Episode 7: Upcoming forums; Adrienne Irmer's trial

Episode 8: IVI IPO SUS; $4.5 million on 71st Street

My account of the endorsement process wherein the sitting Fifth Ward alderperson's hand-picked candidate got a blisteringly fast endorsement from this "independent" group. Plus, A plan that shows how the institutions (credit union, health center, Freedmen's Bureau) I have proposed for South Shore translate into 64 jobs and $4.57 million dollars a year for 71st Street. Related link: https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/71st-street-matters/ [https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/71st-street-matters/]

Episode 7: Upcoming forums; Adrienne Irmer's trial

Two South Shore forums this weekend, plus why is Adrienne Irmer in the 8th Ward and trying to represent the Fifth? Visit https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/adriennes-dilemma/ to review documents discussed in the podcast.

Episode 6: Challenge phase begins; out-of-ward candidates; the system we have vs. the system we deserve

Today we dive into developments in the race now that we see all the candidates who have applied. (There are TWELVE of us!) I talk a little about the system and the ways in which it seems to favor certain people. Visit gabeforfive.com [https://gabeforfive.com] to learn more about our campaign for Fifth Ward alderman.

Episode 5: Workers Rights; Signature Season; South Shore solutions

Update on the Workers' Rights Amendment (maybe passed, very close call); let us know if you want to sign my petition and here's what comes next in election season; another shooting in South Shore and what we can do about it. gabeforfive.com to sign or volunteer to collect signatures and to learn more about the campaign

Episode 4: Workers' Rights results; a noose at the Obama Center work site; bus stop shenanigans; signature season

The nail-biter of a vote count on the Workers' Rights Amendment; anti-racism staff training after a noose is found at the Obama Presidential Center construction site; all bus stops northbound on Stony between 58th and Marquette have been eliminated; please join us in collecting signatures to get on the ballot. Links:  HYDE PARK HERALD: OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER CONSTRUCTION HALTED AFTER NOOSE FOUND ON SITE [https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/obama-presidential-center-construction-halted-after-noose-found-on-site/article_cd4fe2bc-6148-11ed-b33a-27d51f82bc4b.html] Volunteer for our campaign [https://gabrielpiemonteforfifthwardalderman.com/] NBC5: HAS ILLINOIS' WORKERS' RIGHTS AMENDMENT PASSED? HERE'S WHERE ELECTION RESULTS STAND [https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-midterm-election-2022/has-illinois-workers-rights-amendment-passed-heres-where-election-results-stand/2992769/]