Upload
south-street-journal
View
215
Download
2
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
South Street Journal Newspaper
Citation preview
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 1
No other ethnic group witness
self-violence in portion of its popula-
tion as African Americans in all of
the U.S. The on
going reports
and root of
crime rest with
drugs. ‘Get rid
of the drugs,
most ills will be
solved’ as the
saying goes.
With data sup-
porting the rela-
tionship of drug
lack of education
and crime; in two
movies Godfather
I (1971) ear of the
1940’s and Pan-
ther (1993) in the
era of 1960’s both detected the future
of the black community as doom
with the influx of drugs.
The Godfather told the other
mob, sell it to the N—- and the Wet-
backs. It will destroy families and
community. The moment you sell it
(Continued on page 7)
April 5—17, 2012
Volume 19 No. 2
773 668-5318 $FREE$ $1 Donations Requested
$Billion
law suit A Chicago man
accused last year of trying to sell bo-gus secur i t ies through social me-dia has turned
By Everloyce McCullough Voters will cast again their choices for
the special election for Illinois' 2nd con-
gressional district on April 9, 2013, to fill
a seat in the United States House of Rep-
resentatives after Congressman Jesse
Jackson, Jr. resigned on November 21,
2012.
Robin Kelly is the winner of the Democ-
ratic primary and Paul McKinley won the
Republican Primary. LeAlan Jones, who
ran unopposed in the Green Party pri-
mary, gained the nomination. As Marcus
Lewis the Independent, and just weeks
(Continued on page 10)
Outraged Civil Protest includes
actions at CPS Leaders Homes As students, teachers and staff on spring break protested against the plan
for Chicago Public School attempt to close the district's $1 billion budget
deficit by closing 54 schools.
Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett released the list of closures ahead
of the March 31 state-mandated deadline. "As a former teacher and principal
and as a mother and grandmother, CEO Byrd-Bennett knows that consolidating
(Continued on page 5)
By Chinta Strausberg
If you are in a gang, then you are committing terrorist
acts against the community, said Minister Dewayne
Glover a member of the Concerned of the Faith Commu-
nity and the Salvation Church of God Church, during an
interview late Thursday night on WVON’s Ciff Kelley
show.
Glover, who is also the assistant program director at
WYCA, said if LAPD can put up $1 million to go after
former policeman Christopher Dorner, who allegedly
killed four people including officers, Glover asked,
“What can we do in the city of Chicago over these
gangs?
(Continued on page 7)
Innocent youth
from the 6 month
old baby to the
shooting death of
a 15-year-old
Chicago honor
student, as others
not account for
t h e m a n y
wounded daily,
has the Chicago
Police returning
for more solutions
to the violence.
One of which
Mayo r Rham
Emanuel and Po-
lice Superinten-
d e n t G a r r y
McCarthy reas-
signment of approximately 200 police officers from adminis-
trative positions to Area Headquarters. And reported Chicago
(Continued on page 7)
The killings in Chicago has tipped Clergy, Community Leaders, Politicians, Block Clubs, and the general public sending many messages
that the violence has to stop. From marches to gun and bullet turn-ins, increase in summer jobs for youth, and now again the National
Guard. In the midst of solutions to the violence, the White House has sent Chicago over $50 million to address the violence.
The Black Women’s Expo 2013 Headliners Kim Coles, Faith
Evans, Dick Greg-ory, Tamela Mann, Sherri
Shepherd, Dr. Ian Smith, Keith
Sweat and Susan Taylor part of
star-studded ros-ter for April 5-7
(Continued on page 13)
100 Percent: All Seniors
to Four-Year Universities For the first time, 100 percent of the graduating seniors from
Urban Prep’s Englewood campus and the inaugural graduating
class from its West campus, all African-American males, have
accomplished what some thought would be impossible, but
(Continued on page 6)
Jones McKinley Kelly
The Reception Friday, May 3, 2013
and Summit Saturday May 18, 2013
The Quarry, 2425 East 75th St On the first Black
Wall Street District In Chicago
Resolution by the Sen. Donne Trotter
Continue on page 6
Continue on page 8
Page 2 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
South Street Journal Jarrell Communications Inc.
Publisher and Editor: Ron Carter Writers: Chinta Strausberg, Sonja
Predue, Donnell Robinson, Sonja Purdue, Correspondent: Carl West, National; Kam Williams,
Marketing Associate: Sonja Perdue, Chicago’s Black Business
Network South Street Journal Chicago, IL 60616 South Suburb office 18419 S. Halsted, Glenwood Plaza Glenwood, Illinois 773.668.5318 E-mail: [email protected] Copies of SSJ are free, except special
request drop offs and for streethawk-
ers, street hawkers $1 each. Copyright
2013. All rights reserved. SSJ assumes
no responsibility to return unsolicited
editorial or graphic material. All rights
in letters and unsolicited editorial or
graphic material will be treated as
unconditionally assigned for publica-
tion and copyright purposes. Material
may be printed without written permis-
sion, upon credit given to SSJ.
Could Cardinal Peter Kodwao
Appiah Turkson of Ghana
been the first African Pope?
The “Rock” Charles Dutton be held to
making a movie on Harold Washington and
on the Black Wall Street of Tulsa Oko-
homo as he said on the Chicago’s Black
Business Network, radio program? He said
he could play the role of Harold to the ‘T’.
Marc Loveless says, For purpose of clarity the NAACP South Side
Branch of the NAACP lead by Rose Joshua was dissolved as a
Illinois organization. They not only failed to file the correct paper
work with the Secretary of State office, but they have not filed
documents with the Attorney General's office to allow them to
solicit funds. As a result the Illinois Secretary of State's Office dis-
solved the organization in 2009. A group of members have come
together to reorganize the NAACP South Side Branch and have the
organization to be compliant and consistent with the ideals of the
NAACP, Sounds like the internal stuff of Black Wall Street Chi-
cago, dropped by Mark Allen.
Will Sandi Jackson join the alderman she helped removed William Bea-
vers? A moving company was at the home of
former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., 2559 E.
72nd St.,. Reliable sources say the moving com-
pany is possibly moving him to Washington,
D.C.
….For another Jackson family drama,...Jury
selection began in a lawsuit filed by Michael
Jackson's mother against the promoter of the
late pop star's planned comeback concerts.
Michael Jackson possibly doing an article for
the entertainment services for South Street Jour-
nal? Oh that’s Jovan Carter Dancer / Tribute
Artist offer to the community.
City Counsel ward changes are not
over yet. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOT-
ERS OF CHICAGO, ) JODI BIANCA-
LANA, BRUCE CROSBY, ) WILLIAM
K. CROSBY, STEPHANIE CRO-
WELL, ) IGNAZIA ANGELA DAIDONE, JIM IGNA-
TOWSKI, ) GERALD A. JUDGE, AMELIA KABAT, ERNIE )
LUKASIK, KEITH MCDONALD, ROBERT MCKAY, ) No.
13-cv-2455 LYNN SEERMON, PATRICIA SWINDLE, and )
ALONSO ZARAGOZA, ) Plaintiffs, ) Jury Demanded v. )
CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, ) the defen-
dant, the City of Chicago, is acting under color of law to
deny plaintiffs their right to vote.
The big 100 years will be for Webb Evans this year on
79th Street Black Wall Street District
They was a meeting with the City of Chicago contract
procurement off and question raised on the contracts still
up in the air for Black Chicagoans.
IDES Recovers $44 Million from Unemployment Cheats. In 2012, more than $44 million was recovered from 20,000 people who wrongfully
collected unemployment insurance, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said Federal
tax returns were confiscated from those who refused IDES’
offer of a repayment plan.
So far this year, IDES has asked the Internal Revenue Service
to seize an additional $226 million from 71,000 people who
either purposefully defrauded the IDES or should have known
they were not entitled to the temporary benefits.
“Not only are we criminally prosecuting benefit fraud, this
shows we are fighting to claw back the money,” IDES Director
Jay Rowell said. “Every dollar we get back means businesses
will pay less in taxes so they can use that money to hire more employees and help grow our economy.”
This is the second year that IDES can garnish federal tax returns following reforms enacted in 2011.
The initiatives to fight fraud, increase tax fairness and reduce costs for businesses are part of Gov. Pat
Quinn’s plan to improve the state’s climate for job creation and strengthen the Illinois economy.
Protecting the integrity of the Trust Fund is paramount. Money that pays for unemployment insur-
ance benefits comes from a business payroll tax. The Trust Fund’s balance is among the factors consid-
ered when determining the payroll tax amount. The lower the Fund balance, the higher the payroll tax.
Unemployment insurance’s temporary dollars most often pay for essentials at the neighborhood gro-
cery, gas station and clothing store, thereby supporting the local economy. Every $1 in unemployment
insurance benefits generates about $1.63 in economic activity.
Potential boycott of Schaumburg is brewing after
village official brags about their murder rate National Block
Club University (NBCU) reached out to the people of Schaumburg and Elgin seeking
widespread help for the anti-volience efforts. A media contact from Schaumburg for-
warded the request to the Village of Schaumburg’s Information Officer, responded to the
fact that Schaumburg has enjoyed only 3 murders in 7 years and issued a deadline of one
week to remove the title Schaumburg off of NBCU’s website. Totally shocked at the level
of insensitivity, the founder of National Block Club University, Syron Smith, responded
with a letter to the six trustees and the village president asking for an apology for the lack
of concern being displayed to a fellow American. With no response of the lack of compas-
sion from this administration. NBCU will focus on a petition drive from 20 neighborhoods
in Chicago to possibly boycott spending in the Village. National Block Club University is
an Illinois not for profit since 2003 designed to combat violence across 167 of America’s
most dangerous neighborhoods block by block. Additional information Syron Smith 312
405-8844 or email him at [email protected].
Aldermen Sawyer supports “No TV Week 2013 Alderman
Roderick T. Sawyer of the Sixth (6th) Ward is supporting No TV Week 2013. No TV Week is happening April 8-12
and is a project sponsored by Acts of Love which was founded by 6th Ward resident William E. Hall. The sixth
ward has partnered with Acts of Love previously on high successful book drives. For one week they are asking
families to not watch any television and do events as a family. “No TV Week is week
for imagination and love to saturate homes across Chicago,” William Hall said.
“Turning off the television for one week, and spending time as a family will start
what we hope are new family traditions that can improve the character of young peo-
ple and the conditions of homes across the City of Chicago."
Alderman Sawyer joins at least 3 public schools, multiple community organiza-
tions and a growing number of residents in supporting No TV Week. “At a time
where there are so many issues going on in our community,” Alderman Sawyer said,
“ there is no better time for a project that focuses on re-establishing family connec-
tions.” The family events for the week are:· Monday – Arts and Crafts, · Tuesday –
Cook Together, · Wednesday – Family History Night
· Thursday – Story Time, · Friday – Game Night
Aysha Butler, President of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood
(R.A.G.E.) who is supporting the event added, "R.A.G.E. is in complete support for of No TV week because too
often our young people are being raised by reality shows, videos, etc. who does not always have their best interest in
mine. No TV week will give families and young people the opportunity to genuinely connect without any distrac-
tions, which we feel should happen more frequently especially in our communities."
You can find more information about No TV Week 2013 at www.NoTVWeek.com
Black Firefighter's Museum, The City Council recently approved an ordi-
nance that leases the vacant firehouse located at 5349 S. Wabash Avenue on a $1, 10 year lease to Mor-
ris Davis, retired firefighter and founder of the museum. The museum will honor black firefighters and
their many contributions and inventions towards firefighting and is set to open next year.
City Vehicle Sticker Overhaul. City Clerk Mendoza introduced legislation that will
mark the first major overhaul of City Vehicle Stickers in 100 years. The ordinance authorizes the Clerk's Office to
transition from seasonal City Sticker sales to Year-Round sales. This year will be the last time residents receive a
June-to-June sticker. The first phase will be focused on educating the public about the upcoming changes to be im-
plemented in 2014.
This legislation is the start of phase one of the Year-Round Sticker
Sales Program, an unprecedented educational outreach effort to
every Chicago driver. One aspect of this will be the 1.3 million re-
newal forms we will send out this spring notifying Chicagoans of
the upcoming changes to City Vehicle Sticker sales and how it will
impact them.
In 2013, the Clerk's Office will be asking residents on their renewal
forms for their email and VIN, or Vehicle Identification Number. In
2014 - during the second phase of the transition to Year-Round sales
- City vehicle owners will be assigned a new sticker expiration
month based on a vehicle's Illinois State License Plate Registration
expiration. There will be a six-month offset between the expiration
of license plate registrations and Vehicle Stickers to help households
budget for vehicle costs. Senior motorists over the age of 65 will not be affected by these changes and will remain
on a June-to-June schedule.
