Elected
In office since 1987
Committees
Budget and Government Operation; Buildings; Committees, Rules and Ethics; Finance; Health; Housing and Real Estate; Human Relations; License and Consumer Protection
Inclusiveness
Constituent Services
City Services; Food distribution with GCFD; Affordable housing location; Negotiation of payment plans with utilities and city; State ID days; Pilot recycling program; Evening and overnight parking for residents in commercial lots; Resale of residential parking passes to constituents; Administration of Cubs baseball night residential parking program; Summer and Senior Fairs; Property tax assessments and appeals meetings; Zoning Task Force
High Impact Legislation
Resolution opposing aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act; Ordinance creating payment plan for parking ticket scofflaws; ordinance requiring the non-live broadcasting of city council meetings; Ordinance pro-rating city sticker fees for new residents; Order seeking affirmation of Shakman Decree
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; | No |
| 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; | No Vote |
| 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) | 114 |
Campaign Contributions by Sector—01/2005 - 06/2006: Top Industry Contributions Total $82,859
