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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Ald. Jason Ervin

Reject ward remap plan that would destroy Black representation on City Council

As leader of the City Council’s Aldermanic Black Caucus, I urge my colleagues to join me in rejecting the call from CHANGE Illinois and the City Council’s Latino Caucus to vote for a ward redistricting plan that decimates Black representation in Chicago. 

Their plan was crafted principally by Latino Caucus attorney Victor Reyes, who is also “Lawyer A” mentioned throughout the recent federal corruption indictment against Michael Madigan’s federal corruption indictment, and it is supported by only 15 of the 50 City Council members. 

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