1 00:00:05,066 --> 00:00:09,933 >> THANKS, AMMAN DAVMENT MAYOR 2 00:00:05,733 --> 00:00:12,033 LORI LIGHTFOOT AND CITY COUNCIL 3 00:00:07,766 --> 00:00:14,533 CONFIRMED THE CITY'S NEWEST 4 00:00:09,933 --> 00:00:16,966 ALDERPERSON TAKING OVER FOR PAT 5 00:00:12,033 --> 00:00:19,766 INDUSTRY DALEY THOMPSON WHO WAS 6 00:00:14,533 --> 00:00:21,100 CONVICTED OF FEDERAL TAX FRAUD. 7 00:00:16,966 --> 00:00:22,166 AND JOINING US IS THE NEW 8 00:00:19,766 --> 00:00:23,900 ALDERWOMAN, NICOLE LEE. 9 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:25,766 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 10 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:27,200 NOW, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 11 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:29,133 THREE WEEKS TAKING OVER IN 12 00:00:25,766 --> 00:00:30,766 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. 13 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:32,133 WHAT HAS BEEN THE HARDEST PART 14 00:00:29,133 --> 00:00:33,266 OF THIS TRANSITION? 15 00:00:30,766 --> 00:00:35,833 >> PARIS, THANKS FOR HAVING ME 16 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:37,200 ON THE SHOW. 17 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:39,933 THE HARDEST PART OF THE 18 00:00:35,833 --> 00:00:43,266 TRANSITION HAS JUST BEEN TRYING 19 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:46,800 TO GET MY ARMS AROUND ALL THAT 20 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:47,133 THE JOB ENTAILS AND I'M LEARNING 21 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:49,766 SOMETHING NEW SEVEN NEW THINGS A 22 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,866 DAY. 23 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:53,600 >> THAT IS A BIG LEARNING CURVE. 24 00:00:49,766 --> 00:00:54,000 ARE THERE HUGE BACKLOG OF 25 00:00:51,866 --> 00:00:56,100 REQUESTS FROM 11TH WARD 26 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,966 RESIDENTS? 27 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,466 >> I DON'T HAVE A POINT OF 28 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:01,900 REFERENCE FOR WHAT HUGE IS. 29 00:00:57,966 --> 00:01:03,866 BUT THERE'S A BACKLOG OF THINGS. 30 00:01:00,466 --> 00:01:04,200 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 31 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:07,400 ONLY THE ALDERPERSON CAN 32 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:09,400 APPROVE. 33 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:10,766 SO THE STAFF THAT WE'RE STILL IN 34 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,833 THE OFFICE FOLLOWING MY 35 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:14,333 PREDECESSOR'S CONVICTION, DID A 36 00:01:10,766 --> 00:01:15,600 GREAT JOB WHAT THEY CAN DO TO 37 00:01:12,833 --> 00:01:17,500 KEEP THINGS MOVING. 38 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:19,200 BUT THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAVE 39 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,133 BEEN HELD UP. 40 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:22,933 THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THEM 41 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,133 RIGHT NOW. 42 00:01:20,133 --> 00:01:26,866 >> ALL THE DIRTY WORK OF EVERY 43 00:01:22,933 --> 00:01:29,666 ALDERPERSON, THE PERMITS AND THE 44 00:01:25,133 --> 00:01:31,100 TREE TRIMMING. 45 00:01:26,866 --> 00:01:32,266 ALL THAT FUN STUFF. 46 00:01:29,666 --> 00:01:33,233 ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE THE FASTEST 47 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:35,400 GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE CITY 48 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:36,933 OF CHICAGO. 49 00:01:33,233 --> 00:01:37,233 A WELL DOCUMENTED RISE IN 50 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:42,233 ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIME THROUGHOUT 51 00:01:36,933 --> 00:01:44,500 COVID. 