City officials on Friday announced beefed-up security measures at city housing projects for the next three months including police patrols in hallways and common areas.
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Scenes From OIB Party
Thanks to all our OIB friends who attended the party at Bijou Theatre Saturday night. Great conversation and even a showing of the Rocky Horror
Read moreHow About Election Predictions?
The eve of the election is upon us, the majority of the work is finished: door knocking, phone calls, lawn signs, mail pieces, radio, television.
Read moreSandy’s Sucky Sins
Former City Councilman Joel “Speedy” Gonzalez shares video from Tuesday as the city cleans up Sandy’s mess. 0
Read moreFinch Launches ‘Help Fight Blight’ Campaign–Effort To Shame Negligent Property Owners
UPDATE: Three weeks from the Nov. 6 election and a ballot question that if approved by voters would give the mayor the power to appoint
Read moreCity Takes Ownership Of Cleaned-up Maplewood Avenue Lot–Slated For Habitat For Humanity Housing
Chris Rosario, the city’s director of Anti-Blight Neighborhood Revitalization, has kicked into overdrive shepherding a team of city departments working in earnest to clean up
Read moreTrashed-filled Lot On Maplewood Avenue Cleaned Up
It’s about time! Former City Councilman Joel “Speedy” Gonzalez (who provides narration) shares a video he took on Tuesday of workers cleaning an abandoned garbage-strewn lot
Read moreThe Partnership Of Blight And Crime–West Side Lot A Mess, Taxes And Penalties Owed
Blighted properties, such as the one shown here, are co-conspirators in a spike in crime. Former City Councilman Joel “Speedy” Gonzalez, who lives near this
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