Waguespack on the Fight for Finance Chair, Lightfoot Inauguration (VIDEO)
May 8, 2019
Paul Lisnek, CLTV
Scott + Daniel @ Damen Blue Line
Campaigning at the Damen Blue Line with Daniel Biss.
US Warrior Games
Presenting medal to a runner at the US Warrior Games
City Crossing Guards
Speaking on behalf of our city crossing guards to keep them on the school route.
Cubs Family
Celebrating the Cubs World Series 2016
Community Service Program
My community service program volunteer and assigned court convicts tend to Logan Square; painting, weeding, cleaning garbage and graffiti.
Clean and Green Erhler Park
Working with Clean and Green volunteers at Bucktown's Erhler Park.
Clean and Green SLVN
Clean and Green work in South Lakeview neighborhood with the members of SLVN.
With Carol Marin
Talking to Carol Marin about city services.
New Bench @ WPB Library
Adding a new bench to our new green space next to the WPB Library with the boys and BCO.
Mike Nowak Chicago Recylcing Coalition Event
Alderman Waguespack and son with Mike Novak at the Chicago Recycling Coalition panel event 2015
Asking CPS Questions
Asking CPS Administrators questions about education issues at the City Council Education Committee.
Runaway Safeline Event
Helping out at the Runaway Safeline Thanksgiving dinner for youth - Pastor Abrahamson, Dir. Maureen Blaha and Ald. Tunney.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Attending the Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 Fundraiser
Honoring Chicago Police
Honoring Chicago Police at the 2015 Gold Star Families Memorial.
AK Citizenship
Proud to stand with AK at his citizenship ceremony
Belmont Library Tot Readings
Reading to children at the Lincoln Belmont Library
Bike Enforcement
Bike enforcement with CPD and Bike Ambassadors at the Damen/Milwaukee/North Ave intersection.
Caucus Members
With members of the Progressive Caucus, Alderman Sawyer and Alderman Munoz.
Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood watch group patrolling North Avenue in the early morning
Helping Neighbors Street Cleaning
Neighborhood Street Cleaning
Snow Removal 2011
Digging out fire hydrants after the blizzard of 2011
32nd Ward Clean-Up Meet-Up
32nd Ward Clean-Up Meet-Up Crew
IVI-IPO Leon Despres Award
Leon Despres Award from the IVI-IPO
Polish Museum of America
At the Polish Museum of America with my fellow Aldermen
Annual Seniors Thanksgiving Dinner
Annual Seniors Thanksgiving Dinner
Pride Parade
Supporting the LGBT community in the Pride Parade
CTU Defender Public Education
Receiving the award for Defender of Public Education from the CTU
Welcome
Waguespack says he is one vote short of claiming Finance Committee chair
May 3, 2019
Fran Spielman, Chicago Suntimes
Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) said Friday he has lined up “around 25” of the 26 votes he needs to become chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee and outlined an ambitious reform agenda if he claims the job long held by Ald. Edward Burke (14th).
Waguespack wants a tougher rule to rein in Aldermanicus rex
March 1, 2019
John Kass, Chicago Tribune
I had hoped to begin this column with reform Ald. Scott Waguespack explaining Chicago’s arcane Rule 14 and how it applies to political corruption and powerful Ald. Edward Burke, who has made a fortune while in public service.
Plan To Limit Chicago TIF Districts Likely To Be Voted Down By Emanuel Allies (VIDEO)
December 11, 2018
Mike Puccinelli, CBS Chicago
A day after the City Council Finance Committee stalled a vote on a plan to limit tax increment financing for major development plans in Chicago, allies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel are expected to vote down the measure that could have blocked tax subsidies for several high-profile projects.
Here are the 238 candidates running in Chicago’s 2019 municipal elections
December 13, 2018
Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter
The final ballots are not yet set, but so far there are 238 candidates running for office in Chicago’s municipal elections. That includes 27 candidates for the three citywide offices (mayor, clerk and treasurer) and 211 candidates for the 50 City Council seats. Continue reading →
Plan Emerges To Wrest Workers Comp Fund From Ald. Burke (AUDIO)
December 12, 2018
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A city ordinance has been filed that would take control of Chicago’s $100 million Workers Compensation Fund and wrest it away from embattled Finance Committee Chairman Edward Burke. Continue reading →
Municipal Elections 2019 – February 28th, 2019
November 6, 2018
The February 2019 Municipal Election is up next on February 26th. If no candidate in the mayoral or aldermanic seats receives a majority of votes (50%+1 vote) in this nonpartisan election, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019.
Click here to find your ward, and elected officials and ballot.
More Info- Ballotpedia – https://ballotpedia.org/Mayoral_election_in_Chicago,_Illinois_(2019)
SunTimes 2019 Political feed https://chicago.suntimes.com/topic/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/
Be an election judge in the 32nd Ward. You can now apply online to be an election judge.
There are several positions open in precincts throughout the ward, and we are always looking for more judges to help voters on election day. We will also need judges in November, and into February 2019 for the municipal elections. Details on the qualifications to be a judge. The online application system is available here.
32nd Ward Newsletter (Sept 1)
September 1, 2018
Diversey water main update, LSP historic house walk, save the date on October 11th for flu shots, a few more notes on the proposed $10 Billion borrowing plan, property tax appeal workshop with Commissioner Cabonargi, and alerts from the 19th District station.
Emanuel’s real motivations for Chicago’s $10 billion pension bond plan
August 28, 2018
By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, wirepoints.com
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s team claims its proposed $10 billion pension obligation bond is good fiscal policy. Far from it. The POBs, as the bonds are called, are nothing more than gambling using taxpayer funds. They’re a terrible idea.