52 00:01:37,233 --> 00:01:47,033 WHAT CAN YOU DO ON CITY COUNCIL 53 00:01:42,233 --> 00:01:48,700 TO ADDRESS THAT? 54 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:50,700 >> I THINK THE RISE IN 55 00:01:47,033 --> 00:01:53,900 ANTI-ASIAN HATE HAS BEEN A 56 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:55,900 TERRIBLE THING ACROSS THIS 57 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:57,566 COUNTRY AND OBVIOUSLY IN 58 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:59,733 PARTICULAR HERE IT HITS HOME FOR 59 00:01:55,900 --> 00:02:01,866 THE CHICAGO RESIDENTS AND I LIVE 60 00:01:57,566 --> 00:02:04,733 IN CHINATOWN AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN 61 00:01:59,733 --> 00:02:06,033 A RISE ON THAT FRONT AS WELL. 62 00:02:01,866 --> 00:02:08,900 I THINK THAT BEING A 63 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:11,466 REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CHICAGO 64 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:13,733 CITY COUNCIL IS LIKE THE FIRST 65 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:16,533 STEP IN REALLY PUTTING A FACE 66 00:02:11,466 --> 00:02:16,866 AND HUMANIZING US IN A WAY THAT 67 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:19,533 MAYBE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT SEEN US 68 00:02:16,533 --> 00:02:22,166 BEFORE. 69 00:02:16,866 --> 00:02:24,033 AND JUST SEEING US AS REGULAR 70 00:02:19,533 --> 00:02:28,200 PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEM AND NOT 71 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:29,400 SOME OTHER GROUP. 72 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:31,066 >> AND YOU ARE THE LONE 73 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,900 ASIAN-AMERICAN ALDERPERSON ON 74 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,633 CITY COUNCIL THERE WAS ONE 75 00:02:31,066 --> 00:02:36,200 RECENTLY WHO IS NO LONGER THERE. 76 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:38,800 LOTS OF CITY BUSINESS TO GET TO. 77 00:02:34,633 --> 00:02:41,366 MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS GOING TO MAKE 78 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:42,566 HER PICK ON A CITY CASINO ONE OF 79 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:45,033 THE POSSIBLE LOCATIONS IS THE 78 80 00:02:41,366 --> 00:02:47,833 RIGHT NEAR CHINATOWN. 81 00:02:42,566 --> 00:02:49,066 ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF A CASINO 82 00:02:45,033 --> 00:02:50,666 PROPOSAL SO CLOSE TO YOUR WARD? 83 00:02:47,833 --> 00:02:52,000 >> YOU KNOW PARIS? 84 00:02:49,066 --> 00:02:53,633 I'M DOING A LOT OF LISTENING 85 00:02:50,666 --> 00:02:55,533 RIGHT NOW. 86 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,800 MY FOCUS IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF 87 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:58,600 WEEKS HAS BEEN GETTING MY ARMS 88 00:02:55,533 --> 00:03:01,100 AROUND ALL WHAT THE RESIDENTS 89 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:02,900 NEED AND THE BACKLOG. 90 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,900 I PARTICIPATED IN THE 78 91 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:06,666 PRESENTATION TOWN HALL LAST 92 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:08,266 WEEK. 93 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:10,200 GOING TO BE CO-HOSTING A 94 00:03:06,666 --> 00:03:11,233 COSPONSORING A TOWN HALL WITH 95 00:03:08,266 --> 00:03:12,866 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTED 96 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,066 OFFICIALS SPECIFICALLY IN 97 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:15,566 CHINATOWN AND GET FEEDBACK AND 98 00:03:12,866 --> 00:03:17,833 THOUGHTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT 99 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:18,233 THE 78 PROJECT. 100 00:03:15,566 --> 00:03:19,733 I WILL BE DOING A LOT OF 101 00:03:17,833 --> 00:03:21,200 LISTENING. 102 00:03:18,233 --> 00:03:24,133 >> WHAT HAVE YOUR RESIDENTS SAID 103 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:24,866 SO FAR? 104 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:27,766 >> WHAT I'VE HEARD, ARGUMENTS ON 105 00:03:24,133 --> 00:03:30,300 BOTH SIDES. 