>>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO

TONIGHT" A THINK CHEF HELPS TWO

U.S. NAVY COOKS.

MAKE CAN NEW WORDS THE EDITOR OF

THE WORLD'S LARGEST ON-LINE

DICTIONARY.

AND SAVING RARE NATIVE PLANTS BY

PAINTING THEM.

AND WAS ASKING MAYORAL CANDIDATE

JESUS CHUY GARCIA ABOUT HIS

SON'S ARRESTS, FAIR GAME IN LAST

NIGHT'S FORUM.

>>> FIRST, CHICAGO'S 46th WARD

COVERS PARTS OF UPTOWN AND THE

WARD INCLUDES A DIVERSE MIX OF

ETHNIC GROUPS AND INCOMES AND

NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

IN THE FEBRUARY ELECTION,

FRESHMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN FACED

TWO PONTDS AND CHALLENGER AMY

CRAWFORD GOT 38% OF THE VOTE.

THE INCUMBENT PREVIOUSLY WAS A

SOCIAL WORKER, A PUBLIC SCHOOL

TEACHER.

AND AMY CRAWFORD A PRACTICING

ATTORNEY WHO WORKED ON

BASEBALL'S 2008 RUN FOR OFFICE

AND HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR OTHER

CAMPAIGNS.

WELCOME YOU TO "CHICAGO

TONIGHT."

IT IS BUENA PARK?

>> YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY,

AND IF I CAN BEGIN WITH THE

ALDERMAN, WHAT IS MOST PRESSING

ISSUE?

>> I WOULD SAY THE MOST PRESSING

ISSUE IS CRIME IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

DURING MY FOUR YEARS AS

ALDERMAN, CRIME HAS STEADILY

DECLINED.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN DUE

TO CREATING VERY TARGETING TASK

FORCES AND WORKING WITH THE

POLICE AND STATE'S ATTORNEY

OFFICE AND LOCAL BUSINESSES IN

THE COMMUNITY.

WE CREATED INTERVENTIONS AND

CRIME HAS GONE DONE AND I HAVE

THE ENDORSEMENT OF POLICE

SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION.

>> AMY CRAWFORD, WE HEARD THE

REPORT FROM PARIS SCHUTZ THAT

THERE IS AN UPTICK IN HOMICIDES.

IS CRIME GOING DOWN IN THE 46th?

>> NO, IT'S NOT, PHIL.

AND VIOLENT CRIME IS WHAT SCARES

BUSINESSES AWAY, THAN HAS

INCREASED.

SHOOTINGS ARE UP AND MURDERS ARE

UP, PARTICULARLY IN UPTOWN.

AND WE HAVE SEEN THREE MURDERS

IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, A RATE

THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN OUR

NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT, ALDERMAN, ARE

YOU DOING ENOUGH TO STOP

VIOLENCE IN UPTOWN, INCLUDING

GANG VIOLENCE?

>> YES.

>> DO YOU NOT AGREE WITH HER

CHARACTERIZATION THAT CRIME IS

UP?

>> AND THE POLICE DO AS WELL.

THE POLICE SAY THERE IS AN

UPTICK IN CRIME AND WE CLOSED

DOWN A CRACK HOUSE AND I WORKED

WITH POLICE TO DID THAT.

17 DRUG ABUSE ARRESTS, THAT

CREATED A VACUUM BUT SENT A

CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE DRUG

DEALERS THAT THEIR DAYS IN THE

46th WARD ARE CLEARLY NUMBERED.

>> AMY, THE WIDELY DIFFERING

PERSPECTIVES ON THIS TRAJECTORY

OF CRIME IN YOUR WARD?

I'M A PARENT AND I HAVE A YOUNG

SON AND I TALK TO FAMILIES ALL

OVER THE WARD.

THEY UNDERSTAND AND NOT

SERIOUSNESS OF SHOOTINGS AND

MURDERS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE DAY.

THE ALDERMAN WILL SAY WHAT HE

WANTS TO TO GET REELECTED.

THERE IS A RENT THAT MORE THAN

50% OF THE VOTERS SOUGHT A

CHANGE AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE

THAT TUESDAY AS WELL.

I'M THE CANDIDATE THAT GOTTEN

DORSED BY THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF

POLICE.

>> HEATHER TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN

YOUR WARD.

UPTOWN IS A MIXED INCOME

NEIGHBORHOOD.

IS THERE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE

HOUSING IN THE WARD?

>> THERE ARE 4,470 UNITES OF

GOVERNMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING,

COMMON ANY OTHER WARD IN THE

CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND WE HAVE LAST NONE UNDER ANY

LEADERSHIP.

THERE WERE THREE LARGE BUILDINGS

THAT HAD HUNDREDS OF CODE

VIOLATIONS AND HAD RESIDENTS

COMING TO ME COVERED IN SCABS

DUE TO BED BUG INFESTATION AND

ASKING FOR BLANKETS BECAUSE OF

NO HEAT.

THEY WERE IN SUCH AWFUL

CONDITION...

>> ARE THEY GONE, DO YOU NEED

MORE?

>> THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY NEEDS

MORE.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE WORKING HARD.

>> AMY CRAWFORD DO YOU NEED MORE

AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

>> WE DO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE

HOUSING BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE

RIGHT BALANCE IN THE WARD.

