VOCAL Neighbors

Block Captains and Meetings We Know Of - Updated

Steve Jackson is the block captain for the 2100 block of Seminary. A meeting is scheduled with Alderman Matlack on Wednesday, November 3, at at 2129 N. Seminary at 7:00 p.m. (Benn Feltheimer's home).

For the rest of the 2100 blocks in Matlack district:

Clifton: Josh Vincent, Meeting Oct 28 at 8pm at 2109 N Clifton [UPDATE: 2137 N. Clifton]
Racine: Mark Swanson, Meeting Nov 4 at 7pm at 2109 N Racine
Kenmore: Greg Kachoris, Meeting Nov 10 at 7pm at 2120 N Kenmore

Alderman Daley's office has confirmed that she will not appoint a block captain and will not attend any block meeting for the 1800 block of Dayton Street.

Courtney Craig is the block captain for the 800-900 block of Webster. She has been unable to get Alderman Daley's office to commit to a date for her block meeting. [5:00 pm Update: Late this afternoon, Courtney was informed by Chuck Eastwood that the 800-900 block of Webster "block meeting" is now scheduled for November 16th at 7:00 p.m. Courtney will update us on location; it will either be someone's home, if they want to host, or at St. James' school. Let's hope this marks a new scheduling trend for Alderman Daley.]

Mary Jo Weiss is the block captain for the 1900 block of Fremont Street. She has been unable to get Alderman Daley's office to commit to a date for her block meeting.

Jean Oelnick has tried and failed to get the Alderman to confirm the date and time of her block meeting, let alone the identity of her block captain, even though it is supposedly scheduled for November 1.

I also got a call from a resident who physically went to Vi Daley's ward office today asking for a list of all the dates and times for when block meetings were scheduled, as well as block captain names. He was told by a member of her staff (one of whom informed him that she was at the VOCAL meeting last night, we think it was Barb Guttman) that they didn't have any additional meetings scheduled, or know of block captains. He told her he would be back tomorrow, and the next day, until he got his list.

Hmmm, are we sensing a disturbing trend on Vi Daley's end?

All: Please forward any dates, times, captains, etc. that you know of, or feel free to post them in the comments section.

posted by The Grants @ 2:23 PM