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Posts tagged "Manny Flores"

Could Chicago elect its first Latino mayor?

Miguel del Valle   Luis Gutierrez Manny Flores Could Chicago elect its first Latino mayor? Now that Mayor Daley has announced his retirement the line of candidates interested in running for his job grows by the day. Several Latino candidates are possible and the first one to officially declare this week was Chicago City Clerk... Read more »

Chicago City Council passes resolution in favor of immigrants

The Chicago City Council passed a resolution Wednesday in support of the DREAM Act and against the planned deportation of a local college student Rigo Padilla, who I’ve written blog posts about before. The vote was 49 to 1 with only Ald. James Balcer voting against it. Now this is largely a symbolic measure as... Read more »