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Howard Beamon Brookins Jr. (born October 21, 1963) is the Alderman of the 21st Ward of the City of Chicago. He was elected in 2003 and is currently serving his fifth term. He was elected in 2003 and is currently serving his fifth term.
Ronnie Mosley (born August 21, 1991) [1] [2] is an American politician from Chicago. He is the alderperson for Chicago City Council 's 21st ward, having won the 2023 election to the office. The 21st ward includes parts of the Washington Heights , West Pullman , and Morgan Park neighborhoods.
Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one would be a cost-saving measure, and an ordinance to that effect was passed in 1920 ...
CHICAGO — A Chicago alderman and a pair of organizations have called for the Board of Education to reschedule Friday’s special meeting that could include a decision about the future of schools ...
Chicago's alderpersons are generally given exceptional deference, called "aldermanic privilege" or "aldermanic prerogative", to control city decisions and services within their ward. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] This is an unwritten and informal practice that emerged in the early 20th century and gives alderpersons control over "zoning, licenses, permits ...
Beavers was elected as 7th Ward Alderman in 1983 and served in that position until 2006. He was then elected as Commissioner for the 4th District of Cook County, serving in that position from 2006-13.
In 2021, the City Council began debate over new ward map boundaries as part of the redistricting process following the 2020 United States census. The proposed map needed be approved by 41 aldermen before May 19, 2022, otherwise proposed maps would have been submitted to voters as a referendum in the June 2022 election. [11]
(ward or township) Name Start Other Office(s) Held 1st Ward: Vacant: 2nd Ward: CJ Gallo 2024 None 3rd Ward: Alan Rasho 2024 4th Ward: Paul McKinley 2024 None 5th Ward: Tyler Shasteen 2024 6th Ward: Charles Earl Williams 2024 7th Ward: Dave Lottich 2024 8th Ward Lynn Franco None 9th Ward: Wayland Johnson None 10th Ward: Yolanda Deanda 2024 11th ...