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 3
The U.S. Department of La-bor making availability ap-
proximately $26 million in
grants to improve the long-term
labor market prospects of youth
involved in the juvenile justice
system. The “Face Forward”
grants are designed to give
youth a chance at success by
offering support services,and
skills development that can help
them obtain employment and
overcome the stigma of a juve-
nile record. Approximately 26
grants of up to $1 million each
will be awarded to serve juve-
nile offenders between the ages
of 16 and 24. Eligible partici-
pants must be between ages 16
and 24, and must have been
involved in or currently in-
volved in the juvenile justice
system or be candidates for
state juvenile diversion pro-
grams. The solicitation for
grant applications, which in-
cludes information about how
to apply, is available at http://
www.grants.gov.
Free Youth Summer Program, Coppin AME's
Freedom School is offering free summer programs for youth. The six week program runs from July 1, 2013 to August 9, 2013 and features academics, activi-ties, recreation, and meals/nutrition. To register or to get more information, please contact ( 7 7 3 ) 6 6 7 - 5 8 8 1 o r [email protected] visit www.coppiname.org.
April 20, An All Prison
Ministries Holistic Con-ference. Prison and Jail Minis-
tries of Rainbow PUSH Coali-tion and Hope Outreach Life Ministries. St. Paul CME Church (4644 S. Dearborn),, noon to 3:30pm
April 20; Home Expo The
Chesterfield Community Council is presenting this event where services and seminars will be available to assist Chicago resi-dents with home preservation and purchasing. Topics will in-clude: Home Improvement loans, Loan Modification, Fore-closure Prevention, Flooding
Prevention, Senior Housing, and H o m e b u y e r I n i t i a t i v e s /Assistance. For information, (773) 651-3958 or visit www.chesterfieldcommunitycouncil.org. Tuley Park (90th/King), from 10am to 1pm
Saturday, April 27, Malcolm X College Community Jobs Program. Dawson
Technical Institute offers every-thing you need to land a job in construction. Training programs are available in bricklaying, con-struction carpentry, concrete masonry, plumbing, fire protec-tion, and combination welding. Day and evening classes are available. Register by calling (773) 451-2000 or by visiting Dawson Technical Institute (3901 S. State) Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. Visit www.ccc.edu . THE NEXT"Every Child Needs A Savings Account" on the Southside! Where: Mar-quette Bank, 6316 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, : 10 A.M. – Noon. For Complete Event De-tails, Information About The $25 Match Deposit, The $25 Gift Card and Registration. The Monroe Foundation, (773) 315- 9 7 2 0 . www.themonroefoundation.org, A community collaboration with Marquette Bank, Bank On Chicago, and MoneySmart Week.
Monday, April 29, Alderman Dowell to Host Red Line Construction Update with CTA Officials, Alder-
man Pat Dowell will host an update on the CTA Red line Construction project with CTA officials at Greater Harvest Bap-
tist Church. CTA officials will provide an update on the final plans for the shutdown of the Red Line scheduled to begin in May 2013. Greater Harvest Bap-tist Church (5141 S. State Street), 6pm.
PERSONAL CREATIONS -
Deluxe All-In- One Easter Basket! In-
cludes wicker keep-sake basket with polka dot liner, personaliza-tion, plush bunny and many Easter treats.
To redeem this offer, visit
www.PersonalCreations.com/fun or
Call
1-888-716-1161
BY JESSE JACKSON
A pril 4 will mark the
45th year since the as-
sassination of Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis. Dr. King,
39, at the time, has now been
gone from us longer than he was
with us. A monument celebrates
his life on the mall in Washing-
ton. He is remembered as the
man with a dream at the March
on Washington.
In 1968, however, Dr. King
was far from the favored celeb-
rity he is today. He was under
fierce criticism for opposing the
war in Vietnam. Former col-
leagues were scorning his com-
mitment to nonviolence. When
he went to Memphis, headlines
called him “Chicken a la King.”
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat
termed him “one of the most
menacing men in America to-
day.” The FBI was planning
COINTELPRO operations to
spread rumors about him and
discredit him.
The civil rights movement
had succeeded in ending legal segregation. The
Voting Rights Act had been passed. But Dr. King
knew that his greatest challenges were still ahead
as he turned his focus to poverty and equal oppor-
tunity. The war on poverty was being lost in the
jungles of Vietnam as war consumed the resources
needed.
Dr. King went to Memphis to support African-
American sanitation workers who were striking for
equal pay and for a union. His first nonviolent
march there was disrupted when some of the
marchers started breaking into and looting stores.
King decided to return to Memphis because he
believed that nonviolence was now on trial.
Dr. King was focused on organizing a Poor Peo-
ple’s Campaign to march on Washington, reaching
out to impoverished white miners, Hispanic farm-
workers, Native Americans, the urban poor. Injus-
tice anywhere, Dr. King preached, was a threat to
justice everywhere.
Dr. King decried the unemployment that was so
crippling to the black community. But he also
knew, even then, that a job no longer guaranteed a
way out of poverty. “Most of the poverty-stricken
people of America,” he said, “are persons who are
working every day and they end up getting part-
time wages for full-time work.”
So Dr. King went to Memphis to march with sani-
tation workers — and there his life was taken from
him.
Now, 45 years later, his last mission is still un-
fulfilled. One in five children in America are at
risk of going without adequate nutrition. One in
three African-American children. Forty-six million
Americans are in poverty. More than 20 million
people are in need of full-time work. African-
American unemployment remains twice the rate of
whites.
Dr. King knew that these conditions would not
change unless working people and the poor joined
across lines of race and religion and region to de-
mand justice. Nothing would change unless people
disrupted business as usual, with nonviolent pro-
test, expressing their own humanity while exposing
the inhumanity of the current arrangements.
On April 4, many will remember Dr. King. The
news programs will rebroadcast parts of his ser-
mon the night before he was shot when he prom-
ised those gathered that they would “get to the
promised land” although “I might not get there
with you.”
The way to remember Dr. King is to pick up the
struggle. Poverty and inequality, he taught us, are a
threat to democracy and to freedom. And only non-
violent engagement by people of good conscience
joining with those who are afflicted can possibly
drive the change we need.
Today, inequality has reached even greater ex-
tremes. Wages are sinking, poverty is spreading. In
this rich nation, poor children go hungry. The Poor
People’s Campaign that was lost in the wake of
war and the assassinations of Martin Luther King
and Robert Kennedy is needed now more than
ever.
Page 4 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
Gallup's annual survey on Consumption Habits*, finds that Americans report that they have tried to lose weight an average of seven times in their lives. This includes 24% of Americans who have tried to lose weight once or twice, 28% who have tried between 3 and 10 times, and 11% who have tried more than 10 times.
Obsession, slow metabolism and high-calorie food are a deadly combination for weight gain. But most people don't know how to get over the hump, below are 3 tips that one can implement this. It takes about 30 seconds to eat 150 calories of cookies but a mile and a half of jogging to burn it off. Getting stuffed at an all-you-can-eat buffet fills the stomach with 4,000 calories. To burn off that many calories would re-quire 40 miles of jog-ging. Instead, we spend much of the day sitting in front of a computer, TV or driving. The end result is inevitable …weight gain, but CF4L has a solution.
Fast 1 day a week- Try this for 4 weeks. The form of fasting that I'm speaking of is where you don't eat anything. Yep, for one whole day or a half of day and just drink water. It will be the longest day of your life but it works. Some people are thinking, "how could I go an entire day without eating, I will die."
Think about it, every where in the world people are starving to death, really starving and you have been trying to lose those same 30, 40, 50lbs for years. There are women who are trying to lose there baby w e i g h t a n d t h e r e k i d has graduated college.
Day in and day out, everyday, 365 days a year. Food is con-trolling your life, you are ob-sessed with food, some people are snacking while reading this email. Don't eat breakfast, don't eat lunch, 1 day a week for a month and learn that you can live without overeating but can't live with it!
Say no to sweets- The worst offenders of weight gain are starches, fats, and refined sug-ars. Since the biggest part of our
diet is starch in the form of breakfast cereal, cookies, cakes, pies, chips and bread, it has the greatest impact on weight gain. This isn't a nibble here or a bite there, for 28 days no sweets at all. This is not for life.
From a weight loss perspec-tive SWEETS:
Can add a lot of empty calories to our diet.
Increases our blood sugar and insulin levels which can cause our bodies to begin storing and stop burning fat.
· Can cause an insulin drop (following a surge) which can leave us feeling tired and hungry (usually for something else very sweet).
· Needs valuable vita-mins and minerals to digest which our bodies draw from
existing stores re-served for other roles such as fat burning and muscle building. · May replace other foods that are high in vitamins,
minerals and other important nutrients in our diet.
Drink more water- 8 glasses of water for someone who is 120lbs works differently than for someone who is 280lbs. Just keep bottled war in your car, in your purse, or on your person and you will do just fine. Keep water at your desk, invest in a water bottle and keep filling it up. In fact go get a glass of water right now!
How Water helps you lose weight:
· Water maintains proper kidney function, which increases the efficiency of the kidney's fat burning ability
· water acts as an appe-tite suppressant, when the aver-age person feels hungry they are really just dehydrated
· water intake reduces water retention, I know this may sound crazy but it actually does
· water helps improve the efficiency of a workout by help-ing your body perform at opti-mum level
· water increase your energy throughout the day, be-cause most people have never been hydrated they don't realize the difference it makes in energy levels
Exercise Basics by Brenda Gaines Hunter, PhD
NSCA-CPT, NASM-FNS, ACE-
GEL
Y ou might be wondering,
"What really are the
benefits of exercise and
how do I get started?"
Exercise improves basic fitness:
1.Body composition,
2.Cardiovascular endurance,
3.Muscular strength,
4.Muscular endurance, and
Flexibility.
Exercise causes our bodies to
produce endorphins, the feel good
hormones. Endorphins can relive
depression, raise self-esteem and
improve sleep quality.
Exercise causes our hearts to
enlarge and our lungs to process
oxygen more efficiently,
which gives us more en-
ergy. The increased blood
flow can makes us look
more vibrant, too.
Exercise helps us to
lose weight or maintain
our weight, which lowers
our chances of develop-
ing diabetes, hyperten-
sion, arthritis, sleep apnea, cancer, and heart dis-
ease.
Exercise combats muscle loss and strengthens
our bones. Being able to hold ourselves up and
move improves our balance and flexibility.
Before beginning a routine, check with your doc-
tor to make sure that you have no limitations. Once
you are good to go, cardio, resistance training, and
flexibility exercises need to be a part of your rou-
tine.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
recommends that adults engage in 75 to 150 min-
utes of aerobic exercise per week, depending on
intensity, and work every muscle twice.
Cardio is also known as aerobics. Cardio exer-
cises include jogging, jumping rope, biking, swim-
ming, and dancing. Cardio forces our hearts to
work harder. Over time, they increase in size,
which allows them to push more oxygen and other
nutrients into our bloodstreams and to our organs
and limbs faster. That lowers our heart rates.
Resistance training is exercise that uses
weight to cause muscle contractions.
Stretching resistance bands, lifting
dumbbells and barbells, as well as doing
body weight exercises -- push-ups and
squats, is resistance training. Resistance
training strengthens our bones, improves
our balance and flexibility, when we lift
through the full range of motion, and
makes us strong. It does not cause bulg-
ing muscles unless we train for that.
Hear that women?!
When first starting out, give yourself a
chance to get used to exercising. One of
the best cardio exercises to begin with is
walking. All you need is a good
pair of shoes. You can build
more walking into your daily
routine. Park farther away from
your destination. Get off the bus
a few blocks from the office.
Take the stairs.
Your body weight is likely all
you need to begin a resistance
program. You can do push-ups,
sit-ups, crunches, squats, lunges, walk up and down
stairs, and do triceps dips. You can later add resis-
tance bands. Resistance bands are fairly inexpen-
sive and a good set can provide all of the resistance
you would ever need.
There you have it! For more fit tips, follow my
column. Have questions, tweet me @ hashtag
#southstreet. Your question might be the subject of
an article. Short exercise videos will also be posted
to support all "how-to" articles. See you there.
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 5
schools can be emotional and difficult,
but by doing so we will be able to pro-
vide students with a quality, 21st-
century education they deserve." a
spokesperson said.
The closings affect 30,000 CPS stu-
dents and parents. CPS said the consoli-
dation would make it possible to move
children to higher-performing schools
that have the resources the community
would want all their kids to have access
to - to help them achieve and succeed.
