Jack M Silverstein

There is a gap in trust between citizens and public officials. Here in Illinois, we are particularly dubious, where politicians say one thing and do another, and where so many are indicted or even imprisoned. Knowing everything we know, why should people trust you and take you at your word? Why should voters think you are different?

There is a gap in trust between citizens and public officials. Here in Illinois, we are particularly dubious, where politicians say one thing and do another, and where so many are indicted or even imprisoned. Knowing everything we know, why should people trust you and take you at your word? Why should voters think you are different?

Part of working in government is working with other people and taking ideas where they come. Is there any idea you've heard from your opponents during this campaign that made you say, "You know, I didn't think of that, but that's a good idea!"

Interview January 27, 2011

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When you grow up in a family that values public service and improving your community, it rubs off. And it certainly rubbed off on me.

Interview January 31, 2011

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I moved here fourteen years ago. I was working at a union printing company, got my MBA at night, and that was sort of my career path. But my true passion was the community.

Interview February 9, 2011

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If you told me two weeks leading to the 2007 municipal elections that four years later I would be on the ballot for alderman, I would think you were absolutely, positively crazy.

Interview was conducted on January 27,2011

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As the 2000 mark rolled around, there was a lot of development going on in places like Bucktown, Wicker Park, not so much the Lincoln Park area, but Lakeview.

Located at 1389 N. Milwaukee, the Jackson Junge Gallery celebrated their year anniversary on Friday, October 22nd. In this first of a pair of interviews, I speak with husband-wife team Chris Jackson, 43, and Laura Lee Junge, 41, about their gallery, their interest in promoting the arts, the effects of aging on artistic exploration, and their hopes for the Jackson Junge Gallery in Wicker Park.

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Business woman, artist, and all-around hip-hop connector Dorothy Claybourne. We are meeting at her studio in Wicker Park's Flat Iron building.