ABC 7: Community group calls for term limit referendum

On this blog from time to time you have heard about Syron Smith. He is known for the National Block Club University and his runs for state representative & alderman of the 15th ward. Now he's found another cause:

A community group is calling for a referendum on term limits for all Chicago aldermen and for the mayor.

The group is called Blocks of Good Government.

Its members say they will create what they call report cards for the 19 African American aldermen, grading them on the job they're doing.

They say they're limiting it to African American aldermen because their wards have the biggest problems.
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"We're going to ask the people to sign a non-binding referendum for term limits so no alderman or the mayor can serve more than two consecutive terms in office," said Syron Smith, Block of Good Government. 

To be honest, my position on term limits is bascially open minded but not sure if it's the solution. At the same time, how many of you would consider voting for this? I may not agree with it, but certainly term limits is worth a referendum.

If you're on the red line you might have run into some people who are handing out petitions regarding term limits. Although I'm not clear as to whom this initiative is directed at. That is are we targeting our elected officials on the state level or could this be directed toward elected officials on the local level (city or county)?

32nd State Representative elections...

In some recent comments, there have been concerns of bias regarding the 32nd disctrict State Representative candidates.

We here at TheSixthWard strive to be as objective as possible (though we have a particular interest in 6th ward residents), and we also welcome comments and suggestions from different people in the ward.

We are also working on policies to create a fair & just atmosphere for you, our readers to make decisions on candidates in the upcoming election. We will post that shortly.

There have been decisions made for the upcoming primary elections...

Final Summary of Decisions (December 8, 2009) by the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago as the duly constituted Electoral Board for the hearing and passing upon objections to nomination papers of candidates for the February 2, 2010 Primary Election in the City of Chicago:

here are relevent decisions for the 32nd district (which made up 1/3 of the approximately 28 decisions made):

10-EB-RGA-15: (see also RGA-16, RGA-17): Andre Thapedi vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Sustained - Candidate
OFF - 12/01/09 - Insufficient number of valid signatures

10-EB-RGA-16: (see also RGA-15, RGA-17): Yvette Williams vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections withdrawn and case dismissed as moot - Candidate OFF - 12/01/09 - See decisions in RGA-15 and RGA-17

10-EB-RGA-17: (see also RGA-15, RGA-16): Donald Tucker vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Sustained - Candidate OFF - 12/01/09 - Insufficient number of valid signatures

10-EB-RGA-18: (see also RGA-19): Andre Thapedi vs. Yvette Williams -
Denmocrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/08/09 - Sufficient number of valid signatures

10-EB-RGA-19: (see also RGA-18): Donald Tucker vs. Yvette Williams - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/08/09 - Sufficient number of valid signatures

10-EB-RGA-20: (see also RGA-21, RGA-22): Yvette Williams, Virgil E. Jones vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Petitions withdrawn and case dismissed as moot - 12/08/09 - See decisions in RGA-21 and RGA-22

10-EB-RGA-21: (see also RGA-20, RGA-22): Andre Thapedi vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Moot - Candidate OFF - 12/08/09 - Candidate withdrew

10-EB-RGA-22: (see also RGA-20, RGA-21): Donald Tucker vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Moot - Candidate OFF - 12/08/09 - Candidate withdrew

10-EB-RGA-23: Virgil E. Jones vs. Andre Thapedi - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/01/09 - Valid Statement of Economic Interests Receipt

As we can see, Syron Smith actually withdrew his nomination, while Bobbie Joe Johnson didn't have enough valid signatures. So it's Yvette Williams vs. Andre Thapedi.

A question i have ...who is Donald Tucker? He seems to support Andre Thapedi, but Rep. Thapedi has made his own objections...