Those redirected resources include air
conditioning, up-to-date science and
computer technology, libraries, counsel-
ing and social support. However, many
groups protested CPS direction.
The Chicago Teachers Union Presi-
dent Karen Lewis said, “School closings
are the largest amount ever closed at one
time in any city in America. Parents and
community members are outraged that
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Mayor Rahm Emanuel
and the Board of Education would even think of
closings that many schools, especially amidst
the current climate
of youth violence.
Most of the
campuses are in
the Black commu-
nity. Since 2001
88% of students
impacted by CPS
School Actions are
African-American.
“And this is by
design .” sa id
Lewis.
“These actions
u n n e c e s s a r i l y
expose our stu-
dents to gang vio-
lence, turf wars
and peer-to-peer
conflict. Some of
our students have
been seriously
injured as a result
of school clos-
ings.”
Lewis added
“There is no safety
plan. There is no
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
plan. The city has
already raised
CTA fares and
now they expect parents to put their five-year-
old on a crowded city bus in order for them to
get to school, when they used to be able to walk
to a school in their neighborhood. The way this
is being done is an insult and it is disrespectful.
A group called "Chicago Students Organiz-
ing to Save Our Schools" protest at 125 South
Clark Street then
marched to City
Hall to deliver a
letter to Mayor
Rahm Emanuel.
Action Now par-
ents and community
members held a
“School Board Bul-
lies Bus Tour” at the
homes of three CPS
members.
The first stop was
at the home of CPS
member Andrea
Zopp at 10920 S.
Oakley Ave in Chi-
cago. Zopp is the
President of the
Chicago Urban
League which pro-
tectors say the CUL
leader is going
against the mission
for economic, edu-
cational and social
progress for African
Americans by de-
ciding to support the
closing of at least 50
schools, the major-
ity of which are in
African-American communities.
The bus went on to Board of Education
President David Vitale’s house, 4925 S. Wood-
lawn, then continue to Penny Pritzker’s home at
1875 N. Orchard.
At each Board member’s home, protesters
spoke against school closings, with chants and
signs and left information at surrounding
neighbors’ homes. They also placed suspension
notice yard signs at their homes.
One protester charged CPS board members
“bullying parents, students, teachers and com-
munity members by forcing
the implementation of failed
policies that harm public
education in Chicago.”
Young, President of Action
Now commented, “Hearing
that they want to close that
many schools is appalling.
They will be putting our kids
in danger, hurting their educa-
tion and leaving huge build-
ings abandoned where we
know that vandalism and
illegal activity will take place.
The Board of Ed is so out of
touch with the people of Chi-
cago and we are going to
stand up and fight back
against this decision by the
Mayor and CPS.”
Lewis said at a news con-
ference regarding proposed
school closings: “We are
standing here today in the
beautiful Mahaila Jackson
elementary school in Auburn-
Gresham neighborhood. This school was named
for one of the greatest gospel singers in our
nation’s history, a woman who sang at Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral, a woman who
was instrumental in our Civil Rights struggle.”
S h e w e n t o n t o s a y ,
“Unfortunately, we are gathered
here today not to talk about this
pioneer. We are standing here
because this school, along with
scores of others, has been targeted
for closure by Mayor Rahm
Emanuel’s Chicago Public School
district.
“Closing 50 of our neighborhood
schools is outrageous and no soci-
ety that claims to care anything
about its children can sit back and
allow this to happen to them.
There is no way people of con-
scious will stand by and allow
these people to shut down nearly a
third of our school district without
putting up a fight.
Bill Dock Walls who ran against
Emmanuel in 2010 said, “When
Daley shut down the projects with
no viable plan for the safe tempo-
rary relocation of residents or ultimate restora-
tion of those people indigenous to those com-
munities, our youth once again, be forced to
navigate inherently dangerous streets. Sadly,
this reckless wave of school closures is likely to
result in an increase in the murder rate. Chicago
is a city
“Enough with the lies and public
deception: School closings will not
save money and taxpayers will not
see costs benefits in two years.
Why? Because vibrant school com-
munities will be quickly transformed
into abandon buildings, neighbor-
hood eyesores and public safety
hazards.
“The bottom line is the schools tar-
geted for closure are based on the
racial makeup of those schools and
their zip codes,” Lewis said. “We
will continue to plead our cause,
fight in the courts and in the streets
for what is right for our students and
our communities.
As thousands of parents, students,
teachers, paraprofessionals and
school clinicians attended various
hearings across the city where they
presented evidence that their schools
were not being “underutilized” and
begged for them not to be closed.
Despite the outcry, the CPS listened
instead to a politically-connected, ad
-hoc commission she created and has since
recommended 61 school actions, including the
closings.
(Continued from page 1)
Barbara Byrd-Bennett makes the announcement of school closing as Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks on. William Dock Walls former mayoral candidate call the actions Sadly, this reckless wave of
school closures.
Action Now parents and community members held a “School Board Bullies Bus Tour” at the homes of three CPS board members.
The Chicago Teachers
Union President Karen
Lewis said. “Most of
the campuses
are in the Black
community. ...
“And this is by
design.”
Page 6 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
what has be-
come tradition at
Urban Prep –
every single one
of Urban Prep’s
167 seniors has
been accepted to
a four-year col-
lege or univer-
sity.
T h r o u g h o u t
the year, Urban
Prep seniors
ceremoniously
exchange their
red ties for a
special red and
gold striped de-
sign as they re-
ceive college
acceptance let-
ters. At this
event, the sen-
iors most recently admitted to college will exchange their
ties and join their classmates who have already received
this honor. In addition to the entire student body of Urban
Prep’s Englewood and West
Campuses, students from Urban
Prep’s Bronzeville campus will
attend the assembly to honor
their “brothers.”
Urban Prep will also an-
nounced a $150,000 donation
from Citi Foundation to support
Urban Prep’s Alumni Affairs
Program, which supports Urban
Prep’s approximately 300 gradu-
ates enrolled in college.
Urban Prep leadership and
students will be available for
media questions.
Urban Prep Academies was
founded in 2002 by Tim King
and a group of African-
American education, business
and civic leaders who wanted to
improve the educational opportu-
nities available to urban boys. In
2005, this nonprofit organization
was approved to open Urban
Prep Charter Academy for
Young Men – Englewood Cam-
pus. Urban Prep is the country's
first charter public high school
for boys. Since accepting its first
class in the fall of 2006, Urban
Prep has been recognized inter-
nationally for its success in im-
proving the academic, social and emotional development
of urban young men. Urban Prep now operates three
schools in Chicago. 100% of Urban Prep's graduates have
been admitted to college. The Urban Prep Motto is We
Believe.
(Continued from page 1)
The Emil Jones Jr. Youth Founda-
tion, headed by former Illinois Sen-
ate President Emil Jones Jr., this
January presented the Chicago State
University (CSU) Foundation with a
$200,000 gift creating the Emil
Jones, Jr. Scholarship Fund for stu-
dents who need financial support to
continue and complete their educa-
tion. In celebration of the donation,
the Foundation will host a special
reception on Friday, March 29 in
honor of the former legislator’s gen-
erous gift. The reception will begin
at 5:30 on the 4th floor of the CSU
Library.
The Emil Jones Jr. Scholarship
Fund will be an endowment that will
provide monetary scholarships in-
tended to improve the educational
experience and support services for
CSU student-scholars. The average
cost of tuition for a student attending
the University is approximately
$11,000 a year and the funds from
the endowment will assist students in
completing their educational goals.
“President Jones is a long-time
advocate of education and we are
very grateful for this gift that will
make it possible for countless num-
bers of CSU students to attain an
education into perpetuity” said Mau-
rice Grant, chairman of the CSU
Foundation Board of Directors. Jones
was a supporter for continuing state
appropriations for education during
his long Senate career. “Education is
the great equalizer”, says Jones.
“Anytime we can provide opportuni-
ties for students to succeed we must
do that. This endowment is my way
of supporting students and the posi-
tive impact the University is making
in our state’s education community.”
Jones has been a long time sup-
porter of Chicago State University
where he was awarded a Doctor of
Humane Letters in 2004. In 2007,
CSU named the 7,000-seat multi-
purpose convocation center in honor
of Jones and his late wife. (Emil and
Patricia Jones Convocation Center)
“In today's environment, with
continuous cuts in federal and state
funding for both students and public
institutions, students have become
more dependent upon scholarships
from their university”, said CSU
President Dr. Wayne D. Watson.
“We are humbled and grateful for
President Jones’ support and how
this gift will touch the lives of untold
thousands here on our campus."
For information on how you can
support Chicago State University
visit the CSU Foundation or call 773-
995-3839
around and filed a $1 billion
lawsuit against the Securities and
Exchange Commission, alleging
defamation of character, slander,
libel and undue hardship.
Anthony Fields, who lives on
Chicago's North Side, filed his law-
suit in the U.S. District
Court in the Northern
District of Illinois on
Feb. 19.
The SEC declined to
comment to the Chicago
Tribune.
Last year, the SEC
alleged in an administra-
tive proceeding that
Fields had fraudulently
used LinkedIn to pro-
mote fictitious "bank guarantees"
and "medium-term notes." It also
said Fields lacked the credentials to
sell securities. His postings drew
interest from potential buyers, but
the SEC allegations didn't claim that
Fields succeeded in selling any
through his two sole proprietorships.
The SEC said he also provided false
information about assets under man-
agement, clients and background
through a website.
In December 2012, Fields said in
his lawsuit, an SEC administrative
law judge issued an initial order
dismissing an alleged violation over
not having a written code of ethics,
but fined him $150,000 for violating
securities regulations and prohibited
him from becoming a broker or
investment adviser.
"However, the order was vague
and failed to address the allegations
of selling fraudulent secu-
rities or trying to buy and
sell fictitious securities on
social media," Fields said
in his lawsuit. He is repre-
senting himself. The SEC
"did not produce any secu-
rities that would be consid-
ered fraudulent."
He said his reputation as
a businessman and ac-
countant has been ruined, and
his family and friends -- who
are now supporting him financially -
- embarrassed. Fields cited more
than a dozen news outlets, including
the Chicago Tribune and South
Street Journal (12/2012), that wrote
about the SEC's action. He said he
has been unable to open a bank ac-
count, get a job or pay child support.
He is seeking a jury trial and a
total of $1 billion in damages.
(Continued from page 1)
100 Percent: All Seniors to Four-Year Universities
$Billion law suit
Anthony Fields,
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 7
Police Seize More than 1,220 Guns in
First Nine Weeks of 2013 of the De-
partment’s recent strategic saturation
initiative what they say is producing
positive results in areas plagued by
violence.
Superintendent McCarthy high-
lighted several notable arrests in the
last week that illustrate the Depart-
ment’s ongoing efforts to confiscate
firearms and combat
violence involving
guns, gangs and drugs.
“Chicago Police are
working hard to remove
illegal guns from our
streets and protect our
neighborhoods,” said
Superintendent Garry F.
McCarthy. “The pace at
which we are removing
guns from our commu-
nities demonstrates the
need for common sense
gun safety laws and mandatory mini-
mums for gun crimes to keep our
City safe.”
The redeployment comes, Emanuel
says, after multiple audits determined
that additional administrative respon-
sibilities should be handled by civil-
ians and not sworn personnel.
“Since our first week in office, we
have been focused on moving police
officers onto the beat and working
directly in our commu-
nities,” said Emanuel.
Officers begin to be
transferred in February,
and all 200 will be
moved from depart-
ment headquarters and
district offices into
patrol position by
March 31.
Addressing crime
with pray, more than
100 Chicago-area
churches and their pastors are asking
congregants and residents to pray
simultaneously citywide in neighbor-
hoods and on street corners where
2012 homicide victims were gunned
down on. Friday, April 5, 2013 start-
ing at 7 p.m.
At various locations across Chi-
cago, among them the most violent
communities of 2012: Austin, Rose-
land, Englewood and Douglas Park.
Lead organizer Rev. James Meeks,
pastor, Salem Baptist Church, will
lead a prayer group at 111th and
Michigan in the Roseland commu-
nity, where 24 people were killed last
year.
On the State level fed up with the
rising violence in Chicago, Rep.
Mary Flowers (D-31st) is introducing
a bill that would include a GPS track-
ing device in all guns.
“This would work the same way as
our cell phones that way we will
know where the guns are coming
from and who has it,” said Flowers.
“We will then know the good vs. the
bad,” she said.
Flowers made her
remarks a week after the
funeral of 15-year-old
Hadiya Pendleton.
