01-30-2009, 03:24 PM
I went to the Action Now Waukegan meeting and here is what happened:
Action Now is apparently a community organization that does grassroots work to build a voice for working families. We talked about issues that were concerning people in Waukegan such as taxes, crime, schools and foreclosures. They had some elected officials there who signed a letter that said that they would be committed to decreasing crime through roll calls and polica patrol, building sidewalks on Lewis- Belvedere- Grand, reforming schools by creating after-school programs and providing more housing counseling or foreclosure fairs to decrease the amount of foreclosed and vacant properties in neighborhoods.
Alderman Tony Figueroa, Ald. Richard Larsen, Ald. Rafael Rivera and Chief of Police Artis Yancey all attended and spoke, and commissioner Mary Ross was there on behalf of Ald. Sam Cunningham.
All and all it was interesting and I liked that we could voice our concerns directly to the public officials instead of going through a bureaucratic runaround. I can't find the date for when the next meeting is, but I will post it.
Here are 2 photos I took:
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Action Now is apparently a community organization that does grassroots work to build a voice for working families. We talked about issues that were concerning people in Waukegan such as taxes, crime, schools and foreclosures. They had some elected officials there who signed a letter that said that they would be committed to decreasing crime through roll calls and polica patrol, building sidewalks on Lewis- Belvedere- Grand, reforming schools by creating after-school programs and providing more housing counseling or foreclosure fairs to decrease the amount of foreclosed and vacant properties in neighborhoods.
Alderman Tony Figueroa, Ald. Richard Larsen, Ald. Rafael Rivera and Chief of Police Artis Yancey all attended and spoke, and commissioner Mary Ross was there on behalf of Ald. Sam Cunningham.
All and all it was interesting and I liked that we could voice our concerns directly to the public officials instead of going through a bureaucratic runaround. I can't find the date for when the next meeting is, but I will post it.
Here are 2 photos I took:
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