occupy on the ballot in chicago's 49th ward. sorta.

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2. specifically it was cuts in human services, particularly mental health care.

it is a big issue, and there are many assisted living units in this neighborhood of all sorts. and many poor and uninsured people.
it also looked at the time as tho the alderman was going to be leaving. he was up for a job at the illinois epa. that stirred things up some as well.
the committeeman does not vote on anything. they run the local party. but that is the office that happens to be open.

as far as making occupy illegal, i would not concur with that characterization as i wouldn't with a lot of the other sound bite-izations of complex things. that all did very little to change existing law, and was more about bring statutes into line with the findings of supreme court rulings stemming from 3 anniversary iraq war march that led to some law suits. most of the real changes got rolled back.