“Where are these guns
coming from,” asked
Flowers. Until we cut
off the gun supply, this
violence will con-
tinue.“The only way this
violence will end is for
these youth to get a job,
and get a better educa-
tional system,” said
Flowers who explained she is having
the bill drafted.
“We know all of the good people
who are law abiding citizens, but we
don’t know the bad guys.”Referring
to her bill, Flowers said, “All guns
would have a tracking mechanism,”
Flowers stated
addition, the Mayor announced a
coalition from Chicago’s business
and philanthropy sectors will aim to
raise $50 million to pay
for community-based
programs that serve at-
risk youth. The initiative
also includes stacks of
committees.
Emanuel’s business and
philanthropic “action
committee” will include
an “advisory committee”
of community leaders,
researchers and criminal
justice practitioners who
will draw “input” from residents in
neighborhoods.
Specifically, the business commu-
nity challenge will support mentor-
ing, intervention and conflict resolu-
tion programs, provide seed funding
for new programs, and work to re-
build community supports in
neighborhoods most impacted by
violence.
The committee will measure pro-
gram success in terms of its impact
on individual behavior and school
achievement levels, as well as cost-
effectiveness and reduction in violent
crime across the city.
The strategic saturation initiative
focuses on 10 areas in the City with
the most violent crime. While the
areas represent 1.6 percent of the
City’s landmass, they account for 10
percent of the violence. Each night
there are 200 more officers on the
streets in these areas, made possible
through an overtime initiative.
“Strategic saturation is another
method of protecting public safety,
and to date it’s been effective,” said
Superintendent McCarthy. “There
have been no shootings and no mur-
ders in these areas during the times
they’ve been covered through strate-
gic saturation.”
(Continued from page 1)
to my people the wall is back on.
In “Panther” as the FBI was
not able to stop the growth of the
Black Panther Party, they went to
the drug dealers. The mod said, ‘let
us have freedom to sell in the
black community, and it will not
only stop the Panthers but any
o t h e r m a j o r
movement of the
Black commu-
nity. as well as
many reports as
recent as The
most serious of-
fense for 237,000
sentenced prison-
ers in state facili-
ties at the end of 2010 was a con-
viction involving illegal drugs. Of
this total: 69,500 (29.3%) were
non-Hispanic white, 105,600
(44.6%) were non-Hispanic black
and 47,800 (20.2%) were His-
panic.
The custody incarceration rate
for black males was 4,618 per
100,000. Hispanic males were
incarcerated at a rate of 1,747 per
100,000. Compared to the esti-
mated numbers of black, white,
and Hispanic males in the U.S.
resident population, black males (6
times) and Hispanic males (a little
more than 2 times) were more
likely to be held in custody than
white males. At midyear 2007 the
estimated incarceration rate of
white males was 773 per 100,000.
Fictional as the Godfather movie
is, the Panther movie is based on
facts in the works of the FBI to
dismantle the Black Panther Party
and the movement it started inter-
national.
“Back in the 1920’s and 1930’s
when they had all of the other gangs,
what did they do? It was a federal
offense. The feds came in and got all
of those gang members who were
white at that time. They rid the city
of all of the Al Capone’s of that
day.”
Kelley said, “As long as the gangs
were killing each other, nobody
cared, but they killed the little news
boys, then they leaned on the presi-
dent and said you have to do some-
thing….”
Glover said gangs are terrorists
against the community. “We have to
change the law that allows us to go
after them in a different fashion that
brings in the necessary help that the
city needs” to prevent them from
killing innocent youth like Hadiya
Pendleton.
“If this were happening to white
people, it would have been done
with and over with years ago. It
never would have gotten to the place
where it is now because they never
would have stood for it,” said
Glover. “This is something that we
have allowed and because of that it
has festered.”
Accompanying Glover was Rev.
Donald Smith, pastor of the Holy
Jerusalem Church who just released
a record called, “Speak Up” in hopes
of breaking the code of silence, said,
“To fix this problem is really not
that complicated. Who is going to
stand up? These are our children. “
Glover said he will be playing
“Speak Up” on WYCA and said,
“It’s a wake up call to action… I
must be a part of the solution of
what is going on in my city.”
Rev. Smith is hoping that the city
of Chicago will work with them in
stemming crime and that the admini-
stration will embrace his song,
“Speak Up.” “We reached out and
spoke to some people, but they have-
n’t responded.”
He is also working to set up a hot
line number so people will feel com-
fortable in calling in tips when
crimes are committed. Part of the
proceeds from his record will go
towards setting up a reward fund.
“God can do anything, but Fall”.
Leon Daniels, Pastor 821 West 69th Street Bible Study Tuesday 7 pm
Wed 6 pm
Fri. Service 7 pm
Sunday School 9:30 am
Sunday Service 11 am
773-487-9062 [email protected]
No Matter What The Test May Be God Will Take Care of You Join
Bishop Lucius Hall, Pastor
First Church Of Love
and Faith Schedule of Services: Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. Sun-
day Evening Live Taping and Broadcast on
WGCI -AM 1390 - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Channel 25 (Comcast) 7:00 p.m.
(Photo by Chinta Strausberg)
The Black
Women’s Expo
to Host Town
Hall Meeting on
Violence The Black Women’s Expo
(TBWE), presented by State Farm,
will tackle one of the most serious
and persistent issues facing Chi-
cago today during the event at
McCormick Place on Saturday,
April 6. Merry Mitchell, columnist
for the Chicago Sun Times, will
moderate a panel entitled
“Violence in Chicago, the Diagno-
sis and Prognosis”. Mitchell will
lead her panel through a no-holds
barred discussion of the issues
facing the city that have led to
Chicago being a focus of national
attention as it relates to violence
and gun control.
The Town Hall Meeting will be
held from 1:00pm - 3:30pm on
Saturday and features the Honor-
able Dorothy Brown, Cook County
Clerk of the Circuit Court; Brother
Enoch “N.O.C.”, Director and Co-
Creator of Hip-Hop DetoxX; Tio
Hardiman, Director of Cease Fire
Illinois and Creator of the Vio-
lence Interrupter Initiative; Ka-
reem Pender, Senior Director of
Human Capital and Education
Programs; Rev. Dr. Michael Louis
Pfleger, Senior Pastor, The Faith
Community of St. Sabina; Juliana
Stratton, JD, Executive Director of
the Cook County Judicial Advi-
sory Council; Alphonza Wysinger,
1st Deputy Superintendent, Chi-
cago Police Department. The
panelists will touch on why Chi-
cago is losing its children to vio-
lence at an alarming rate and some
strategies for change. Expo atten-
dees are invited to take part in this
critical discussion of the possible
causes and most importantly, the
solutions to saving our children,
families and communities. The
session is free to all Expo atten-
dees.
Dewayne Glover a member of the Concerned of the Faith Com-munity and the Salvation Church of God Church, during an interview late Thursday night on WVON’s Ciff Kelley show.
Rep. Mary Flowers
Police on the streets and gun control
Rev. James Meeks
Utility Bills and
the Boot Dear Editor;
I llinois State Senator Ira Silverstein is
trying to pass a bill that says if you
have an unpaid utility bill in the City
of Chicago, they can boot your car.
If your car is booted, you have 24 hours to
pay the unpaid utility bill and boot fee—
otherwise your car will be towed and im-
pounded. Once that happens you have 21
days to pay the entire utility bill, the boot
fee, the tow fee, and storage fee otherwise
your car will be auctioned off.
Click here to sign my petition opposing
this terrible legislation.
As you can imagine I am pretty livid
about this. How dare a state senator intro-
duce a bill that (right now) only affects the
City of Chicago (most of his district is the
northern suburbs, Skokie, Wilmette, etc.)
and targets the least of us, our seniors liv-
ing off social security, those with low in-
come, unemployed and underemployed?!
No one wants to be in the dark, cold, or
without water—that's why the utility bill is
the first thing people pay when they have
the money. But with the new increase in
city water, this could affect more people
that we realize.
It doesn't matter if you live in a house or
an apartment—if you have a utility bill,
you are affected. Again, this only affects
the City of Chicago, but I'm certain this is
just the testing ground. If we allow this,
it will expand statewide and possibly na-
tionwide, so you don't need to live in the
city to fight against this bill. That's why I
created a petition on SignOn.org to the
Illinois State Senate, which says: Say no
to SB0036, sponsored by Senator Ira
Silverstein, which says that if you fail to
pay your utility bills, your vehicle will be
booted, towed, and sold.
Add your name to this peti-
tion, and then pass it along to
your friends.
Thanks!
–Anthony W. Williams
Accion Business
Loans Dear Editor;
A t Accion we close 35 loans in Feb-
ruary -- almost 2 loans per work-
ing day in this shortest month of
the year. In January we disbursed more
than $200,000 to 31 small business owners
throughout Illinois and Northwest Indiana,
nearly tripling what the team closed in the
same month in 2012.
Our numbers demonstrate that Accion
has seen tremendous growth over the last
few years. We've expanded our staff, sig-
nificantly increased our lending capacity,
and we've established our Core Values.
Our Core Values are more than just
words on a screen. They are meant to de-
RC: This is the
week we are in
memory of your
life on this day of
your assignation.
You left at the
young age of 39,
half of Ameri-
cans under 45
years of age were
not born when
you walked this
earth, yet you
are still maybe
the most noted
American of all
times. Would you
have did any-
thing different to
extend your life?
King: “Like anybody, I would like to live a
long life. Longevity has its place.” I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered
something that he will die for, he isn't fit to
live.
If physical death is the price that I must pay to
free my white brothers and sisters from a per-
manent death of the spirit, then nothing can be
more redemptive.
I just want to do God's will. And he's
allowed me to go to the mountain. And
I've looked over, and I've seen the prom-
ised land! I may not get there with you,
but I want you to know tonight that we as
a people will get to the promised land.
RC: FBI chief Edgar Hoover had some
private files on you. Can you speak on
your private conversation with him
about those files? KING: We must use time creatively.
RC: Okkkkk.
RC: As you know we are now celebrat-
ing the re-election of the first African
American President of
the United States Barack
Obama. In the words of
the late James Brown
noted for “Say it Loud’ I
am Black and Proud” a
reinforcement of Black
Power. Should Black
Power be acknowledged
with President Obama?
King: All men are caught
in an inescapable
network of mutual-
ity.......
….In the final
analysis the weak-
ness of Black Power
is its failure to see
that the black man
needs the white man
and the white man
needs the black
man. However much
we may try to ro-
manticize the slo-
gan, there is no
separate black path
to power and fulfill-
ment that does not
intersect white
paths, and there is no separate white path
to power and fulfillment, short of social
disaster, that does not share that power
with black aspirations for freedom and
human dignity. We are bound together in a
single garment of destiny.
We must stand up and say, "I'm black and
I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is
the black man's need, made compelling by
the white man's crimes against him.
RC: But politically speaking isn't it a
major victory as the Democrats has
made such a victory?
King: "I feel someone must remain in the
position of non-alignment, so that he can
look objectively at both parties and be the
conscience of both—not the servant or
master of either."
"I don't think the Republican party is a
party full of the almighty God nor is the
Democratic party. They both have weak-
nesses... And I'm not inextricably bound to
either party."
RC: Religion has been a
very substance of your life,
how was this developed?
King : It is quite easy for me
to think of a God of love
mainly because I grew up in
a family where love was cen-
tral and where lovely rela-
tionships were ever present.
My parents would always tell
me that I should not hate the
white man, but that it was my duty as a
Christian to love him.
Even though I have never had an abrupt
conversion experience, religion has been
real to me and closely knitted to life. In
fact the two cannot be separated; religion
for me is life. RC: Here in Chicago we have more
churches than businesses, and more social
ills in communities where most of the
churches are such as Englewood. There is a
negative taste in the minds of many with the
church leadership. How do you address this?
King : ..There was a time when the church
was very powerful. It was during that period
when the early Christians rejoiced when they
were deemed worthy to suffer for what they
believed. In those days the church was not
merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas
and principles of popular opinion; it was a
thermostat that transformed the mores of soci-
ety. Whenever the early Christians entered a
town the power structure got disturbed and
immediately sought to convict them for being
"disturbers of the peace" and "outside agita-
tors." But they went on with the conviction that
they were "a colony of heaven," and had to
obey God rather than man. They were small in
number but big in commitment. They were too
God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimi-
dated." They brought an end to such ancient
evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.
We will win our freedom because the sacred
heritage of our nation and the eternal will of
God are embodied in our echoing demands.
