UPDATE: ASA Council responded & as expected they refused to endorse our resolution & plan to write their own. This spring members will vote between the two.
HOWEVER, they also unilaterally struck the 2nd item on our resolution re: financial disclosure & military investments 1/
@louise_seamster Reminds me of a deep dive @Chicago_Reader published a few years back, showing how a lot of this slush fund stays off the books & is split b/t CPD, Cook Co State’s Attorney, & IL Police. https://t.co/KjUYoIX7EK
City budgets are key targets of local organizing, but cities themselves are bound by much larger financial forces. A recent book by Destin Jenkins details how cities became trapped by banks and credit rating agencies intent on austerity and racism.
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.@POTUS said that the pandemic left people w student debt worse off. Canceling debt is necessary to make it right.
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These vulnerabilities are not just borne by Chicago’s car-driving population, city planners, or local govt more generally. As w/ the tragic case of Revall Burke, these costs have come to be socialized onto the bodies of “essential workers” who keep the meter money moving.
🧵 Some context for Revall Burke, a 15-year parking enforcement aide who was Chicago’s 1st city worker to pass away from COVID complications. He would have turned 63 last month. https://t.co/sYztL4WUMk
Chicago modestly followed these steps b/c it has to balance these choices against not owning the public way. That is, the meter sell-off defers decisions of local governance to returns for global capital while Chicagoans become ever more vulnerable.