Ald. Waguespack cautions City Council to slow process on pension bonds, ensure thorough examination
August 27, 2018
Ald. Scott Waguespack (32), chair of the Chicago City Council Progressive Reform Caucus, issued the following Statement on Monday in light of the news that the Emanuel administration is proposing $10 billion in bonds to support the City’s pension obligation: Continue reading →
LINCOLN YARDS SURVEY by Sheffield Neighborhood Association
August 14, 2018
The board of the Sheffield Neighborhood Association has sent out this survey to surrounding communities order to gather information and collect more in-depth community input about changes in the North Branch area. Continue reading →
OTL #614: Ald. Waguespack on Chicago leadership, IL Railway Museum, The Secret History of The Riptides (AUDIO)
July 21, 2018
Mike Stephen, WGN Radio
Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Alderman Scott Waguespack about his views on the city’s leadership, learns about the Illinois Railway Museum, and visits the lair of Steve Krakow (aka Plastic Crimewave) to discover the Secret History of 60s garage-rockers The Riptides. Local music this week courtesy of Sun Cop. Continue reading →
Chicago’s choice for airport line is Boring and unconventional
June 15, 2018
Yvette Shields, The Bond Buyer
CHICAGO – Chicago’s pick of The Boring Company and its untested technology for high-speed transit service between downtown and O’Hare International Airport has skeptics and champions in the municipal market. Continue reading →
Elon Musk’s Boring Company on Track to Build O’Hare Express Train
June 14, 2018
Get ready for futuristic, high-speed express travel between the Loop and O’Hare International Airport on pods that run underground on electric skates. Continue reading →
Connected to Chicago (07-08-2018) Special Guest- Alderman Scott Waguespack (AUDIO)
June 6, 2018
Bill Cameron, WLS 890AM
Joining the show this week is Alderman Scott Waguespack. Bill and Scott discuss the upcoming mayoral election, If Rahm is re-electable and how he is handling the CPS scandals. Alderman Waguespack talks about the possibility of the hyper loop train from the loop to O’Hare airport ever being built, and issues affecting the city, and the Democrat party. Continue reading →
Grab the chance, Chicago, to create a green jewel along the North Branch
March 16, 2018
Sun-Times Editorial Board
Last October, Mayor Emanuel broke ground for 312 RiverRun, a project connecting four North Side neighborhoods and three parks with nearly two miles of new bike and pedestrian paths along the riverfront.
STATEMENT: Ald. Waguespack on FY 2018 budget address
October 18, 2017
Following is a statement from Progressive Caucus Chair Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) in response to Mayor Emanuel’s FY 2018 City budget address:
Continue reading →
Reformer Waguespack talks mayoral challenge to Rahm
April 1, 2017
John Cass, ChicagoTribube
Mayor Scott Waguespack of Chicago. Dig it.
Alderman Waguespack Legislative Year in Review 2016 and 2017 – Crime, Education, Budgets
January 12, 2017
Our Urban Times, Elaine Coorens
Question: Alderman Waguespack, what do you see as the top five issues for 2017 in Chicago and your 32nd Ward?
Waguespack provided the following five issues: Continue reading →
Letter to Superintendent Johnson – Police Budget and Crime
October 10, 2016
Edward T. Johnson
Superintendent of Police
Continue reading →
Mayor Emanuel Details Blueprint to Curb Gun Violence, Mum on Police Reform
September 23, 2016
Claudia Morell, The Daily Line
In a gymnasium packed with city employees and invited community leaders at Malcolm X College Thursday night, Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled his three-part strategy to address gun violence in Chicago, leaving out one critical issue facing the city: police reform.
Rahm’s Anti-Crime Speech Leaves Aldermen, Residents Unimpressed
Aaron Cynic, Chicagoist
Mayor Rahm Emanuel outlined his plan to address Chicago violence Thursday evening to a few hundred people in a gymnasium at Malcolm X College.
“For all the things that make Chicago great, for all the things that make us proud to call ourselves Chicagoans, the violence that is happening corrodes our core,” Emanuel told the crowd. “It is not the Chicago we know and love.”
Some Aldermen Skeptical Of City’s Plan To Hire Hundreds More Cops (with Video)
September 20, 2016
Dana Kozlov, CBS2
Statement: Progressive Caucus Announces Subject Matter Hearings In Addition To Emanuel Administration’s Police Reform Community Engagement Plan
July 25, 2016
CHICAGO (July 25, 2016)–The Progressive Reform Caucus issued the following statement on Monday in response to the Emanuel administration’s announced plan for a new community engagement process around police reform and accountability:
“In June, we joined community and civil rights organizations in demanding that the Emanuel administration pursue a comprehensive, citywide community engagement strategy on police accountability and reform, including meetings in the neighborhoods and subject matter hearings in the City Council chambers.
A Chicago police task force says the department must acknowledge its racist past and overhaul its handling of excessive force allegations
April 13, 2016
DON BABWIN, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A task force Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel established to look into police practices said the department must acknowledge its racist past and overhaul the way it handles excessive force allegations, as City Council members neared a final vote on Emanuel’s hand-picked choice for chief — an African-American with 27 years on the force.
Why I Voted Against the 2016 City Budget
October 30, 2015
Chicago is facing a fiscal crisis, but it is one that can be fixed.
Last Wednesday, I voted “no” on the Emanuel Administration’s proposed 2016City budget. I did it because I have grave concerns about our city’s financial future that I feel strongly this budget failed to responsibly address. Chicago remains one of the wealthiest cities in our country, but such wealth cannot continue to be squandered. Our City Council Progressive Caucus, which I chair, has been advocating for common-sense ideas to direct some of these funds toward crucial programs and services, easing the burden on working families without selling off public assets and privatizing services and jobs that end up costing us more each year.
The new 32nd Ward Map
January 12, 2015
To see another version of the new map, click here for a PDF.
