 64 jobs and $4.57 million dollars a year for 71st Street.

Related link: https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/71st-street-matters/

Two South Shore forums this weekend, plus why is Adrienne Irmer in the 8th Ward and trying to represent the Fifth? Visit https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/adriennes-dilemma/ to review documents discussed in the podcast.

Today we dive into developments in the race now that we see all the candidates who have applied. (There are TWELVE of us!) I talk a little about the system and the ways in which it seems to favor certain people.

Visit gabeforfive.com to learn more about our campaign for Fifth Ward alderman.

Update on the Workers' Rights Amendment (maybe passed, very close call); let us know if you want to sign my petition and here's what comes next in election season; another shooting in South Shore and what we can do about it.

gabeforfive.com to sign or volunteer to collect signatures and to learn more about the campaign

The nail-biter of a vote count on the Workers' Rights Amendment; anti-racism staff training after a noose is found at the Obama Presidential Center construction site; all bus stops northbound on Stony between 58th and Marquette have been eliminated; please join us in collecting signatures to get on the ballot.

Links:

Volunteer for our campaign

Links and numbers for the show:

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Chicago Board of Elections -- polling places

312-269-7976

U.S. Attorney's office

312-469-6157

312-469-6158

lumpenradio.com

heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

With just a few days away, we want to talk about the Workers' Rights amendment again, plus we have to get the conversation started about the violent crime rates in South Shore and what works to reduce violence.

We're launching our inaugural episode of Five Under Ten early because the Workers Rights Amendment which is on the Nov. 8th ballot is in jeopardy. Listen to the episode to hear more. Plus: Snapshots on my positions on public safety, economics, and our public resources. And a little about #Reparations, which you will hear a lot about from me.