1 00:00:06,166 --> 00:00:14,200 >>> IN JANUARY OF 2 SWRO 17 2 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:16,533 SANDI JACKSON STEPPED DOWN FROM 3 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:19,200 THE SEAT SHE HELD FOR SIX YEARS, 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:20,633 AND PLED GUILTY TO TAX EVASION. 5 00:00:16,533 --> 00:00:22,566 SO SERVE OUT THE FINAL TWO 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:26,366 YEARS, MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL ASKED 7 00:00:20,633 --> 00:00:29,800 PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THE JOB. 8 00:00:22,566 --> 00:00:32,933 THERE WERE 53 APPLICANTS AND 9 00:00:26,366 --> 00:00:35,100 CHOSE NATASHIA HOLMES, SHE FACED 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:37,266 7 CHALLENGERS AND GOT 25% OF THE 11 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:39,966 VOTE AND FORCED HER INTO A 12 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:40,666 RUN-OFF WITH GREGORY MUCHEL WHO 13 00:00:37,266 --> 00:00:44,066 GOT 20% OF MORE THAN 10,000 14 00:00:39,966 --> 00:00:46,000 VOTES CAST. 15 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:49,200 THE SOUTH SIDE WARD HAS THE 16 00:00:44,066 --> 00:00:50,433 LAKEFRONT ON THE EAST AND HAS 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,066 PARTS OF CALUMET HEIGHTS AND 18 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,466 JEFFREY MANOR. 19 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:58,133 JOINING US IN THE ORDER THEY 20 00:00:52,066 --> 00:00:58,966 APPEAR, IS GREGORY MATCHEL, WHO 21 00:00:54,466 --> 00:01:01,166 IS 45 AND LIVES IN THE JEFFREY 22 00:00:58,133 --> 00:01:02,700 MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD. 23 00:00:58,966 --> 00:01:04,300 HE IS AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 24 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:07,233 MANAGER AT THE CHICAGO AMERICA 25 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:09,000 AND TIME EXCHANGE. 26 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:11,266 ANNA TASHIA HOLMES WHO IS 39, A 27 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:12,166 LAWYER AND FORMER POLICY ADVISOR 28 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,433 FOR THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF 29 00:01:11,266 --> 00:01:16,033 TRANS. 30 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:17,800 WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT. 31 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:19,266 WHAT IS THE BIG OF THE 32 00:01:16,033 --> 00:01:20,066 ACCOMPLISHMENT SINCE US REPLACED 33 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,466 SANDI JACKSON A COUPLE OF YEARS 34 00:01:19,266 --> 00:01:23,466 AGO? 35 00:01:20,066 --> 00:01:25,400 >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST 36 00:01:22,466 --> 00:01:27,033 ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I WAS ABLE 37 00:01:23,466 --> 00:01:30,333 TO DO WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR 38 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:31,000 MONTHS WAS TO PREVENT A PAWN 39 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:34,066 SHOP FROM OPENING ON 95th 40 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:35,700 STREET. 41 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,366 WE PUT TEN BUSINESSES THROUGH 42 00:01:34,066 --> 00:01:40,000 THE NUISANCE PROCESS AND WE HAD 43 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:40,566 THREE LIQUOR LICENSES REVOKED 44 00:01:37,366 --> 00:01:43,433 AND THREE BUSINESS LICENSES 45 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,533 REVOKED. 46 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:48,466 TWO LIQUOR LICENSES AND THREE 47 00:01:43,433 --> 00:01:50,700 BUSINESS LICENSES REVOKED. 48 00:01:45,533 --> 00:01:52,100 WE ARE WORKING TO TURN THINGS 49 00:01:48,466 --> 00:01:53,900 FORWARD, IN TERMS OF BRINGING 50 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:54,733 GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS AND 51 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:55,933 DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 52 00:01:53,900 --> 00:02:00,066 INITIATIVES. 