106 00:03:24,866 --> 00:03:31,866 A LOT OF CONCERN FOR WHETHER OR 107 00:03:27,766 --> 00:03:33,166 NOT A NEW CASINO WILL BRING 108 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:36,833 CRIME, SAFETY AND TRAFFIC 109 00:03:31,866 --> 00:03:37,133 CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO 110 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:39,566 GET BACK AND FORTH REASONABLY 111 00:03:36,833 --> 00:03:41,400 WELL. 112 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:43,300 AND THEN ALSO THE ISSUE OF 113 00:03:39,566 --> 00:03:49,066 GAMBLING ADDICTION IN THE 114 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:51,566 ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 115 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:54,233 AND WORRIES AND CONCERNS THAT 116 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:55,700 OUR COMMUNITY WHRB PREYED UPON. 117 00:03:51,566 --> 00:03:57,400 AND I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM 118 00:03:54,233 --> 00:03:59,633 BUSINESS OWNERS, TOO, ABOUT 119 00:03:55,700 --> 00:04:02,200 LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 120 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:04,433 MORE BUSINESS TO COME TO 121 00:03:59,633 --> 00:04:05,733 CHINATOWN AND THE SOUTH LOOP AND 122 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,500 BRIDGEPORT AS WELL. 123 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:08,433 I THINK THERE ARE CONCERNS ON 124 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:10,866 BOTH SIDES. 125 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:12,366 THE CASINO IS COMING TO CHICAGO. 126 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:14,166 WE'VE GOT A LOT TO WEIGH AND I 127 00:04:10,866 --> 00:04:15,300 WILL LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING A 128 00:04:12,366 --> 00:04:17,700 LITTLE BIT MORE AND HEARING FROM 129 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:20,400 RESIDENTS MORE SPECIFICALLY 130 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:22,133 ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT WE 131 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:24,366 CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE BAD 132 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,766 STUFF, IF YOU WILL AND TO MAKE 133 00:04:22,133 --> 00:04:28,266 THE BEST OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT 134 00:04:24,366 --> 00:04:29,700 IN THE CITY. 135 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:30,100 >> THERE MIGHT BE A SPILLOVER I 136 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:31,466 IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES IN 137 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:34,000 CHINATOWN. 138 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:34,333 FOLKS GOING TO A CASINO. 139 00:04:31,466 --> 00:04:35,900 THE 11TH WARD IS SET TO BE 140 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,500 REDRAWN. 141 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:40,866 THERE ARE TWO COMPETING MAPS. 142 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:42,800 ONE BACKED BY THE BRACK CAUCUS 143 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:44,733 AND ONE BACKED BY THE LATINO 144 00:04:40,866 --> 00:04:45,933 CAUCUS AND BOTH MAPS WOULD 145 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,733 CREATE A ASIAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY 146 00:04:44,733 --> 00:04:49,900 IN THE 11TH WARD. 147 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:52,166 IS THERE ANY MAP THAT LOOKS 148 00:04:47,733 --> 00:04:53,533 BETTER IN YOUR EYES? 149 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:55,466 >> I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT EITHER 150 00:04:52,166 --> 00:04:57,566 MAP VERY CLOSELY YET. 151 00:04:53,533 --> 00:05:00,600 RIGHT NOW I'M REPRESENTING THE 152 00:04:55,466 --> 00:05:02,033 RESIDENTS OF TODAY'S 11TH WARD 153 00:04:57,566 --> 00:05:04,533 AND I'M GOING TO REVIEW BOTH 154 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:07,100 MAPS WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND 155 00:05:02,033 --> 00:05:09,200 THEIR CONCERNS IN MIND. 156 00:05:04,533 --> 00:05:10,133 >> AND IF THERE IS NOT A DEAL 157 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:11,900 AMONG ALDERPEOPLE WILL GO TO A 158 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:14,266 PUBLIC REFERENDUM FOLKS SAID 159 00:05:10,133 --> 00:05:16,500 THEY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN 160 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:18,166 IT COULD LEAD TO A RACIAL FIGHT. 161 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:20,500 DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THIS GOING TO 162 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:23,600 A REFERENDUM WOULD YOU PREFER IT 163 00:05:18,166 --> 00:05:25,766 GETS SOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL? 164 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:26,100 >> I THINK IT WOULD ALWAYS BE 165 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,733 BETTER TO BE RESOLVED BY CITY 166 00:05:25,766 --> 00:05:29,733 COUNCIL. 