Chicago's 50th ward election: Naisy Dolar coffee today? 1/7

[iconoclastic cat]

Hey, Chicago DUers: Do any of you live in Chicago's 50th ward? If so, who are you supporting in the aldermanic election in Feb.? At the moment, I'm leaning toward Naisy Dolar, and I'm going to go to her meetup at 2PM today (1/7). Anyone have thoughts on this?

[illinoisprogressive]

1. I live in Rockford, IL but, my sister lives in Chicago

where is the 50th? I have not heard of that district

[iconoclastic cat]

2. It's Rogers Park.

We're on the northeastern border.

[mopinko]

3. i am in the 49th, which is bordered by

evanston on the north, the lake on the east, and the 50th on the west.

[mopinko]

4. tough call.

i know some people who are supporting naisy. bridgit dooley, who worked on the cegelis campaign is working for brewer. anybody but bernie should be a big chunk of the vote.

i wes visiting with some friends from the 50th just this weekend. they are pretty plugged in. they like naisy. they think greg is naive, but naisy has a good grip on what is happening in the ward. i know that bridgit had a beef with her, and i don't remember what, exactly.
naisy has the backing of a lot of the business leaders, i believe. at least i know she has irv loundy, the pres. of devon bank. he has been trying to get rid of bernie for a long time.

i hope that anybody but bernie wins. next go round they will have bernie's daughter to contend with. that will be a lot more formidable with bernie in there.

[Bridget Dooley]

5. Greg Brewer for Alderman, 50th ward

Hi Mo!

Yes, I am working for Greg Brewer in the 50th ward as the field director. Greg is an architect, planner, and project manager who has gone head-to-head with Berny Stone on several occasions regarding bad development. He is as progressive as they come (I wouldn't work for anyone who wasn't!) and a great person. Alan Cottrell & Owen Brugh (Claypool, Cegelis & DFA) as well as Nalani McClendon (Dan Seals) also work with me. We have a great team!

Mo, you actually have it backwards. Irv Loundy, Vice-President of Devon Bank and well-known community leader, is the chairman of Greg Brewer's campaign. He definitely has been looking for someone to run against Berny for some time. He met with Naisy Dolar last April and wasn't impressed. He saw how Greg was already acting as an advocate for the community with his group, Citizens for Responsible Development, and fighting against Berny Stone. Greg embodied all of the qualities that he was looking for, so he, along with many other people in the neighborhood, urged Greg to run. Irv is very tight with the business community in the 50th ward and is urging them to support Greg. Those that don't support Greg are stuck on supporting Berny. I have heard nothing about businesses supporting Naisy Dolar, but I would not be surprised if she tells people that.

As far as the "naive" comment goes, I'm not sure what would cause anyone to think that about Greg upon meeting him. Mo, can you expand upon that? He is professional, very well-spoken, understands the type of work that alderman do, and as an architect and planner is uniquely qualified to work with members of the community to develop a longterm ward plan for development. It's interesting that we have heard identical comments about Naisy Dolar from people all over the ward. That she is young, naive, and inexperienced.

My "beef" with Naisy Dolar is that she has been telling lies and saying nasty things about Greg in order to further her agenda. Whether it's that "he's just another developer who's going to gentrify the place" (Greg is not a developer or involved whatsoever in residential real-estate), or "he's backed by big business like Devon Bank" (Devon Bank is a community bank that does amazing things for the community), or "he's just another white male backed by big business and big banks" (with the added little race-card twist), Naisy takes every chance she can get to trash Greg. It really makes me wonder what she has to offer and where she is ethically. This type of thing is completely unnecessary and does, in fact, work against her. It's obvious that Ms. Dolar has an issue with telling the truth and nobody likes a liar.

Given her behavior, I'm not at ALL convinced that Naisy Dolar is an improvement from Berny Stone.

[illinoisprogressive]

6. I live in the 16th. Have a crappy representative. Manzullo.

What a dunderhead. Saw his dumb face with Hassert in the balcony during Nancy's swearing in ceremony. What a doof.

[mopinko]

7. my friend's opinion is probably

an issue based thing, which would be schools. she comes at it as a former lsc, current cps employee, mom, good citizen. if he didn't seem up to speed on that stuff, she would likely have noticed. development would probably not be her biggest worry.
i concur with every thing you say about the ward and irv. sorry if i sounded like i was dissing your guy. i trust if you work for him, and he got dfa endorsement and help, he is good.
i would like to know more about the zoning battles.