53 00:01:54,733 --> 00:02:03,100 DIOFFICE HOURS ON THE BLOCK AND 54 00:01:55,933 --> 00:02:03,666 HELD EVENTS IN THE PARK, I TOLD, 55 00:02:00,066 --> 00:02:05,133 HELD FORUMS AND HAD AN 56 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:05,600 APPRENTICESHIP THERE. 57 00:02:03,666 --> 00:02:06,866 >> YOUR RESPONSE TO THE 58 00:02:05,133 --> 00:02:08,700 ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 59 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,700 >> SHE TALKS ABOUT THE 60 00:02:06,866 --> 00:02:12,966 BUSINESSES SHE GOT RID OF AND 61 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:14,866 LICENSES REVOKED AND SO FORTH. 62 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:17,100 FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 63 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:17,966 SHE DIDN'T DO THOSE ALONE, THERE 64 00:02:14,866 --> 00:02:19,933 WAS INPUT AND EFFORT FROM THE 65 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:21,000 COMMUNITY. 66 00:02:17,966 --> 00:02:23,633 SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE 67 00:02:19,933 --> 00:02:24,900 CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITY. 68 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:27,366 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE 69 00:02:23,633 --> 00:02:28,666 OF THAT. 70 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:30,766 SHE MENTIONED THE INVITE 71 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:31,833 CORPORATE PART MERES TO THE 72 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:32,733 WARD, AND UNDER MY 73 00:02:30,766 --> 00:02:34,700 ADMINISTRATION WHAT IS WHAT I 74 00:02:31,833 --> 00:02:38,333 WILL DO. 75 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:40,933 HOW I WILL DO THAT, IDENTIFY THE 76 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:43,000 ASSETS IN THE WARD AND STRUCTURE 77 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:43,900 THOSE WITH THE DESIRES OF THE 78 00:02:40,933 --> 00:02:45,700 COMMUNITY AND TRY TO BRING 79 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,766 BUSINESSES INTO THE WARD. 80 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:49,366 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM VOTERS 81 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:50,100 AS TO WHAT THEIR TOP CONCERN IS? 82 00:02:47,766 --> 00:02:51,400 >> THE TOP CONCERN IS PUBLIC 83 00:02:49,366 --> 00:02:55,433 SAFETY. 84 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:57,700 PUBLIC SAFETY. 85 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:58,866 YOU KNOW, AND FOR MY EXPERIENCES 86 00:02:55,433 --> 00:03:00,833 GROWING UP BACK IN THE 70s AND 87 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:03,066 80s... 88 00:02:58,866 --> 00:03:05,433 >> YOU GREW UP IN THAT WARD? 89 00:03:00,833 --> 00:03:06,400 >> YES, IRGREW UP IN THAT WARD. 90 00:03:03,066 --> 00:03:09,033 WE HAD A COMMUNITY POLICING 91 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:10,333 POLICY. 92 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,133 THE POLICE OFFICERS KNEW THE 93 00:03:09,033 --> 00:03:13,833 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT PRUT THE 94 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:15,100 COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND THEY 95 00:03:11,133 --> 00:03:16,833 WOULD EASILY, THEY COULD 96 00:03:13,833 --> 00:03:18,066 IDENTIFY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. 