167 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:32,533 WHAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM PAST 168 00:05:27,733 --> 00:05:34,866 HISTORY WHEN THESE HAVE GONE TO 169 00:05:29,733 --> 00:05:38,133 REFERENDUM IT BECOMES A VERY 170 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:38,533 EXPENSIVE BILL FOR THE RESIDENTS 171 00:05:34,866 --> 00:05:42,466 OF CHICAGO TO PAY FOR 172 00:05:38,133 --> 00:05:45,033 ULTIMATELY. 173 00:05:38,533 --> 00:05:46,566 WHAT I'M HOPING FOR IS THAT SOME 174 00:05:42,466 --> 00:05:49,633 SORT OF RESOLUTION BE MADE. 175 00:05:45,033 --> 00:05:50,000 ULTIMATELY, IF THAT COMES TO A 176 00:05:46,566 --> 00:05:52,200 REFERENDUM THE PEOPLE WILL 177 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:53,866 DECIDE. 178 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,600 >> WHAT OTHER TOP OF MIND ISSUES 179 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,033 THAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM YOUR 180 00:05:53,866 --> 00:05:57,866 COMMUNITY MEMBERS? 181 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,066 >> SAFETY. 182 00:05:56,033 --> 00:06:01,566 YOU KNOW. 183 00:05:57,866 --> 00:06:03,800 I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT 184 00:06:00,066 --> 00:06:05,666 PREVIOUSLY AS I'VE BEEN 185 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:07,366 INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC. 186 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,933 MY TOP PRIORITY AND TOP CONCERN 187 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:11,500 OF RESIDENTS IS SAFETY. 188 00:06:07,366 --> 00:06:14,366 JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, THERE 189 00:06:08,933 --> 00:06:16,133 WAS AN INCIDENT IN THE WARD 190 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:16,433 WHERE UNFORTUNATELY, VERY 191 00:06:14,366 --> 00:06:18,033 TRAGICLY A YOUNG LADY LOST HER 192 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:19,833 LIFE. 193 00:06:16,433 --> 00:06:22,033 THERE WAS A SHOOTING THAT 194 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:23,633 HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF A CAR 195 00:06:19,833 --> 00:06:25,900 CHASE THAT CAME IN FROM OUTSIDE 196 00:06:22,033 --> 00:06:27,966 THE WARD AND ENDED ACROSS THE 197 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:30,533 STREET FROM A PARK WHERE A LOT 198 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:30,866 OF CHILDREN WERE PLAYING ON THE 199 00:06:27,966 --> 00:06:32,366 FIRST WARM DAY OF THE SPRING 200 00:06:30,533 --> 00:06:34,733 SEASON. 201 00:06:30,866 --> 00:06:35,733 IT IS AT THE TOP OF MY MIND AND 202 00:06:32,366 --> 00:06:36,966 THE TOP OF EVERYBODY'S MIND IN 203 00:06:34,733 --> 00:06:37,533 THE CITY ESPECIALLY LEADERS 204 00:06:35,733 --> 00:06:39,000 RIGHT NOW. 205 00:06:36,966 --> 00:06:39,966 >> ABSOLUTELY. 206 00:06:37,533 --> 00:06:41,866 IN A YEAR AND ALL OF YOUR 207 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,766 COLLEAGUES AND THE MAYOR WILL BE 208 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:45,500 UP FOR REELECTION. 209 00:06:41,866 --> 00:06:46,066 YOU'VE SAID YOU HAVE NOT DECIDED 210 00:06:43,766 --> 00:06:47,633 WHETHER YOU WANT TO RUN FOR A 211 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:49,900 FULL TERM. 212 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:50,300 HAVE YOU DECIDED YET? 213 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:53,033 AND IF NOT WHAT IS YOUR 214 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:54,833 TIME-FRAME? 215 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:57,333 >> I HAVE NOT DECIDED YET. 216 00:06:53,033 --> 00:06:59,900 I'M INTO THE THIRD WEEK OF THE 217 00:06:54,833 --> 00:07:02,500 JOB AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT 218 00:06:57,333 --> 00:07:04,933 THIS IS A JOB THAT I CAN DO AND 219 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:07,200 DO WELL BEFORE I ASK THE 220 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:08,033 RESIDENTS OF THE 11TH WARD TO 221 00:07:04,933 --> 00:07:08,733 CONSIDER ME SOMEBODY THAT COULD 222 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,666 REPRESENT THEM LONG-TERM. 223 00:07:08,033 --> 00:07:13,066 >> ALL RIGHT. 224 00:07:08,733 --> 00:07:13,833 WE'LL WATCH FOR THAT.