The Sixth Ward

• REMINDER: Wal-Mart townhall meeting hosted by the Greater Chatham Alliance

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  That's tomorrow at the St. James Lutheran Church @ 8000 S. Michigan Ave between 12 Noon -1:30 PM. Here's the flyer embedded below!
  Walmart Townhall hosted by the Greater Chatham Alliance
  

  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:54pm EST
  

• Weis 'extremely nervous' over police retirements

  Sun-Times. Ald. Lyle is quoted in this article so I'm italicizing her comments:
  Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said today he is “extremely nervous” that a wave of police retirements next year — after an arbitrator rules on the new police contract — will stretch a burgeoning manpower shortage' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:03pm EST
  

• African-Americans hit inordinately hard by recession

  An important story to consider, especially if many seek to keep Chatham a middle-class enclave especially for Blacks:
  The cold fact, however, is that this deep recession is hitting African-Americans more severely than the overall population, due largely to the staggering levels of unemployment for this segment of the [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:17am EST