97 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:20,066 >> I ASSUME YOU WANT TO BRING 98 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:21,000 THAT BACK? 99 00:03:18,066 --> 00:03:22,366 WHY NOT MORE PROGRESS ON THE 100 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:24,466 ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY? 101 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,700 >> WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS, WE 102 00:03:22,366 --> 00:03:28,933 HAVE SEEN CRIME GO DOWN OVER THE 103 00:03:24,466 --> 00:03:30,300 COURSE OF MY TENURE, AND THAT IS 104 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:31,433 NOT SOMETHING I HAVE DONE ALONE 105 00:03:28,933 --> 00:03:32,766 AND IT IS BUILDING A COMMUNITY 106 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:34,300 RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP 107 00:03:31,433 --> 00:03:36,233 WITH THE FOURTH DISTRICT. 108 00:03:32,766 --> 00:03:37,433 I REALLY THINK WHILE PUBLIC 109 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:39,433 SAFETY IS AN ISSUE I THINK 110 00:03:36,233 --> 00:03:39,966 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 111 00:03:37,433 --> 00:03:42,866 INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A 112 00:03:39,433 --> 00:03:46,466 MAJOR ISSUE. 113 00:03:39,966 --> 00:03:48,600 >> ONE THING THAT YOU SAID, YOU 114 00:03:42,866 --> 00:03:50,700 SAID YOUR WARD IS A FOOD DESERT. 115 00:03:46,466 --> 00:03:51,033 WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO CHANGE IT? 116 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:55,400 >> I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY SAID 117 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:57,200 THAT. 118 00:03:51,033 --> 00:03:57,766 IF YOU QUANTITYIFY HOW THEY ARE 119 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,533 DESIGNATED, THERE ARE AREAS OF 120 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,000 WARD. 121 00:03:57,766 --> 00:04:04,300 THREE GROSSRY STORES IN THE WARD 122 00:03:59,533 --> 00:04:05,966 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT TYPES 123 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:08,300 OF GOODS ARE SOLD IN SOME OF THE 124 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:10,166 STORES YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE 125 00:04:05,966 --> 00:04:12,633 STORE THAT YOU KNOW MEETS A 126 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:14,266 CRITERIA FOR WHAT MANY WANTS. 127 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:15,866 >> YOU HAVE KNOWN, YOU YOURSELF 128 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:17,500 AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 129 00:04:14,266 --> 00:04:19,666 WARD HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE TO BUY 130 00:04:15,866 --> 00:04:21,800 SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THEY NEED. 131 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:23,533 >> ABSOLUTEDLY, THEY DO. 132 00:04:19,666 --> 00:04:26,966 THAT IS BECAUSE, WHAT I REALLY 133 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:29,966 SAID IS WE LIVE IN AN AREA OF 134 00:04:23,533 --> 00:04:31,400 THE CITY WHERE THERE IS A $400 135 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:32,833 MILLION RETAIL GAP. 136 00:04:29,966 --> 00:04:34,066 THAT GOES ELSEWHERE BECAUSE WE 137 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,800 DON'T HAVE THE GOODS AND 138 00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:38,066 SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT WE 139 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:40,666 WANT AND WE GO ELSEWHERE AND 140 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:44,200 BEING IN THE TIME WHERE WE ARE 141 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:45,766 NOW WHERE MOST OF US HAVE A CAR, 142 00:04:40,666 --> 00:04:46,066 THE 7th WARD, A GREAT TRANSIT 143 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,633 ACCESS YOU CAN GET ALMOST ANY 144 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:48,500 PLACE. 145 00:04:46,066 --> 00:04:50,733 IF YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU WILL 146 00:04:47,633 --> 00:04:51,400 GO GET IT. 147 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:54,100 >> WE WILL GET GREG MITCHELL IN 148 00:04:50,733 --> 00:04:56,833 ON THIS. 149 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:57,533 HAS THE ALDERMAN DONE ENOUGH TO 150 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:59,866 BRING IN GROCERY STORES AND NEW 151 00:04:56,833 --> 00:05:03,000 BUSINESSES? 