Alderman Tabares says that we are going to keep seeing suicides until there is a big change in the political culture of Chicago. We need to have a common-sense approach to police accountability. We need to make the job more attractive to hire more officers. And we need to stop empowering the radical activists who think the very idea of policing is racist.
Read the full story in The Free Press here.
Read the full story in The Free Press here.
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Chicago City Council held a public safety committee meeting on April 30 to debate the new teen curfew proposal to prevent teen takeovers.
Watch Alderman Tabares’ testimony here: part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Watch Univision Al Punto here.
Watch Alderman Tabares’ testimony here: part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Watch Univision Al Punto here.
Power to impose “snap’ teen curfew for top cop, hits council hurdle.
Read story in the Tribune here. |
Youth curfew vote stalled in Chicago City Council’s public safety committee.
Read story in The Tribe here. |
Met with Chicago School Board President Sean Harden and School Board Member Angel Gutierrez to discuss the overcrowding crisis at Hubbard High School. We did a walk through of the campus with Principal Altamirano and our local State legislators and proposed building an annex at the vacant lot on 63rd Street and Lawndale Ave.
CPS Officials Weigh Hubbard High School Expansion in West Lawn, But More Funds Needed - Read Block Club Chicago here.
CPS Officials Weigh Hubbard High School Expansion in West Lawn, But More Funds Needed - Read Block Club Chicago here.
My heart is broken for this young officer. It breaks for her family and her fellow officers. A Go Fund Me page has been organized by the family.
Click here to visit the page.
Watch Telemundo 4:00 p.m. here.
Watch Telemundo 5:00 p.m. here.
Watch NBC 5 4:30 p.m. here.
Click here to visit the page.
Watch Telemundo 4:00 p.m. here.
Watch Telemundo 5:00 p.m. here.
Watch NBC 5 4:30 p.m. here.
Mayor Brandon Johnson sounds alarm on Chicago city budget, but critics say he's late to the game.
Watch CBS News segment here.
Watch CBS News segment here.
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Read the FOP Lodge 7 article about Andrea Kersten resigning as COPA chief administrator.
Click here to view Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3
Click here to view Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3
To recognize Women’s History Month, I invited CPD Officer Fernanda Ballesteros to receive recognition for her strength in overcoming her injury after being shot in the line of duty, and for her new mission helping other officers wounded in the line of duty with Light the Line organization. She is an inspiration and a True Chicago Hero.
Watch Alderman’s speech honoring Ofc. Ballesteros here.
Watch Alderman’s speech honoring Ofc. Ballesteros here.
Tabares: Focus, move forward, keep making a difference.
Read the Greater Southwest News-Herald here.
Read the Greater Southwest News-Herald here.
Congratulations to Carlos Yanez Jr. for winning the trophy at the First Responders Recipe Challenge. Proceeds benefited the EMWQ Widows and Children’s Fund.
Watch NBC 5 here.
Watch NBC 5 here.
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Team Hubbard spoke at the Chicago Board of Education meeting to urge CPS’s approval of purchasing land at 63rd and Lawndale to build a one-of-a-kind vocational center for Hubbard H.S. students. Myself, Principal Altamirano, along with teachers, staff, parents, students and the Greater Southwest stood together to talk about the overcrowding crisis and the work we’ve done to secure support and funding for this vital resource.
Watch Ald Tabares give public comment here.
Watch Univision here.
Watch Ald Tabares give public comment here.
Watch Univision here.
With the current issues we are facing with violent crime in Chicago, I continue to support amending the welcoming city ordinance and propose that those who break the law, must be the priority for immigration officials.
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This vote on the bond should have been a commonsense NO. We need to make decisions in our city about what kind of city we want 5, 10, 20 years from now. This bond is a ticking time bomb for taxpayers and I will not support something that will make our city unlivable for my son and other families down the road.
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Joined Ald. Hopkins, other fellow aldermen and doctors at a press conference addressing opposition to taxation of intoxicating and synthetic hemp products. These stores are prohibited from selling these products in the Midway region.
City Council debates Hemp Regulations
Watch NBC 5 4:30pm here, 6pm here.
Hemp fight moves to City Hall as aldermen debate regulation tax
Read Chicago Tribune here.
Businesses brace after hemp sales banned in the 13th and 23rd ward
Read Southwest News-Herald here.
Is Chicago a Hemp City? Alderman Pitches Case to Tax and Test THC Loophole as Opponents Skip Hearings.
Read Block Club Chicago here.
City Council debates Hemp Regulations
Watch NBC 5 4:30pm here, 6pm here.
Hemp fight moves to City Hall as aldermen debate regulation tax
Read Chicago Tribune here.
Businesses brace after hemp sales banned in the 13th and 23rd ward
Read Southwest News-Herald here.
Is Chicago a Hemp City? Alderman Pitches Case to Tax and Test THC Loophole as Opponents Skip Hearings.
Read Block Club Chicago here.
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We are a week away from a new administration in the White House, which has promised to make Chicago the epicenter of mass deportations. In private discussions with members of my community and my colleagues, there is much agreement that changes need to be made to ensure that violent criminals are prioritized over our hardworking families. As we begin these negotiations, it is time for leadership.
My hope was that this ordinance would begin these critical discussions.
My hope was that this ordinance would begin these critical discussions.
I’m proud to join Ald. Quinn to ban stores that sell dangerous drugs targeting kids. These stores open near schools and libraries and package their products as candies and cookies. Despite the mayor’s success at killing regulation on the state level, in Chicago’s Midway region, we’re taking action and protecting children by banning these shops.
Click here to watch Ald. Tabares speech.
Click here to read ordinance to prohibit smoke shops in the Midway region.
Click here to read 25 letters of support from schools & community organizations.
Click here to watch Ald. Tabares speech.
Click here to read ordinance to prohibit smoke shops in the Midway region.
Click here to read 25 letters of support from schools & community organizations.
City Council Passes Ordinance Banning Hemp Products, Smoke Shops in Midway Area.
Watch WGN 9 news here. and watch Ald. Tabares speech on the Council floor here.
Watch WGN 9 news here. and watch Ald. Tabares speech on the Council floor here.
Read here how a Key City Panel Advances Measure to Ban Sale of Intoxicating Hemp in 2 Southwest Side Wards.
Chicago should not be a Welcoming City to drug dealers, human traffickers and child molesters. Ald. Lopez and I support amending the Welcoming City ordinance to allow Chicago police to work with federal agents when undocumented immigrants are convicted of crimes related to gangs, drugs, prostitution and sexual crimes involving minors.
Click here to read the language amending the Welcoming City ordinance.
Click here to read the letter requesting the ordinance to be voted on.
Click here to read the language amending the Welcoming City ordinance.
Click here to read the letter requesting the ordinance to be voted on.
One Alderwoman’s Crusade To Ban Legal Weed Dispensaries In Her Southwest Side Ward
Ald. Silvana Tabares has already passed “Restricted Cannabis Zone” ordinances in seven precincts in her Southwest Side ward — and she’s going back for more.
Read article in Block Club Chicago here.
Ald. Silvana Tabares has already passed “Restricted Cannabis Zone” ordinances in seven precincts in her Southwest Side ward — and she’s going back for more.
Read article in Block Club Chicago here.