Daniel Tobon

Humanist, Inmigrante, aspiring Urbanist, Army vet, ex-Esq., serial founder, CPS LSC member. Candidate for 35th Ward Alderman. Usually at the other place now.

[Disinvestment in Chicago @JoeHoulihan35th]

Chicago's delivery pipeline looks remarkably similar to this. And no surprise they both top the list of rent growth right now.

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

@patgilsenan32 We need to abolish or at least severely restrict Aldermanic prerogative to prevent displacement and actually build much needed housing for everyone.

[Stuart Loren @StuLoren]

What an unmitigated disaster. Everyone involved comes out looking bad. Cook County Assessor’s Office that can’t send property tax bills on time. CPS for mismanaging its finances. CTU, of course… Elected officials who care more about union support than residents or fiscal sanity.

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

@Saulcialist @admcrlsn I showed up for so many of Chuy's campaign events. Supported him in his run for mayor. Actually thought he was great example of a disciplined progressive and a good role model for the latino community. This was such a let down. Just rank cynicism and hypocrisy.

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

Just in case anyone needed a reminder. This is not how and objective sense of morality works.

[The Arena on CNN @TheArenaCNN]

.@CongressmanRaja tells @kasie he voted against condemning his Democratic colleague Rep. Chuy Garcia for his controversial succession plan because it didn't feel right to single him out due to "the large number of people across numerous states who have engaged in this."

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I agree. Rep Chuy Garcia’s decision to end his re-election at the last second and plant his chief of staff as the only candidate to succeed him was undemocratic and should not be allowed. Standing against corruption means standing up no matter which political party violates. The House should condemn and steps need to be taken to restore the people’s right to choose.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

new - Rep. Chuy García has denied purposely clearing a path for his chief of staff to take his seat without facing a primary, but a document filed with Illinois elections officials shows he was the first to sign her nominating petitions, days before he announced his retirement.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

ICE has arrested about 600 immigrants in the city of Chicago. You know how many of them have criminal records? Sixteen.

They promised to secure the border and remove anybody who was violent — and they lied.

Instead, they're kidnapping innocent people just doing their jobs and taking care of their families.

Disgraceful.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries, per FORTUNE

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

This is astounding and evil

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal https://t.co/0WozxrWS7b

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

People in our community are scared to leave their homes. What are we even doing here, guys?

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Belmont Cragin business owners are begging for support as ICE fears devastate sales and closures loom. https://t.co/kkAJI7NhK3

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Belmont Cragin business owners are begging for support as ICE fears devastate sales and closures loom. https://t.co/kkAJI7NhK3

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

None of these are Chicago.

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Weird... Check out these lists showing where Class C apartment rents are falling most. (Class C = cheapest market-rate units.)

In 16 of the 17 MSAs where Class C rents FALLING >6%, new apartment SUPPLY exceeds the U.S. average.

And ... guess where Class C rents growing MOST?

[David Gilbert @daithaigilbert]

An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from Matt Burgess and @a_greenberg revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time

https://t.co/MEF6vG7m0X

[Daniel Tobon @dtbon]

@UrbanCourtyard Rent too damn high!

[Alice Yin @byaliceyin]

Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office just issued a statement saying the 26th Ward alder faced "handcuffing and threat of arrest" amid ICE enforcement in Humboldt Park, including tear gas used at the Home Depot on Cicero and Armitage & at Rico Fresh on Armitage and Central Park

[Aura Bogado @aurabogado]

NEW: Shelters housing unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," an ICE operation that seeks to pressure children to drop their claims and return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted.

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

Thank goodness there isn’t anything going on in Chicago that requires staffers to do real work and not serve as a padded cheer section on a normal City Council day

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

@AlecStapp And just wait until you see what we have cooking for coach houses this Thursday. There’s a labor provision that ~zero contractors qualify for. No exemptions.

https://t.co/Wg5ht4lKkn

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Brazil's former president Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot https://t.co/drKSJNMj9M