Never heard a kind word about the alderman: the Seventh Ward
02/07/19 • 12 min
Ben and Maya look at an unpopular alderman who faces a strong challenge from a young activist, in a ward in serious need of economic development.
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
Ben and Maya look at an unpopular alderman who faces a strong challenge from a young activist, in a ward in serious need of economic development.
***
Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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Writing off the activists: the 37th Ward
The leading City Council proponent for putting the unpopular police academy in her far west-side ward faces a tough race, and Ben and Maya are excited.
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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