Hyde Park sees crime drop in 21st district
Cmdr. O Grady cites two factors for lower 21st district crime while citywide figures rise. Hyde Park residents praised police cooperation and programs like Project WhistleSTOP and Burglar FREE with South East Chicago commission ombudsman support. Continuous effort urged to revitalize prevention and inform new residents about tools and court help.
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Hyde Park
South East Chicago Commission Ombudsman
South East Chicago Commission
Hyde Park-Kenwood
O’grady
Your Alderman Reports on City Council Decorum and Rule Change
The piece criticizes administration aldermen for hostile remarks and praises impartial leadership. It warns two aldermen Natarus and Pucinski for proposing a rule to suspend non administration members for insults, arguing it would muzzle debate amid an 80 percent administration majority. It notes historical fairness from the Mayor and Parliamentarian role references.
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House of Commons
U.S
House of Representatives
Coolidge
Natarus
Pucinski
Hyde Park dog population and crime link by letter writer
Joyce Lanphar argues in a Chicago reader letter that dog abandonment clusters in vacant buildings reflect broader local tensions. She questions Alderman Despres and cites the Animal Welfare League noting color of owners is not tracked and suggests surveying owners to show dogs are kept for protection, not vandalism.
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Animal Welfare League
City of Chicago Police Department
Alderman Despres
Hyde Park
Joyce Lanphar
E. 55Th St
Alderman warns of lakefront expressway plan to City Council
Alderman Leon Despres states the administration plans a city state construction of the lakefront Jackson Park expressway from 53rd to 60th Streets. He recalls a 1972 Finance Committee protest and urges community mobilization to halt the project, which would relocate South Lake Shore Drive with embankments bridges and related work. He warns of state approval dependence and criticizes a breach of community commitment.
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Thomas Keane
Lakefront
Jackson Park
53Rd
60Th Streets
Finance Committee
South Lake Shore Drive
55Th Street
57Th Street
59Th Street Lagoon
East 51St Street
State of
Illinois
Walker
State Department of Transportation
Leon M. Despres
Fifth Ward
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Cheryl Fries
Marvin Bohannan
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Estelle Roth
Emma Byrd
Linda Danridge
Dollie Johnson
Peter Hince
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