152 00:04:57,533 --> 00:05:04,933 >> I DON'T THINK SO. 153 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:09,200 AS I MENTIONED ABOUT OUR ASSETS 154 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,633 ONE CONCERN OF THE RESIDENTS HAS 155 00:05:04,933 --> 00:05:12,000 BEEN A CENTRALLALLY LOCATED 156 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,900 GROCERY STORE. 157 00:05:09,633 --> 00:05:16,133 WE HAVE ASSETS IN THE WORD THAT 158 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,666 COULD LEND ITSELF WELL. 159 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:18,700 WHAMPLGTS DID YOU MEAN, A GOOD 160 00:05:16,133 --> 00:05:19,066 LOCATION,? 161 00:05:16,666 --> 00:05:23,766 A STRUCTURE IN PLACE. 162 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:26,500 LOCATION. 163 00:05:19,066 --> 00:05:28,000 WE HAVE BUSINESS STRUCTURES, ON 164 00:05:23,766 --> 00:05:31,200 75th AND 87th AND TAKING A BIG 165 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:32,233 LEER THEY COULD PROVE TO BE A 166 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:34,633 GOOD LOCATION FOR CENTRAL 167 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:38,733 LOCATED GROCERY STORE. 168 00:05:32,233 --> 00:05:40,400 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT. 169 00:05:34,633 --> 00:05:42,466 NEXT WEEK I'M HAVE THE 79th 170 00:05:38,733 --> 00:05:44,400 STREET QUARTERLY PLANNING 171 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:47,266 MEETING, AND LOOKING AT THAT 172 00:05:42,466 --> 00:05:48,233 CORRIDOR, I THINK THAT MY 173 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:50,233 OPPONENT HERE, YOU HAVE TO 174 00:05:47,266 --> 00:05:51,766 UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. 175 00:05:48,233 --> 00:05:53,266 YES WE WANT A GROCERY STORE 176 00:05:50,233 --> 00:05:55,566 THERE BUT THE RETAILERS HAS TO 177 00:05:51,766 --> 00:05:58,633 WANT TO COME THERE AS WELL. 178 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:59,666 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS 179 00:05:55,566 --> 00:06:07,566 THAT GO IN WHEN AN INVESTOR HAS 180 00:05:58,633 --> 00:06:09,033 THE PROPERTY. 181 00:05:59,666 --> 00:06:09,700 OF H YOU KNOW, I THINK ALDERMAN 182 00:06:07,566 --> 00:06:11,666 SNAP THEIR FINGERS AND THESE 183 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:13,200 PROJECTS APPEAR. 184 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:15,233 IT IS A LOT OF WORK, AND IT IS 185 00:06:11,666 --> 00:06:16,933 GETTING THE COMMUNITY TO BE 186 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:20,466 INVESTED IN IT AS WELL. 187 00:06:15,233 --> 00:06:22,533 >> WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DO 188 00:06:16,933 --> 00:06:24,333 BETTER THANNALMER DAN HOLMES? 189 00:06:20,466 --> 00:06:25,666 >> I WOULD BE A COMMUNITY 190 00:06:22,533 --> 00:06:26,966 ALDERMAN, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS 191 00:06:24,333 --> 00:06:28,766 OF THE COMMUNITY. 192 00:06:25,666 --> 00:06:32,200 >> IS SHE NOT? 193 00:06:26,966 --> 00:06:35,166 >> NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 194 00:06:28,766 --> 00:06:37,033 WHAT I MOON BY THAT, AS I WALK 195 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:38,566 THE WARD, HE CREATE A BOND. 196 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:40,033 WHAT I HEAR WITH THEM IS THE 197 00:06:37,033 --> 00:06:40,966 ALDERMAN IS IN THE ACCESSIBLE. 198 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:42,366 SHE DOESN'T REALLY RELATE TO 199 00:06:40,033 --> 00:06:43,800 WHAT IS GOING ON. 200 00:06:40,966 --> 00:06:47,133 >> ARE YOU ACCESSIBLE? 201 00:06:42,366 --> 00:06:47,433 >> ABSOLUTELY. 202 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:49,166 YOU KNOW WHEN I HEAR MY OPPONENT 203 00:06:47,133 --> 00:06:50,666 SAY... 204 00:06:47,433 --> 00:06:53,100 >> WHEN YOU ARE ON THE CORNER 205 00:06:49,166 --> 00:06:56,166 FOR 15 MINUTES. 