RC: During your life you were known as an
extremist. Not like Malcolm X, but
still an extremist even among some Black
people. There is a group of activist in Chi-
cago by the name of VOTE (Voice of The
ExOffenders). Their leaders are Paul
McKinley Republican candidate for congress),
Mark and Joseph. So happens, names repre-
sented in the Bible. Some would call them
radicals and others say its courage.
How do you assess them?
King :. When you are right you cannot be too
radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too
conservative....
...Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of
Jesus Christ -- "I bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus." Was not Martin Luther an
extremist -- "Here I stand; I can do none other
so help me God." Was not John Bunyan an
extremist -- "I will stay in jail to the end of my
days before I make a butchery of my con-
science."
Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist
-- Was not Thomas Jefferson an extremist --
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal." So the question is not
whether we will be extremist but what kind of
extremist will we be. Will we be extremists for
hate or will we be extremists for love? Will we
be extremists for the preservation of injustice--
or will we be extremists for the cause of jus-
tice? In that
dramatic scene on Calvary's hill, three men
were crucified. We must not forget that all
three were crucified for the same crime--the
crime of extremism. Two were extremists for
immorality, and thusly fell below their environ-
ment.
The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for
love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose
above his environment.
RC: So is going to jail in your case an exam-
ple of that?
King: Never forget that everything Hitler
did in Germany was legal…. I submit that
an individual who breaks a law that conscience
tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts
the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse
the conscience of the community over its injus-
tice, is in reality expressing the highest respect
for the law.
(Continued on page 3)
w ithout warning, at 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered
King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was im-
mediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.
Violence and controversy followed. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets across the
United States in a massive wave of riots. The FBI investigated the crime, but many believed them par-
tially or fully responsible for the assassination. An escaped convict by the name of James Earl Ray was
arrested, but many people, including some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s own family, believe he was inno-
cent.
W here is American today that can be in the words of Dr. W here is American today that can be in the words of Dr.
King? This mock Q&A from President Obama to the spirit King? This mock Q&A from President Obama to the spirit
of Black Wall Street, America viewed by Dr. King today of Black Wall Street, America viewed by Dr. King today
in his own words.in his own words.
King Jr. lying in state in Memphis, Ten-nessee, as his colleagues pay their re-spects to him. Right to left: Andrew Young, Bernard Lee, and Reverend Ralph Abernathy. (Photo by Keystone/
Getty Images)
Page 8 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
Letters to the Editor
fine us as a team and to help us focus on
who we want to be as individuals and as an
organization.
At the heart of our Core Values is our
commitment to helping small business
owners. This means ensuring the success
of our current clients, and also expanding
our reach to help many more small busi-
ness owners.
To that end, the presence of Accion loan
officers are in several new locations. Nic
Baria will be at Hanover Park Community
Bank the second Thursday of each month
and, began on March 6, loan officer,
Priscilla Cordero, will hold monthly office
hours in Gary, Indiana.
At Accion, we bring affordable microfi-
nance solutions to small business owners
who need them. We're proud of the work
we've done as we strive to serve our cli-
ents, build our neighborhoods, and help
small businesses throughout Illinois and
Northwest Indiana.
Thank you for your commitment to sup-
porting small business. Thank you for your
commitment to Accion.
Best regards,
Jonathan Brereton
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Mayor
wrong again on city’s
violence Dear Editor;
W ith the focus on BAM or Becoming
A Man, from our city’s top execu-
tive, it simply underscores the no-
tion that this leader doesn’t understand or is too
isolated to comprehend that the struggles of
young Black males are deeper than any pro-
gram or organization.
Mayor Emanuel talks about his success of
longer school days and doubling the summer
job opportunities, and the largest ever invest-
ment into after school programs, serving 13,000
young people in 2013, but fails to mention that
he may not know, what to do to stop the car-
nage. Not knowing is not as bad as not being
humble enough to ask for help. According to
the U.S. Census, there are over 29,000 youth in
zip code 60629 alone. So the Mayor’s excite-
ment about the largest investment ever into
after school programs only has the capacity
serve Gage Park, Marquette Park and Chicago
Lawn.
National Block Club University was founded
by Syron Smith. This former military man has
created a process in which urban America can
effectively addresses the violence, but the
Mayor will not listen. Anchored in 20 Chicago
zip codes, with leadership in each, Syron has
strategically assigned 20 career clubs to each
zip code, 20 U.S. cities to each zip code, 20
countries in Africa to each zip code and 20
suburbs to each zip code for strategic alliances
and layers of support.
In 2011, Syron as 5 people from each of the
20 neighborhoods to write the Mayor and ask
him to meet with Syron to discuss this military
style structure- it fell on deaf ears. Three of the
Mayor’s people met with Syron and thought
they could broker a meeting between the two
and nothing every happened.
The slaying of Chicagoans, one every 86,400
seconds last year is a shame but the Mayor is
either being shielded from the grass root com-
munity or may be too arrogant to admit he may
not know how to address this epidemic.
http://www.nationalblockclubuniversity.com/
www.youtube.com/syronsmith
Dennis Hood, Chair, Section 3/Resident-
Owned Business Interest Section,
7th Congressional District Small Business
Group,
Cell (773) 567-2216 Blog
www.residentbusiness.wordpress.com
RC: On the point of Malcolm X. What was
the relationship of you two if any?
King: You know, right before he was killed he
came down to Selma and said some pretty pas-
sionate things against me. And that surprised
me because after all it was my territory
there. But afterwards he took my wife aside,
and said he thought he could hip me more by
attacking me than praising me. He thought it
would make it easier for me in the long run.
RC: People still question your stance on
‘love thy neighbor’, turn the other cheek.
King : ... And I'm going to talk about it every-
where I go. I know it isn't popular to talk about
it in some circles today. I'm not talking about
emotional bosh when I talk about love, I'm
talking about a strong, demanding love.
And I have seen too much hate. I've seen too
much hate on the faces of sheriffs in the South.
I've seen hate on the faces of too many Klans-
men and too many White Citizens Councilors
in the South to want to hate myself, because
every time I see it, I know that it does some-
thing to their faces and their personalities and I
say to myself that hate is too great a burden to
bear.
... And the beautiful thing is that we are moving
against wrong when we do it, because John was
right, God is love. He who hates does not know
God, but he who has love has the key that
unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate
reality.
RC: That point is for those outside of the
community, what about those are in and
part of the Black community such as Cla-
rence Thomas and even for the most part
Black Aldermen that have not address the
Parity Legislation for contracts where Black
receive only 6% of city contracts as the al-
dermen being silent on the new Mayor. How
do you address issues such as this in leader-
ship?
King : ., Speech in Memphis, April 3,
1968, the day before King was assassinated
In the end, we will remember not the words of
our enemies, but the silence of our friends.....
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter. …..
"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But
conscience asks the question - is it right? And
there comes a time when one must take a posi-
tion that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular
but one must take it because it is right."….
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity…
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those
who remain neutral in times of great moral
conflict …..We may have all come on different
ships, but we're in the same boat now.
RC: I have to remind people about the “N”
word. There is store in African and Taiwan
using the name. How do you address the
word that once was considered
a hatred word among black people and now
it is developing a new meaning of accep-
tance. What is the physic of the word?
King: Like an unchecked cancer, hate cor-
rodes the personality and eats away its vital
unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values
and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the
beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and
to confuse the true with the false and the false
with the true.
As long as the mind is enslaved, the body
can never be free. Psychological freedom, a
firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful
weapon against the long night of physical slav-
ery. …… And, with a spirit straining toward
true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw
off the manacles of self-abnegation and say to
himself and
to the
world, "I
am some-
body. I am
a person. I
am a man
with dignity
and honor. I
have a rich
and noble
history.
RC:
American is still presently in two
wars, which the President is close to ending.
He will be known for taking down Bin Lin-
den
and Gaddafi filling President Bush mandate
to “Get Even” with a growing hatred of what
happen on the 911 day.
RC: What is your take on war?
King: As I have walked among the desperate,
rejected and angry young men I have told them
that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not
solve their problems. I have tried to offer them
my deepest compassion while maintaining my
conviction that social change comes most
meaningfully through nonviolent action. But
they asked — and rightly so — what about
Vietnam (Iraq)? They asked if our own nation
wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve
its problems, to bring about the changes it
wanted. Their questions hit home, and I knew
that I could never again raise my voice against
the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos
without having first spoken clearly to the great-
est purveyor of violence in the world today —
my own government. …
Returning violence for violence multiplies vio-
lence, adding deeper darkness to a night already
devoid of stars... Nonviolence is the answer to
the crucial political and moral questions of our
time; ... Mankind must evolve for all human
conflict a method which rejects revenge, ag-
gression, and retaliation.
.... Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual
power. We have guided missiles and misguided
men.
RC: . Let us talk about some domestic is-
sues. Former Presidential candidate Mitt
Romney said he do not care about the rich
nor the poor. There are those of us that can
not see a future, men from young to old sell-
ing loose squares to make ends meet. Chi-
cago has transformed over 40,000 black
families from Public Housing over the last 10
years as it has build the “White Wall Street
around the Loop, as the poor were an eye
soar to the city; With that publicist activist
Stephanie Gathin said, what the city has
done to Black people here in Chicago is a
total shame of the leadership.
How do we address the issue of the poor and
leadership?
King : The hottest place in Hell is reserved for
those who remain neutral in times of great
moral con-
flict. In the
End, we will
remember
not the words
of our ene-
mies, but the
silence of our
friends.
Today the
poor are less
often dis-
missed, I
hope, from our consciences by being branded
as inferior or incompetent. We also know that
no matter how dynamically the economy devel-
ops and expands, it does not eliminate all pov-
erty.
The problem indicates that our emphasis
must be twofold. We must create full employ-
ment or we must create incomes.
People must be made consumers by one
method or the other. Once they are placed in
this position we need to be concerned that the
potential of the individual is not wasted.
New forms of work that enhance the social
good will have to be devised for those for
whom traditional jobs are not avail-able.
If a man is called to be a streets-weeper, he
should sweep streets even as Michel Angelo
painted or Beethoven composed music or
Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep
streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and
earth will pause and say, ‘Here lived a great
street sweeper who did his job well.’
RC: So as you say there will always be the
poor, meaning we should accept beggars on
the street and move on?
King: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will
happen to me?’ But then the Good Samaritan
came by. And he reversed the question: ‘If I do
not stop to help this man, what will happen to
him?’
RC: This newspaper has founded the cam-
paign known as the Black Wall Street here is
Chicago. It is in line with the Neilson study
of the Black consumer spending over $1.1
Trillion by 2015 (page 1). How do you view
this campaign?
King: After you leave the United States, So-
viet Russia, Great Britain, West Germany,
France, and I could name the others, the Negro
collectively is richer than most nations of the
world. We have an annual in-come of more
than thirty billion dollars a year (1967), which
is more than all of the exports of the United
States, and more than the national budget of
Canada. Did you know that?
RC: I yes I do
King: That's power right there, if we know how
to pool it... Never stop and forget that collec-
tively, that means all of us
together, collectively we
are richer than all the
nation in the world, with
the exception of nine. Did
you ever
think about
that?
RC: Yes I
have.
RC: The
Black com-
munity is
concerned
about other
people controlling most
of the businesses in their communities, as
well as churches such as Trinity United
Church of Christ having a bad taste about
Walmart. How should we address these con-
cerns?
King: We don't have to argue with anybody.
We don't have to curse and go around acting
bad with our words. We don't need any bricks
and bottles, we don't need any Molotov cock-
tails, we just need to go around to these stores,
and to these massive industries in our country,
and say, ‘God sent us by here, to say to you that
you're not treating his children right. And we've
come by here to ask you to make the first item
on your agenda — fair treatment, where God's
children are concerned. Now, if you are not
prepared to do that, we do have an agenda that
we must follow. And our agenda calls for with-
drawing economic support from you.’
RC: There are at least four persons in Chicago you have worked with still active; Jesse Jackson, Al Sampson, Dorothy Tillman and Tim Black. Still
in your course in life, should it be an exam-
ple of many to follow?
King: As June approaches, with its graduation
ceremonies and speeches, a thought suggests it-
self...Whatever career you may choose for
yourself--doctor, lawyer, teacher--let me pro-
pose an avocation to be pursued along with it.
Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights.
Make it a central (Continued on page 14)
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 9
Page 10 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
Contributing Correspondent: Carl D. West
T his hurt me to write. This really hurt me
to even create the copy title above. I was
extremely sad when the news program I
was watching broke in with an exclusive news
item. Then after seeing the civil rights leaders'
first son walk out of e court room in the nation's
capital, it sadden me even more. But the final
nail in my coffin, was when this dude from the
government read the charges and outlined the
alleged scheme, it floored me.
