The Daley family

The Daley family

The Daley family is an American political family from Chicago that is deeply entrenched in a vast political machine system of Illinois. Two family members have held the office of the Mayor of Chicago. Some residents of the Daley family currently reside in Buffalo New York.



Notable members

Richard J. Daley (May 15, 1902–December 20, 1976)
Mayor of Chicago, 1955–1976

Eleanor "Sis" Daley (March 4, 1907-February 16, 2003)
Wife of Richard J. Daley

Richard M. Daley (born April 24, 1942)
Mayor of Chicago, 1989 – present

William M. Daley (born 1949)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1997–2000

John P. Daley
11th Ward Democratic Committeeman
Cook County Commissioner


See also

List of U.S. political families

Wards of the United States

Wards of the United States

In the United States, wards are political divisions which usually have leaders elected by the party committee members within their boundaries. Ward leaders are often major forces within the political and civic life of their neighborhoods, influencing zoning, the provision of governmental services, patronage, and the selection of candidates for office. Winning the leadership of a ward helped launch the Kennedy and Daley families, among many others, into elective office. Other cities in the US, such as Minneapolis, use the term ward to refer to an elective district of their city councils, and is not used in party leadership elections, as is the case with the wards of New Orleans. In smaller boroughs and townships wards typically allow a closer, more direct representation of the local voters.

Alderman

Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions. The title is derived from the Anglo-Saxon position of ealdorman, literally meaning "elder man," and was used by the chief nobles presiding over shires.

"Board of Aldermen" is the governing body of many jurisdictions in the United States. In these jurisdictions, the term is used instead of city council and its members are called "Alderman" or "Alderwoman".


See also

Alderman's nerve

Local government in the United States

Municipal government

Councillor

Mayor

Chicago City Council

Chicago City Council

The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of fifty aldermen elected from fifty wards to serve four-year terms. The Chicago City Council is gaveled into session regularly (usually monthly) to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes traffic code changes, utilities, taxes, and many other issues. The council, in conjunction with the Mayor of Chicago, hears recommendations from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and then may grant individual properties Chicago Landmark status. The presiding officer of the Chicago City Council is the Mayor of Chicago. The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago. Both positions are popularly elected offices.
The Chicago City Council chambers are located in Chicago City Hall, adjacent to the Richard J. Daley Center. Also located in the building are the offices of the individual aldermen and staff.


Chicago aldermen

The list below includes the aldermen of Chicago in order by ward. The list is current as of January 2007.

A non-partisan election was held on February 27, 2007 and a runoff election was held on April 17. Newly elected aldermen were sworn in on May 21.[1]

1. Manuel Flores
   
2. Bob Fioretti
   
3. Pat Dowell
   
4. Toni Preckwinkle
   
5. Leslie Hairston
   
6. Freddrenna Lyle
   
7. Sandi Jackson
   
8. Michelle A. Harris
   
9. Anthony Beale
   
10. John Pope
    
11. James Balcer
    
12. George Cardenas
    
13. Frank Olivo
    
14. Ed Burke
    
15. Toni Foulkes
    
16. Joann Thompson
    
17. Latasha Thomas
    
18. Lona Lane
    
19. Virginia Rugai
    
20. Willie Cochran
    
21. Howard Brookins Jr.
    
22. Ricardo Muñoz
    
23. Michael Zalewski
    
24. Sharon Denise Dixon
    
25. Daniel Solis
    
26. Billy Ocasio
    
27. Walter Burnett, Jr.
    
28. Ed Smith
    
29. Isaac Carothers
    
30. Ariel Reboyras
    
31. Ray Suarez
    
32. Scott Waguespack
    
33. Richard Mell
    
34. Carrie Austin
    
35. Rey Colón
    
36. William Banks
    
37. Emma Mitts
    
38. Thomas Allen
    
39. Margaret Laurino
    
40. Patrick O'Connor
    
41. Brian Doherty
    
42. Brendan Reilly
    
43. Vi Daley
    
44. Thomas M. Tunney
    
45. Patrick Levar
    
46. Helen Shiller
    
47. Eugene Schulter
    
48. Mary Ann Smith
    
49. Joe Moore
    
50. Bernard Stone

External links

City of Chicago

City Council Ward Map

Chicago City Council

City Clerk's Chicago City Council page

Chicago City Council Proceedings Archive

Chicago Security Deposit & Renters Rights

Sullivan High School

Sullivan High School

Sullivan High School is a high school located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Their athletic teams are known as the Tigers.


External links

Sullivan High School website

West Ridge, Chicago

West Ridge, Chicago

West Ridge or West Rogers Park is one of 77 well-defined Chicago, Illinois community areas. It is a middle to upper middle class neighborhood located on the far north side of Chicago. It is located in the 50th Ward. It is bordered on the north by Howard Street, on the east by Ridge Boulevard, Western Avenue, and Ravenswood Avenue, the south by Bryn Mawr Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and on the west by Kedzie Avenue and the North Shore channel of the Chicago River. At one time joined with neighboring Rogers Park, it separated in the 1890's over a conflict concerning park districts (known as the Cabbage War.)

Today West Ridge is one of Chicago's better off communities, filled with thriving multi-ethnic culture lining Devon Avenue, historic mansions lining Ridge and Lunt Avenues, cultural institutions such as St. Scholastica Acadaemy and one of the highest per capita incomes on the Northside of Chicago. It is represented in City Council by Alderman Bernard Stone.
It is home to the Midwest's largest Hasidic community, as well as other Jewish, Irish-American, German-American, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Assyrian, and Korean immigrant communities.



Golden Ghetto

Golden Ghetto is an informal name for a neighborhood north and south of Devon Avenue on the North Side of Chicago stretching from about 2200 West to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at about 3200 West.

The Golden Ghetto is bounded on the north by Warren Park and Pratt Avenue and on the south by Peterson Avenue. It acquired its name from the thriving Jewish community there from about 1930 to the mid-1970s. That community began to drift into the suburbs in the 1960s, and the neighborhood began to be home to South Asians and Russian Jews from about that time.
The heyday of the area is the topic of Adam Langer's Crossing California, told from the perspective of the second-generation residents during their middle school and teenage years.


Schools

• ABC Academy
  

• Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran School
  

• Bnos Rabbeinu High School
  

• Cheder Lubavitch Girls High School
  

• Clinton Elementary School
  

• Daniel Boone Elementary School
  

• Stephen Decatur Classical School
  

• George Armstrong Elementary School
  

• Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School
  

• Ida Crown Jewish Academy
  

• Jamieson Elementary School
  

• Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov High School
  

• Keshet High School
  

• Mather High School
  

• NAES College
  

• Philip Rogers Elementary School
  

• St. Hilary Elementary School
  

• St. Margaret Mary School
  

• St. Philips Evangelical Lutheran School
  

• St. Scholastica Academy
  

• Stone Elementary Academy
  

• Tzemach Tzedek Elementary School
  

• Vicytor C. Neumann School
  

• Yeshiva Migdal Torah School
  

• Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzn
  

External links

Official City of Chicago West Ridge Community Map

Chicago Park District: Indian Boundary Park

Lakeside Community Development Corporation

Photographs of Devon Avenue by Jordan Bettis