Elected
In office since 1993
Committees
Budget and Government Operations; Committees, Rules and Ethics; Education and Child Development; Human Relations; Parks and Recreation
Inclusiveness
Constituent Services
City Services; Building schools: five new grammar schools and the Little Village High School
High Impact Legislation
Co-Sponsor of the Living Wage and Benefits ordinance, Sponsored Chicago Budget Accountability ordinance; Co-sponsored ordinance directing the city to cease attempt to abandon Shakman Decree; Co-sponsored resolution opposing aspects of the USA PATRIOT ACT, Sponsor of Order directing Department of Law to retrieve ill-gotten gains derived from corruption and theft of city services
IssueVoting Record |
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| Living Wage and Benefit Ordinance - legislation that would have required very large retailers to pay their employees $10 an hour plus $3 an hour in benefits; | Yes |
| Shakman Decree - legislation that would have forced the city to abandon its lawsuit to overturn the Shakman Decree, which prohibits the government from politically motivated hiring, or from firing, transferring, or other-wise punishing public employees for not supporting certain candidates for office; | Yes |
| Smoking Ban - legislation that eliminates smoking in public establishments over a graduated period of time; | Yes |
| Iraq War Resolution - legislation that demands the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq; | Yes |
| Proxy Affordable Housing vote - defeated all legislation introduced before January 1, 2003; in effect this ordinance was proposed to eliminate the Inclusionary Zoning Housing Set-Aside Ordinance introduced by Ald. Preckwinkle. | No |
| USA PATRIOT Act Resolution - legislation expressing deep concern about the Act’s erosion of civil liberties, particularly the sections that allow the government to monitor phone calls and emails, to inspect library and video rental records, and indefinitely detain or deport people who have been accused of a crime; | Yes |
| Wal-Mart in 21st Ward - legislation that would have granted a zoning variance to the Wal-Mart corporation to build a new store in the 21st Ward; | No |
| Wal-Mart in 37th Ward - legislation that granted a zoning variance to the Wal-Mart corporation to build a new store in the 37th Ward; | No |
| Right to Know Ordinance - legislation that would have required that Chicago hotels pre-warn their customers of any labor strikes or lockouts; | Yes |
| School Moratorium - a resolution calling for a moratorium to stop CPS from closing any more schools under the Renaissance 2010 plan until further evaluation of the effects can be completed (still in committee). | Yes |
| Inclusionary Zoning Housing Set-Aside Ordinance introduced by Ald. Preckwinkle - legislation that would require developments of 10 or more units make 15 percent of those units affordable to low to moderate-income households; | Yes |
| Ward Set-Aside Policy - alderman has or has not created an individual set-aside policy in their ward | Yes |
| Number of CPAN units created or approved as of June 2006 (since elected) | 0 |
Campaign Contributions by Sector—01/2005 - 06/2006: Top Industry Contributions Total $255,250
