Joe Moore

Alderman Letting Constituents Decide How To Spend $1M

Time Out Chicago | Jake Malooley | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


One of the perpetual gripes in this city concerns our politicians' fiscal recklessness. Well, now 49th Ward Ald. Joe Moore is giving a significant par...

Ald. Joe Moore Reportedly Blew Up When Barred From Governor's Reception

Lake Effect News | LORRAINE SWANSON | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago


A little birdie called us from Saturday night's IVI-IPO fundraiser at the Metropolitan Club. Seems like Ald. Joe Moore (49th Ward) tried to crash a pr...

Alderman Offers To Cover Constituents' Overnight Parking Costs

Chi-Town Daily News | SAMANTHA LISS | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago


Alderman Joe Moore (D-49) will provide the Park District with $89,000 a year for three years to prevent his constituents from paying overnight parking...

Daley Let Foie Gras Ban Pass To Setup Aldermen: Claim

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago


One of Daley's most powerful allies suggests that the mayor could have nipped the council's foie gras passion before it ever bloomed into a target of ...

The Morse Theater In Rogers Park May Close After Just Four Months

Chi-Town Daily News | NATASHA WASINSKI | Posted 03.26.2009 | Chicago


A city alderman is trying to stop the closing of Morse Theatre, a live-music venue in Rogers Park that debuted only four months ago. A concert last F...

Republic Workers Continue Protest As New Creditor Emerges

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory. U.S. Rep....

Laid Off Workers Occupying Chicago Factory Win Big Round Against Bank Of America

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend ...

Chicago Factory Workers Protest (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago


UPDATE A meeting to resolve the sit-in Monday night ended without success, but representatives from Bank of America, Republic and the union agreed t...

Foie Gras Ban Alderman To Get Award

NBC 5 | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


Although Chicago's ban on foie gras was rolled back last spring, the man who championed the initial ban campaign is being honored this weekend for his...

Rogers Park Residents Mobilize To Fight Crime

Chi-Town Daily News | Tasneem Nomanbhai | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago


Curbing drug and gang activity, youth-related crime and public drunkenness topped the agenda of a Town Hall meeting on public safety held earlier this...

Alderman Tries To Cut Inspector General Out Of City Budget

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago


Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) struck out Monday in his attempt to write Inspector General David Hoffman out of the city budget in retaliation for an absen...

President Obama: Chicago Aldermen Come Knocking

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago


After the appropriate nod to the history made by Barack Obama's presidential election, Chicago aldermen quickly got to the bottom-line, City Hall styl...