Former sixth
ward alderman and 2007 mayoral candidate Richard Cahill Jr. and onetime school board president and community activist Jean Jacobs round out the primary scrum.
Not exact matches
In the wake of the murder of 6 - month - old Jonylah Watkins, the
ward's
alderman announced Tuesday that he has contacted gang members to ask them not to harbor the killers of innocent victims.
For Woerner, still only 29, running for
alderman in the Fourth
Ward (again: he moved over from the adjacent
ward for this race) represents a step backward in order to move up.
The Court of
Aldermen represents the
wards, with each
ward (irrespective of size) returning one Alderman.
Each
ward elects an Alderman to the Court of
Aldermen, and Commoners (the City equivalent of a Councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the Corporation.
«I'm asking the residents, particularly the residents of
wards 4, 5, 7 and nine, to step up, call your
alderman,» the mayor said.
Meanwhile, another aldermanic candidate has adopted what may be called the Jason West Defense to explain to would - be constituents why he didn't live in the
ward he hopes to represent when nominated for
alderman this month.
Ms Fuentes worked hard and long as
ward 5
alderman and again as the head of the office of community development... a huge amount of good works and progress came out of her term.
Delegates are expected to consider nominations for mayor,
alderman - at - large,
alderman in the city's nine
wards, county executive, district attorney and family court judge.
However, his fellow
aldermen have been reluctant to step up to the plate and voluntarily give up projects in their
wards.