This mess is absolutely amazing and shock-
ing! I always said that the rise of President
Barack Obama somehow destroyed the dreams
of Jesse Jackson, Jr as the Negro golden child
who could lead this nation. And I've stated many
times in past Works of Words, that former Con-
gressman Jackson was normally always the
smartest person in the room wherever he ap-
peared and he once had a remarkable upside with
unlimited potential. I admired his intellect and
knowledge of politics.
As former U.S. Rep. Jackson and his wife,
former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, pleaded
guilty in what prosecutors said was a conspiracy
to siphon about $750,000 in federal campaign
funds for their personal use. Jackson Jr. entered a
negotiated plea of guilty on one felony count of
conspiracy to commit false statements, mail and
wire fraud.
Prosecutors say the couple enjoyed a life of
luxury with campaign cash. About 3,100 per-
sonal purchases were made on campaign credit
cards, totaling $582,772.58, prosecutors said.
Pressed by the judge on whether he was freely
entering the plea, the former congressman ac-
knowledged he had been under psychiatric care
but said he had not been treated for addiction to
alcohol or narcotics. Asked whether he under-
stood what was happening, he answered, "Sir,
I've never been more clear in my life."
Sandi pleaded guilty to one charge of will-
ingly filing a false tax return, tied to the same
allegations. Both Jacksons appearing in dark
suits, and had the opportunity to make personal
statements. But only Jesse replied with a brief
reply. Sandi chose to just answer the judge's
questions with "Yes, sirs" and "Guilty." Jackson
Jr. spoke softly during his hearing and momen-
tarily dried his eyes. When asked by Judge Wil-
kins how he would plead, Jackson answered: “I
am guilty your honor.”
Jackson Jr. was present for his wife's hearing
proceedings as well. They left the courtroom
holding hands. When leaving the courtroom,
Jackson Jr. told a reporter, "Tell everybody back
home I'm sorry I let 'em down, OK?" At a press
conference following the hearing, Jackson Jr.
attorney Reid Weingarten said Jackson's health
problems contributed to his crimes.
As part of Jackson Jr.'s plea deal, the parties
have agreed that sentencing guidelines call for a
term of between 46 and 57 months in prison. He
will be sentenced June 28. And after his release
from an expected prison term, he might face
additional years of supervised probation. Sandi
Jackson's sentencing is scheduled for July 1. She
could face a possible prison term of 18 to 24
months and $4,000 to $40,000 in fines.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., and other family
members walked through the courthouse, arms
linked together showing solidarity. Married for
more than 20 years, Jesse and Sandi have a 12-
year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son and this
could have an adverse affect on them for years to
come.
ago, Elizabeth “Liz” Pahlke entered the
race with days left, Pahlke says, “I not stop-
ping now, because the voters of this district
deserve much more.”
As a Chicago native and an Independent
Candidate, she says that, “The 2nd Congres-
sional District deserve someone with new
ideas and who is not backed and currently
entrenched in the machine politics of the
State and City
of Chicago.”
Phalike be-
gan her career
in the transpor-
tation and lo-
gistics indus-
try. In addition
she has the role
as an Opera-
tions Analyst
for commercial
rea l es tate
properties and her top level performance,
as one of the country’s top real estate pro-
ducers gives her an unprecedented insight
on the current state of the mortgage and
banking industry.
She indicates that, “The people in these
communities never benefit from the many
capitol development projects targeted for
their areas.”
A position the Chicago Tribune told
endorsing Kelly, citing her lack of eco-
nomic agendas.
The debates on the issues will not have
the full ream of the democrat candidate as
Kelly told FOX 32 Political Editor Mike
Flannery that she won't participate in any
more campaign debates.
"My schedule is actually very booked,"
Kelly said when asked if she plans to make
it to any more forums before Election Day.
Kelly did not show for a forum spon-
sored by the Chicago Defender and the
NAACP and a debate at FOX 32 News.
Other top candidates suggested Kelly is
counting on a final push by the billionaire
mayor of New York's independent super
PAC.
"She's allowing Mayor Bloomberg to
speak for her," Lewis says. "He has spent
almost $2.5 million in this race. He continued
to say, “This is what a sellout looks like ex-
posed. She has no shame in here game and is
following orders from her handlers to lay low
till after April 9.
Kelly, a member of the Democratic Party,
served in the Illinois House of Representa-
tives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as
chief of staff for then
-Illinois State Treas-
urer Alexi Giannou-
lias until 2010. She
was the 2010 Democ-
ratic nominee for
State Treasurer, but
was defeated in the
general election.
Kelly serves as the
Cook County Chief
Administrative Offi-
cer.
Jones, a journalist who lives in Chicago's
South Shore, His radio documentaries has
received critical acclaim and numerous
awards. Jones was the Green Party's 2010
nominee for United States Senate from Illi-
nois. He ran against Republican Mark Kirk,
Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, and Libertarian
Mike Labno in the general election.
McKinley is an ex-offender, active with
the organization VOTE (Voices of the Ex-
Offender), a grassroots activist fighting the
Chicago Machine for accountability and fair-
ness.
McKinley has fought to put ex-offenders to
work believing it is vital to our communities
to allow young men and women opportunities
to seek gainful employment and turn their
lives around.
He has been endorsed by Operation Black
Storm, a project of Alan Keyes’s Patriot PAC and by
the Gun Owners of American Political
Victory Fund
On the endorsement McKinley said “I am
proud to announce I have been endorsed -- I
am dedicated to supporting the 2nd Amend-
ment, and appreciate their support.” The party
has recently nominated African American
candidates for senator or governor in Illinois,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland, though
none were successful. However, no major
support from the GOP has been given to
McKinley. Currently, most of the Republi-
can voter base in the district is Caucasian.
The Republican Party, frequently called
the GOP (for "Grand Old Party") usually
seen as the traditionally pro-business party.
“Frederick Douglass once said, ‘I am a
Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and
I never intend to belong to any other party
than the party of freedom and progress.’ I believe
this is true today, and we are in the midst of a
reawakening of the Black community to
the promise conservative principles hold
for all Americans,” said McKinley.
The GOP has been winning under 15%
of the black vote in recent national elec-
tions (1980 to 2008). “You can’t blame Repub-
licans for what’s going on in my district; it has been
ruled by the tyranny of the Left’s Democratic
Machine for 60 years,” he said. “It is time
to stand up to those that would keep us
down —and that includes the left’s media attack
dogs, which serve to protect the Machine’s prop-
erty—us.”
Despite McKinley's seemingly narrow
odds, ABC reports Kelly has said, "I take
nothing for granted, and I respect whoever
my opponents are."
Lewis
Pahlke
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 11
By Francine Jeffries
W e have just witnessed
one of the most impor-
tant pieces of history
in the United States. On January
21, 2013, the inauguration of the
44th President, Barack Hussein
Obama was sworn into office.
The United States continues to
make historical decisions. De-
regulation, one such historical
event, gained momentum in the
1970’s. Originating from the
Nixon administration, the deregu-
lation of transportation came in
1971. Can you remember when
AT & T controlled telecommuni-
cations? That changed when AT
& T was forced to split in 1984
and President Clinton signed into
law the telecom industry deregu-
lations in 1996. The last deregula-
tion to come is energy which
came about in the Bush era. The
United States is currently transi-
tioning away from local energy
monopolies. Energy deregulation
will be the largest transfer of
wealth in history.
In the past, one utility provided
the three components of your
energy service: 1) the genera-
tion; 2) the transmission; and 3)
the distribution. Legislatures and
the public utility commissions of
forty one states to date, including
Illinois, have deregulated this
process. You ask, “What does
this mean to me”? Freedom of
choice, wealth, and conservation
to name a few things.
With the deregulation of en-
ergy, you are now able to go di-
rect and choose the company that
produces energy, or the company
who buys it on your behalf to sell to
you – the generation. The actual
transmission of electricity across
poles and wires and natural gas
through pipe lines will still be the
responsibility of your local utility
company, Com-Ed and Ameren in
Illinois. Don’t get too excited, Com
-Ed and Ameren will still respond
to emergencies, power outages,
meter readings as well as generate
your bill. Whatever service you
received then, you will receive
now. The public utility commission
regulates the transmission and dis-
tribution to ensure the safety and
reliability of your services. What is
important to understand is that you
can choose who to buy the exact
same gas and energy from, but at
different prices. How do you know
who to choose?
Many electric and gas suppliers
have surfaced in Illinois. These
suppliers are authorized to negoti-
ate power prices on behalf of cus-
tomers. So let the competitions
begin. These suppliers have cre-
ated opportunities for consumers
to become contractors and sell on
their behalf. As a contractor, you
can sign up people with the chosen
provider and develop an economic
opportunity for each person signed
up. By simply educating customers
for a product that they already use
can create a meaningful income.
For example, one company that has
made headway as a supplier is Am-
bit Energy. Ambit offers a number
of incentives to the contractor as
well as the consumer even to the
option of FREE energy! For the
same energy and gas, their prices
have historically been cheaper.
With energy being close to a $300
billion dollar industry, opportunity
to share in the wealth is vast. Each
state is governed independently.
Illinois law has created Munici-
pal Aggregation. This allows mu-
nicipalities and counties to pur-
chase electricity on behalf of its
residents and commercial custom-
ers. Currently IPA (Illinois Power
Agency) negotiates prices on behalf
of the residential customer state-
wide. Now, the municipalities can
negotiate for your community. In
some communities, you will have
to opt out to switch to the provider
you choose. Whatever the case,
you can now choose. This choice
allows you to conserve on your
energy as well.
Some suppliers offer incentives
when you conserve on the amount
of energy you use. By simply de-
termining which is most important
to you, you can choose a provider
that will shift economic wealth and
opportunity to you and conserve. A
consultant can assist you with a
price comparison so that you can
choose the supplier that best fit
your needs. The same energy at
potentially lower prices as well as
an opportunity to financially bene-
fit? Well, that’s a no brainer for
me. For more information con-
tact me at francine-
Does our electric
company
pay your electric bill?
Our
Does! Up to
For More Information Contact Energy Consultants Diane@ 312 513-5647 or Janice @ 312/513-5647
$ Consultants Position
Whether you need something Built, Installed or Maintained from Handyman to New Construction, you can find it to be done with Black Contractors in the Neighborhood
A subsidiary of Black Wall Street of Chicago
With the first stage of the Pull-
man Park Development well
underway, the City of Chicago
introduced an ordinance on be-
half of 9th Ward Ald. Anthony
Beale that would authorize up to
$11 million in TIF money to help
finance the site work and infra-
structure in preparation for
67,000 sq. ft. of more retail
space.
The long-dormant 180-acre
former Ryerson Steel site
stretches along the Bishop Ford
Expressway between 104th and
111th Streets. It now boasts a
nearly completed Walmart. The
first Ross Dress For Less on the
South Side and Planet Fitness
Health Club will anchor the
north end being funded through
the TIF.
“When they elected me 14
years ago, I promised my con-
stituents we would one day have
again grocery stores, shops and
businesses where they live,” said
Beale. “They wouldn’t have to
leave their communities to find
fresh food or work. It’s been a
long time coming, but our pa-
tience and perseverance are pay-
ing off, especially the unprece-
dented job creation.”
As envisioned, Pullman Park
will include 400,000 sq. ft. of big
box retail; 50,000-75,000 sq. ft.
of neighborhood retail; 1,100
new residential units, as well as
an indoor and outdoor recrea-
tional space. It promises to sig-
nificantly increase the tax base
of 52 acres of previously vacant
industrial land.
David Doig heads the not-for-
profit Chicago Neighborhood
Initiatives, which is developing
Pullman Park in partnership with
U.S. Bank, the city and state. “I
watched from my office window
a helicopter moving air-
conditioning equipment to the
roof of Walmart,” says Doig, a
shepherd of the project for many
years. “It was pretty exciting
to see the progress that’s been
made, knowing what it will mean
to the community.”
Beale, who saw the helicopter
as well, noted, “You don’t often
see that over here, not for good
reasons any way. It makes me
feel like a kid again with all this
positive activity going on – peo-
ple doing construction, gearing
up to open, prepping for the next
phase. We’ve finally turned the
corner.”
Get Matched to a Top-Rated
Contractor, Laborer or Handyman Lets team up earning your business today!
Before You Hire ONE Contractor Black Contractors in the Neighborhood
Call One of our associates today and
Let us know what we can do for you!
The Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce and members
from around the state willat 10:00
AM, April 10, 2013theCapitol in
Springfield.Meeting with our vari-
ous legislators and other business
people to share perspectives of
how to help improve the business
climate in Illinois. For more infor-
mation or to RSVP your atten-
dance, call Chama St. Louis at-740
-4430.
28 West Side Entrepreneurs. Rebuilding Main Street and mak-
ing a brighter future for Chicago’s
West Side. Bethel’s to celebrate
with the first 28 entrepreneurs in
Bethel’s Entrepreneurship Train-
ing Program. These graduates will
soon launch businesses on Chi-
cago’s West Side, ranging from
janitorial services and home re-
modeling to childcare centers and
yoga studios. Graduation Cere-
mony, Tuesday, April 9, 6:00 –
7:30 p.m. 1140 N. Lamon Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60651. Enjoy deli-
cious cake supplied by entrepre-
neur/graduate Derrick Washing-
ton. Please RSVP to Curt at
773-473-7870 x113 by Friday,
April 5th.
LEARN HOW TO DO
A COMPLETE
BUSINESS PLAN! Satur-
day, April 20, 2013. Did you do
one 5 years ago and its obsolete
now? You still need help finding
demographical completing projec-
tions? This is the workshop for
you! Join SSA #47 and at the Ball-
room 4455 S. King Dr. Thursday
April 4th, Doors open at 6pm,
Event Starts at 6:30pm. Savor the
Flavor of the Greater Bronzeville
area, The area's great food offer-
ings. There is no charge for the
event is required
Page 12 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
part of your life. It will make you a better doc-
tor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will
enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can.
It will give you that rare sense of nobility that
can only spring from love and selflessly helping
your fellow man . Make a career of humanity.
Commit your-self to the noble struggle for hu-
man rights. You will make a greater person of
yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a
finer world to live in. Excerpted from ‘The
Drum Major Instinct’, a sermon by Rev. Martin
Luther King, Jr., 1968.
RC: There is the case everyone cannot be a
Dr. King and people just do not know what
to do.
King: Everybody can be great, because every-
body can serve. You don't have to have a col-
lege degree to serve. You don't have to make
your subject and your verb agree to serve. You
don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to
serve. You don't have to know Einstein's
‘Theory of Relativity’ to serve. You don't have
to know the Second Theory of Thermal Dy-
namics in Physics to serve. You only need a
heart full of grace, a soul generated by love,
and you can be that servant.’
. RC: Well, Travis Smiley and Cornell West
do hold the Black Agenda meetings around
the country.
King: This is no time for romantic illusions
and empty philosophical debates about free-
dom. This is a time for action. What is needed
is a strategy for change, a tactical program that
will bring the Negro into the mainstream of
American life as quickly as possible.
RC: Where Do We Go From Here?
King : Address to the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (1967-08-16) Now, in
order to answer the question, ‘Where do we go
from here?’ which is our theme, we must first
honestly recognize where we are now. When
the Constitution was written, a strange formula
to deter- mine taxes and representation declared that the
Negro was sixty percent of a person. Today
another curious formula seems to declare that
he is fifty percent of a person. Of the good
things in life, the Negro has approximately one
half those of whites. of the bad things of life, he
has twice those of whites. ...Where do we go
from here? First, we must massively assert our
dignity and worth. We must stand up amidst a
system that still oppresses us and develop an
unassailable and majestic sense of values.
RC: This may be an unfair question but, do
you regret you died at a young age of 39, or
maybe would you have taken a different
route in your ministry?
King:, Speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963. I
decided early to give my life to something eter-
nal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are
here today and gone tomorrow, but to God who
is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington,
August 28, 1963. I submit to you that if a man
hasn't discovered something he will die for, he
isn't fit to live.... If physical death is the price
that I must pay to free my white brothers and
sisters from a permanent death of the spirit,
then nothing can be more re-
demptive.
Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist If
any of you are around when I
have to meet my day, I don't
want a long funeral. And if you
get some-body to deliver the
eulogy, tell them not to talk too
long. Every now and then I won-
der what I want them to say.
Tell them not to mention that I
have a Nobel Peace Prize, that
isn't important. Tell I'd like
somebody to mention that day,
that Martin Luther King, Jr.,
tried to give his life serving
others. I'd like for somebody to
say that day, that Mar-tin Luther King, Jr., tried
to Church in Atlanta. (1968-02-04) Every now
and then I guess we all think realistically about
that day when we will be victimized with what
is life's final common denominator — that
something we call death. We all think about it.
And every now and then I think about my own
death, and I think about my own funeral. And I
don't think of it in a morbid sense. Every now
and then I ask myself, ‘What is it that I would
want said?’ And I leave the word to you this
morning. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four
hundred other awards, that's not important. Tell
him not to men-tion where I went to school. RC: Thank you Dr. King for giving us
this time once again.
King: And I want to thank God once
more, for allowing me to be here.
(Continued from page 8)
“How to produce your very own
30 second radio commercial.” Saturday, April 6, 2013
from Noon to 2:00 pm (CST)
(ONLINE WORKSHHOP PRESENTATION)
Sponsored by WJPC FM CHICAGO, The Soul of Chicago.
Understand what it takes to complete a “polished” 30
second audio commercial.
Acquire a basic understanding of one form of software
that can use to record your commercials from your
office or home.
PLUS -- You’ll have a great time networking with
other professionals.
GIFT FOR ALL ATTENDEES!
REGISTER AT: https://www.wepay.com/events/wjpcfm
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 13
ETA will honor four long-
time board members during its
30th annual Spring Board
Benefit, Sunday, April
21, 2013. Civic leaders
Lucille Burrus, Mary
Ann Davis and Juanita
Passmore and play-
wright, poet and youth
worker Useni Eugene
Perkins will be recog-
nized for their decades-
long commitment to the
growth and development
of eta by being elected
inaugural Life Trustees and re-
cipients of the 2013 Milton
Davis Magic Award.
eta Creative Arts Foundation,
Inc. was incorporated in April,
1971 as a non-profit tax exempt
organization to provide
professional training and
work in the performing
and technical arts for
youth and adults. In the
past 42 years, eta has
become widely recog-
nized as Chicago’s lead-
ing performing and cul-
tural arts complex in the
African American com-
munity as well as the only Afri-
can American owned and man-
aged facility of its kind
in the city.
The Spring Board
Benefit takes place
from 3-7pm April 21 at
eta Square, 7558 S.
South Chicago Avenue.
Benefit chair is Lisa
Montgomery Allen, Sr.
Vice President and
Chief, Human Re-
sources, American Hos-
pital Association. It is
sponsored by Denise Gardner
and James D. Montgomery &
Associates. .
“This year’s honorees are
board members who have been
the bedrock of this institution,”
s a i d N a n c y C .
McKeever, chairman of
the board. “We are
delighted to accord
them the special recog-
nition of Life Trustees
as well as the Milton
Davis Magic Award.”
Named for eta’s first
and long term chairman
the late Milton Davis,
the award is presented
to individuals who un-
derstand and appreciate the need
to develop institutions which
nurture individual and commu-
nity development.
The board benefit will fea-
ture delicious hors d’oeuvres,
complimentary champagne, the
awards presentation and musical
excerpts from the Family Mati-
nee Series production presented
by eta’s Youth Performance
Ensemble. Comprised of eta
performing arts students, the
youth are featured on the
Mainstage every Saturday from
January through May.
The Honorees:
L u c i l l e
B u r r u s has volun-
teered with
a number
of the city’s
l e a d i n g
c u l t u r a l ,
civic and
social or-
ganizations.
The self-
proclaimed
‘behind the scenes supportive
individual’ had a successful 32
year career in corporate America
Mary Ann Davis is a re-
tired educator
who taught kin-
dergarten for 28
years. She is vice
president of the
Jazz’N Fan Club,
a group that sup-
ports jazz and
other musical
programming at
eta and elsewhere
Juanita Passmore is a
retired cor-
porate ex-
e c u t i v e ,
community
activist and
philanthro-
pist. She
has served
in a number
of leader-
ship posi-
tions and
c u r r e n t l y
serves as VP of the board of
the Timeless Gifts Mentoring
program
Useni Eugene Perkins is a
distinguished poet, playwright,
and an im-
p o r t a n t
force in
C h i c a g o
culture. As
a sociolo-
gist and
youth ac-
tivist, he
has written
s e v e r a l
impor tant
books on
A f r i c a n
American youth
Tickets are $60 which in-
cludes three sweepstakes tickets
and a chance to win two round
trip tickets on Southwest Air-
lines, a $500 BP gas card, an
ipad Mini from Apple, 20 sub-
scriptions to eta and more. Raf-
fle Tickets may also be pur-
chased (3/$25) separately. Win-
ners need not be present. For
tickets and information, call 773
- 7 5 2 - 3 9 5 5 o r v i s i t
www.etacreativearts.org. All
contributions are tax deductible
WVON celebrates its
50dth Anniversary WVON celebrates 50 powerful
years of IMPACT in broadcast
history. The station will observe
the day by temporarily suspend-
ing its regular talk format and
airing vintage recordings from
legendary personalities that made
them the number #1 station in
Chicago in the 1960’s. You will
hear classic shows from Herb
Kent, ‘The Kool Gent’; E. Rod-
ney ‘Mad Lad’ Jones; Pervis
Spann ‘The Blues Man’, Ed
‘Nassau Daddy’ Cook; Bill ‘Butterball’ Crane, and ‘The Barron of
Bounce’ Lucky Cordell to name a few. WVON’s Retro Day will air
from 6am until midnight on April 1st. The station will run regularly
scheduled news, traffic and weather segments. All content will be
reflective of WVON’s early days. WVON’s program manager,
Todd Ronczkowski stated, “Over the past year we searched high
and low to deliver WVON’s classic sound and personality by reach-
ing out to collectors across the country. I was amazed how excited
people were to share their WVON recordings. It speaks to how well
respected WVON is as an institution.”
Retro Day is one of many features that will be part of the station’s
50th Anniversary festivities. The celebration culminates Saturday
April 6th, 2013 at the Chicago Theatre with a star-studded gala fea-
turing local and national personalities, including past WVON talent
and a performance by Grammy- award winner Toni Braxton. Tick-
ets for the Grand Gala are on sale at Ticketmaster, The Chicago
Theater Box Office, and www.wvon.com
Blaq Ice
Productions as well as the
Chatham Theater, pulled off a full
house for the poets nite there, as they
will be doing it again Saturday April
20, live at the ICE Theater. For tick-
ets call 312.719.7310.
Brown Derby Jazz
Revue presents Sene-
bella "The Bronzeville Diva. For
an evening of great music and fun. Make a point to come out to the
Brown Derby Jazz Revue at the Great Lakes Elks Lodge, 5110 S.
Prairie Thursday, March 14, 2013.First show starts at 7:30 pm. and
you don't want to miss the all out jam session at 9:30 pm with guest
musicians and vocalist. Our jam sessions will remind you of the
days when musicians came together and just played. $5 Donation at
door.Fun and Family at the Brown Derby! Be There!
LUCILLE BURRUS, MARY ANN DAVIS,
JUANITA PASSMORE AND
USENI EUGENE PERKINS
To be Honored at ETA’S
30TH
Annual Spring
Board Benefit
The Black Women’s Expo (TBWE),
presented by State Farm, host a star-
studded line-up of performers, speak-
ers and authors during its run, April 5
- 7, at McCormick Place. This year’s
Expo, sponsored in part by Wal-
greens, marks the 19th year of the
popular women focused event.
TBWE kicks off on Friday with a
very special couple’ conversation and
book signing with award winning
R&B singer and author, Keith Sweat.
Sweat’s new book “Make It Last
Forever”, offers tips on how to fix,
mend, and reinvigorate troubled rela-
tionships. Rounding out Friday will
be a performance by the multi-faceted
performer-actress, NAACP Image
Award nominee and Dove Award-
winning vocalist Tamela Mann.
Saturday’s jam-packed schedule in-
cludes a plenary session with author
and inspirational speaker Susan Tay-
lor. Dr. Ian Smith will take atten-
dees through his revolutionary “Shred
Diet Challenge” and Saturday after-
noon will also feature an “Intimate
Conversation” with The View’s
Sherri Shepherd. The “first lady”
of R&B”, Faith Evans, will be live
in-concert to finish out the day.
Sunday’s line-up will be just as im-
pactful, featuring a conversation with
the always-insightful Dick Gregory.
Comedian Kim Coles with her ses-
sion entitled “Gratitude and Forgive-
ness”.