I'M OPEN TO KRE AUTOMATICKING

MORE, MIXED INCOME CONTEXT FOR

WORKING FAMILIES AND SENIORS,

BUT PEOPLE IN THE WARD WHO LIVE

IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDERSTAND

THE ALDERMAN HAS BEEN AN ENEMY

TO THEM.

HE HAS SOUGHT TO GET RID OFS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE.MY POSITION IS

WE NEED TO PROTECT IT, WHERE

NEEDED.

WORKING TO IMPROVE THE

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE WARD.

>> THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL.

THE CHATAEU PEOPLE STAYED

RUN-FREE AND GOT ASSISTANCE TO

FIND NEW HOUSING.

ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED AND A

MOVE-IN FEE AND THEIR FIRST

MONTH'S RENT.

THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED IN OTHER

PARTS OF THE CITY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

REVITALIZATION.

HOW WILL THAT IMPROVE THE AREA?

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT

HAPPENS AROUND THE STOP.

WE ARE GETTING A NEW STATION,

THAT IS GREAT BUT I HAVE

BUSINESS PEOPLE COMING TO ME AND

SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN PLEADING

WITH THE ALDERMAN TO DRIVE THE

DEVELOPMENT FORWARD TO CREATE

DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE STOP.

A GREAT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

AROUND THE STOP.

BUT THERE IS A LACK OF

LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT ALDERMAN, IS

THERE A LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN

TERMS OF WHAT WILL GO AROUND

THAT?

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL MEETINGS

INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AND

BUSINESSES, DEATH OF PLANNING

AND THE LOCAL-- DEPARTMENT OF

PLANNING AND LOCAL CHAMBER OF

KMERPS PERFORM AMY DIDN'T ATTEND

THOSE MEETINGS?

>> I TAENDSED THEM AND MEETINGS

WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS

ISSUE, THAT THE ALDERMAN HASN'T

ATTENDED.

>> SHE HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTS AND

YOU CAN GET A LIST OF WHO HAS

BEEN PRESENT.

>> THE OTHER THING IS IT IS IN

THE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF

MEETINGS, IT IS ABOUT THE

LEADERSHIP YOU, EARTH.

A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND THAT IS

WHY WE HAVE SEEN LACKLUSTER

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING

VIOLENT CRIME.

THERE IS A REASON THE TRIBUNE

SAYS ALDERMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN

HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED ON CRIME

AND HOUSING ISSUES.

VOTERS AND THE NEWSPAPERS AGREE

WE NEED A CHANGE IN THE WARD.

>> WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED

AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AVERAGE ONE NEW BUSINESS A

MONTH.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE.

>> HE IS IN THE COUNTING

BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSING AS

SOME ARE OPENING.

>> ANOTHER ITEM OF IMPORTANCE,

THE MAYOR'S IDEA FOR AN UPTOWN

MUSIC DISTRICT ON BROADWAY.

AMY CRAWFORD?

>> THUMBS UP, AND SO MUCH

POTENTIAL THERE FOR A GREAT

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN A REAL

PROPONENT AND CHAMPION BUT WE

DON'T HAVE THE LEADERSHIP IN THE

ALDERMAN'S OFFICE.

>> HOW ABOUT IT, ALDERMAN, DID

YOU BACK THAT PROPASAL?

>> ABSOLUTELY SINCE I HAVE BEEN

IN OFFICE WE HAVE HAD 42 GRANTS

COME IN AND FOOD AND WINE NAMED

THE CHEF ONE OF THE TOP TEN IN

THE NATION.

UPTOWN UNDERGROUND HAS COME IN,

ARCADE PARK IS COMING IN AND

DELEGATE A $6 MILLION

STREETSCAPING, PUTTING AN

OUTDOOR PLAZA IN FRONT, SETTING

THEM TO HAVE THAT UPTOWN THEATER

GOING.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ALDERMAN

IS RATTLING OFF A THINGS, A LIST

OF THINGS THAT HE IS DOING.

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT HE IS

EXERTING ANY LEADERSHIP.

THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IS

NOT BECAUSE OF HIM, IN SPITE OF

HIM IN SOME PART.

BUSINESSES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO

MY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THEY SEE I

WILL BE A STRONGER LEADTORY

DRIVE THIS DEVELOPMENT FURTHER

AND WE ARE MARKETSING UPTOWN AS

A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT AND

CULTURAL DISTRICT.

70% OF MY CAMPAIGN LOCATIONS

HAVE COME FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS

AND BUSINESSES IN THE WARD AND

90% OF AMY'S FUNDS CAME FROM ONE

LAW FIRM.

>> THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

MANY DEVELOPERS CORRECTED TO THE

CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE I KNOW THAT

HAVE KNOWN ME SUPPORT MY

CAMPAIGN.

>> NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTOR GAVE

HER $5,000 AFTER I REFUSED HIM.

>> I WILL GIVE YOU 1 SIF SECONDS

EACH.

AMY, WHY SHOULD THE WARD ELECT

YOU?

>> THIS IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP, QUH

VOTERS ARE HAPPY WITH THE

ONGOING MURDERS IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE DAYTIME AND LACK OF

DEVELOPMENT.

>> ALDERMAN, WHY SHOULD YOU BE

RETAINED?

>> I HAVE HAD A CLEAR PLAN ON

CREATING MORE CHECK DEVELOPMENT

AND ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY.

MY PLAN HAS WORKED AND THERE IS

NOR TO DO.