League of Women Voters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 2, 2011
CONTACT: Whitney Woodward
(312) 335-1767
(630) 247-7777

Groups ask City government to go beyond resolution by engaging residents, forgoing politics as usual in 2011 ward remapping

CHICAGO – A coalition of civil rights and public policy organizations supports a plan aimed at giving Chicago residents a chance to monitor the redrawing of the city’s 50 wards, but said the resolution, which will be considered at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, doesn’t go far enough.