The Golden Toilet sent to Mayor Emanuel - Community wants TIF money returned by CME

Dodany: Feb 9, 2012

Od: dogstar7

Czas: 13:29

Grassroots Collaborative marches the Golden Toilet from the plaza of the CME Group to City Hall to present it to Mayor Emanuel Activists Bring Golden Toilet To City Hall, Protest Grant To CME http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/08/activists-bring-golden-toilet-to-city-hall-protest-grant-to-cme/ "(Grassroots Collaborative) is calling on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to spend the money on job creation -- particularly in the public libraries and schools. (GC) also called for an end to the use of TIF money to benefit large and successful corporations. In a TIF district, property tax dollars for schools, parks, and other taxing districts are frozen for at least 23 years, so that all property tax increases afterward to go into a fund to neighborhood " Participating: Enlace Chicago, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago Teachers Union, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, SEIU Local 73, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Action Now, SOUL - Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, Occupy Chicago, Stand Up! Chicago I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)

Kanał: News

Tagi: chicago  mayor rahm emanuel  golden toilet  cme group  tif  schools  community  tax  taxes  library  neighborhood  back of the yards 


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Feb 11, 2012 - We gotta keep the protests going.