206 00:06:50,666 --> 00:06:58,033 >> AFTER FOUR HOURS, DURING THE 207 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:59,833 DAY, SOME OF THE MOST NO SANSED 208 00:06:56,166 --> 00:07:04,166 AREAS OF THE CITY AND TO HEAR MY 209 00:06:58,033 --> 00:07:06,800 OPPONENT SAYING HE NEEDS TO GO 210 00:06:59,833 --> 00:07:07,733 THROUGH A PROCESS, YOU NEED TO 211 00:07:04,166 --> 00:07:10,533 ENGAGE ASSETS, AT BEING THERE 44 212 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:13,333 YEARS. 213 00:07:07,733 --> 00:07:15,266 FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THEY ARE 214 00:07:10,533 --> 00:07:16,933 INACCESSIBLE, THAT WOULD MEAN 215 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:17,866 THEY TRIED TO ACCESS ME. 216 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:20,066 WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN A 217 00:07:16,933 --> 00:07:20,866 FORUM. 218 00:07:17,866 --> 00:07:22,733 >> NO, NOT TO MEET. 219 00:07:20,066 --> 00:07:29,000 NO. 220 00:07:20,866 --> 00:07:31,866 >> YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. 221 00:07:22,733 --> 00:07:33,466 >> WHERE I HAVE A 40, 50, 222 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,566 70-YEAR-OLD CONSTITUENT SAY IF 223 00:07:31,866 --> 00:07:35,966 THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT CALLS 224 00:07:33,466 --> 00:07:37,133 YOU GET FIVE DIFFERENT 225 00:07:35,566 --> 00:07:38,333 EXPERIENCES. 226 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:40,300 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF A CONCERN 227 00:07:37,133 --> 00:07:41,566 THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE THAT THE 228 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:43,566 CITY COUNCIL IS THE MAYOR'S 229 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:46,233 RUBBER STAMP. 230 00:07:41,566 --> 00:07:48,566 AMPLTS COLLEAGUE SAID EVERY YES 231 00:07:43,566 --> 00:07:49,566 VOTE ISN'T A RUBBER STAMP. 232 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:51,433 AND I WILL STAND STRONG FOR MY 233 00:07:48,566 --> 00:07:53,000 RESIDENTS AND MY COMMUNITY 234 00:07:49,566 --> 00:07:54,166 BECAUSE WHAT I DO, WHEN I DO 235 00:07:51,433 --> 00:07:55,266 SOMETHING GOOD FOR THEM I DO 236 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:58,933 SOMETHING GOOD FOR MYSELF. 237 00:07:54,166 --> 00:08:02,200 AT THE SAME TIME, MY COMMUNITY 238 00:07:55,266 --> 00:08:03,800 IS ONE OF MANY, THE 7th WARD IS 239 00:07:58,933 --> 00:08:05,700 ONE OF 50 IN THE ENTIRE CITY. 240 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:08,366 AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT YOU WILL 241 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:09,566 BE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL 242 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:11,966 AFFECT A LARGER POPULUS THAN THE 243 00:08:08,366 --> 00:08:13,733 7th WARD. 244 00:08:09,566 --> 00:08:16,000 >> MR. MITCHELL, THE LAST WORD, 245 00:08:11,966 --> 00:08:18,133 ARE YOU BACKING MAYOR RAHM 246 00:08:13,733 --> 00:08:19,733 EMANUEL OR CHUY GARCIA. 247 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:22,233 >> RIGHT NOW I'M BACKING ME. 248 00:08:18,133 --> 00:08:24,800 IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET 249 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:27,266 HERE AND I'M FOCUSING ON TAKING 250 00:08:22,233 --> 00:08:29,566 THE 7th WARD BACK, AND PUT IT 251 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:30,766 BACK ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE. 252 00:08:27,266 --> 00:08:32,566 >> THAT IS WHERE WE WILL LEAVE 253 00:08:29,566 --> 00:08:33,600 IT. 254 00:08:30,766 --> 00:08:35,700 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 255 00:08:32,566 --> 00:08:37,533 APPRECIATE IT. 256 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,533 THE STORY OF THE REAL VIKINGS UP 257 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:37,533 NEXT, SO DON'T GO AWAY.