Inspirational music on Sunday with
performances by the Verizon “How
Sweet the Sound” competition win-
ning Acme Choir and Rev. Charles
Jenkins and the Fellowship Mission-
ary Baptist Church Choir who took
home five prestigious Stellar
Awards earlier this year.
The three-day exposition is a partner-
ship with MGPG Events and Real
Times Media and is designed to em-
power, enlighten and educate women
and girls of all ages.
F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n
www.theblackwomensexpo.com,
follow them on Facebook at http://
w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /
blackwomensexpo or connect on
Twitter using the hash tag #TBWE.
(Continued from page 1)
Page 14 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
Soledad O‘Brien is off the dawn patrol at
CNN. The new head of the cable news net-
work, Jeff Zucker, is removing her from the
morning show Starting Point. Published reports
say Chris Cuomo and Erin Burnett will both
replace her. O'Brien says it's not such a bad
thing. She's established a production company
and for the time being will produce documenta-
ries as an independent supplier for CNN and
others. In more CNN news, word is Commenta-
tors Roland Martin and Donna Brazile may not
get their contracts renewed by the network, and
that's bringing up CNN's usual problem of the
lack of diversity in their newsroom
Tyler Perry's TBS sitcom For Better Or
Worse is moving to Oprah Winfrey's OWN
cable network. The show, which stars Tasha
Smith and Michael Jai White reprising their
roles from the Why Did I Get Married movie
franchise will debut its third season on OWN
this fall. This is a new addition to the deal Tyler
Perry already has with The Mighty O to pro-
duce original programming for OWN. There
were already two other series, The Haves And
The Have Nots and Love Thy Neighbor, Perry
will debut on OWN later this year. Actress Tika
Sumpter (Sparkle; The Game) is set to co-star
in one of the series, and tweeted out pictures on
the set with Oprah.
How hot is Actor Craig Robinson? Well,
there is life after the sitcom The Office. The
show ends this year, but Robinson is filming a
pilot for a new NBC show where he will play a
musician who takes a job as a middle school
teacher. Actor Larenz Tate( Why Do Fools Fall
In Love; Love Jones) will co-star. Robinson
also has a new Tyler Perry produced-movie
coming out May called Peeples. It hits theaters
May 10th, and also stars Kerry Washington,
Diahann Carroll, David Alan Grier (In Living
Color), Craig Robinson (The Office), S. Epatha
Merkerson (Law & Order), Melvin Van Peebles
and Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates
Chris, Go On). Tina Gordon Chism wrote and
directed while Perry is producer. Kerry Wash-
ington is also the cover girl for the latest edition
of Ebony magazine..
Janet Jackson has done it again! Miss. The
third time may be the charm for Jackson as she
revealed she secretly married her Qatari Bil-
lionaire Wissam Al Mana last year. Jackson has
also converted to Islam like her brother Jer-
maine who converted to Islam in the 80’s,
whose friends are worried about. He has
changed the spelling of his last name to Jack-
sun. He says he did it for artistic purposes. At
58, friends say Jermaine wants to become his
late brother Michael Jackson. He has started
dressing like The King Of Pop with tight jeans
and sequined military-style jackets. Jermaine is
dependent on his rich, Afghan wife Halima
Rashid. Sources say he is running through her
money and is urging her to let him take another
wife. He has numerous children including kids
with his brother Randy's babymomma Alejan-
dra. Jermaine feels guilty over Michael's death
because various interventions failed. Jermaine
has always felt he should have been the family's
biggest star.
Bobby Brown is headed to jail. He must
serve 55 days after his third D.U.I. conviction
started March 20th. Brown, 44, was arrested
last October after being stopped by police in
California. Brown was also hit with four years
probation. He will have to attend an 18-month
alcohol program and attend AA meetings three
times a week.
The VH1 network has renewed T.I. and
Tiny's reality show The Family Hustle. VH1
is also doing a movie based on the popular girl
group TLC. TLC topped the charts in the 90’s
with the hits Waterfalls, No Scrubs, and Baby,
Baby, Baby, but at the same time, they hit the
bottom of showbiz declaring bankruptcy de-
spite record-breaking sales. Drew Sidora (The
Game) will play Tionne T-Boz Watkins. Rap-
per Lil' Mama has been cast as Lisa Left Eye
Lopes, and Keke Palmer will be play Rozonda
Chilli Thomas. T-Boz and Chilli are among the
executive producers and are also planning a
tour and remix album. Left Eye died in 2002 in
a Honduras car accident. These projects are all
set for January 2014 for TLC's
20th anniversary.
The new season of Dancing With The Stars
kicks off March 18th. This season's contest-
ants in Jacoby Jones of the Baltimore Ravens,
Country Superstar Wynona Judd, and Comedi-
ans Andy Dick and DL Hughley.
Prince will be performing on Late Night
With Jimmy Fallon this Friday night on
NBC. Prince is also going to be the big honoree
at this year's 2013 Billboard Music Awards
airing May 19th on ABC. Now speaking of
Jimmy Fallon, a member of his famous house-
band for Late Night is coming out with a book.
Ahmir Questlove Thompson, the drummer for
The Roots, has a memoir coming out June
18th called Mo' Meta Blues: The World Ac-
cording To Questlove.
Fantasia is on the cover of this week’s Jet
magazine, but she is not happy with the
cover photo.
Fantasia is
upset that the
magazine is
using a photo
of her from ten
years ago.
the Black Panther Party is producing a biographical motion
picture which will dramatize his life and the tumultuous 1960's
and 70's, the era in which the Black Panthers emerged as the
prominent revolutionary civil rights movement of it's time.
Bobby Seal, Chair of the BPP and his partner Stephen Edwards,
a filmmaker and former member of the Panthers, have written a
screenplay with the title, Seize the Time, The Eighth Defendant.
South Street Journal April 4—17, 2013 Page 15
All-ward candidate debate
in Country Club Hills. Most candidates
has accepted the opportunity to be present at the debate
running for Alderman in Country Club Hills. Saturday,
April 6th, 2013, 1:00 - 4:00PM, Papa's Pizza (Event
Room), 16040 Cicero Avenue, Oak Forest, IL. Be re-
minded that early voting has started and runs through
April 6th, at Matteson Village Hall (4900 Village Com-
mons). Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm, Markham Court-
house (16501 S. Kedzie) Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Election Day is on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013.
The Rich Township Coalition For
Better Schools will meet on Saturday (Exact
Dates to be announced) from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
at the Old Village Hall at 207th and Governors High-
way in Olympia Fields, IL, 60461. RICH TOWNSHIP
227 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE: April, 2012,
Rich East, Thursday, 4/5 – 7:30 p.m. Working Ses-sion. Tuesday, 4/17 – 7:00 p.m. Special Meeting for,
Public Comment. Tuesday,
4/17 – 7:30 p.m. Business Meeting
Employment and Resource Fair. The Lighthouse Church of All Nations is hosting this Employment and Resource Fair. The FBI, Chicago Police, CEDA, and several other public and private organizations will be on hand to accept your re-sumes. Attendees are asked to wear business cas-ual attire. Raffle and door prizes will be awarded. April 10, Lighthouse Church of All Nations (4501 W. 127th St., Alsip, IL.),: 2013, 10am to 2pm. For more information, please contact Theresa Hub-bard at (708) 527-0937.
T he Futures of our students and community are being devastated and doomed by those who have served for eight or twelve years or more on school board 227 I am especially disappointed in any individual whether a politician or a private citizen
who would endorse a member of a board of education who is the main architect of the failure of students. Futures of students are being devastated and doomed because of those who served for 8 and 12 years or more on the Board of Education of Rich Township High School District 227.
Even if a person is your friend, your better judgment comes into question when you endorse a person who is responsible for the failure of two thirds of the school population. I urge all taxpayers who are voters in that failed school sys-tem to do their due diligence and study the record of those who have served multiple times with declining test scores as their legacy. Wake up people, don't be bamboozled by attending lavish parties and being swayed by unscrupulous tactics.
Wake up voters in Olympia Fields, Matteson, Richton Park, Park For-est, Country Club Hills and a small portion of Tinley Park, University Park and Chicago Heights. Vote for people who will fight for quality education for your children: Bass, Morgan, Mnyofu and Woods.
Helen Burleson Doctor of Public Administration
Former Member, The Illinois State Board of Education
Robin Kelly Endorses Betty Owens For President, as she
gets the U.S. President endorsement
Current Rich Township High School District
227 School Board President Betty Owens received
a big boost in her re-
election campaign from
former state Representative
Robin Kelly. Kelly is the
current Democratic nominee
in the upcoming special
election on April 9th to
replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in
Congress. This endorsement
is very pivotal for Owens,
as District 227 is in the 2nd
congressional district, and
Kelly was the former State
Rep of this same district
show she knows the candi-
date Betty Owens well.
Owens has an over 30
year career in education
that includes serving as the
principal of 3 different
schools for 17 years and 7
years as assistant superin-
tendent.
Owens was elected to the Board of Education in
Rich Township High School District 227, where
she has served for 8 years.
President Barack Obama endorsed Kelly in the
race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned
under a federal investigation and later pleaded
guilty to misspending hundreds of thousands of
dollars in campaign funds.
“I share Robin’s passionate advocacy to end gun
violence with common sense solutions because
like her, I believe families impacted by gun vio-
lence – especially in my home city of Chicago –
deserve a vote,” Obama said in a statement. “I urge
you to elect Robin Kelly as your representative in
the United State Congress.”
Jeremiah James Cotton
For
bringing
the
Curse! *** A Dramatic Comedy Stage Play by Audrey Kenner.
April 6, 2013 6:00 p.m. Prairie State College Theater, 202
S. Halsted. Chicago Heights, IL
Owens
Kelly
Page 16 April 4—17, 2013 South Street Journal
April 5—17, 2012
Volume 19 No. 2 $FREE$ $1 Donations Requested
Continue on page 8
Burbs Transportation Study Many of the towns comprising Chicago’s south
suburbs have suffered years of economic hardship
and diminishing revenues necessary to attract and
retain businesses and adequately serve residents.
However, these communities possess abundant rail
assets and a resilient industrial base that can be lever-
aged to attract new
industrial busi-
nesses, remediate
environmental ly
contaminated prop-
erties, and improve
connections be-
tween housing and
jobs.
C e n t e r f o r
N e i g h b o r h o o d
Technology (CNT)
has published, Chi-
cago’s South Sub-
urbs: Smart Growth in Older Communities, a case
study describing a pilot project identifying redevelop-
ment opportunities around freight and passenger rail
lines in Harvey and Blue Island. The project provided
a foundation for a 42-city redevelopment strategy
known as the Chicago Southland Green Transit, Inter-
modal, Manufacturing, and Environment (TIME)
Zone. CNT, the South Suburban Mayors and Manag-
ers Association and other regional partners are col-
laboratively implementing the strategy to improve
freight and passenger rail operation, create green
manufacturing jobs, and stabilize foreclosed or at-risk
properties. CNT works across disciplines and issues, including
transportation and community development, energy,
water, and climate change
Gambling still on the
Agenda for South Burbs CHICAGO (AP) — Gambling expansion is getting closer
in Illinois which could also include Illinois the fourth state
to allow Internet gaming where games like black jack on
their computers or smart phones.
The biggest obstacle to adding more casinos and slot
machines in Illinois has been Gov. Pat Quinn, who has
twice rejected proposals sent to his desk, citing a lack of
ethical safeguards, regulation and oversight.
Lately, the Chicago Democrat has signaled that he’s open
to the idea, even mentioning it in his March budget speech.
And the new bill addresses some of Quinn’s concerns by
including a ban on political contributions from the gam-
bling industry, appointing an inspector general to monitor
gaming and giving the state gaming board more authority
over a Chicago casino.
“The stars are probably lining up better than they’ve ever
lined up,” said Sen. Terry Link, a Waukegan Democrat
who’s a lead sponsor of the legislation. “We’re doing a lot
of the things that the governor wanted.”
But the new proposals still could be held up because of
the state’s focus on fixing its nearly $100 billion pension
problem — which Quinn has said must be the higher prior-
ity. There’s also the governor’s skepticism of so-called
“Gaming,” which the bill’s supporters say might be an op-
tion to help fix the state’s financial problems.
“There hasn’t been much review on that at all,” Quinn
told reporters last week. “Any time you have something
brand new, it shouldn’t just be thrown into a bill at the last
minute.”
The casinos — including in Chicago, Rockford, Dan-
ville, Chicago’s south suburbs and Lake County — are
estimated to generate between $400 million and $1 billion,
and the bulk of the money would be allocated to the state’s
Education Assistance Fund, after the local communities
receive a share of the profits.