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| 1st District Councilman Clyde Gulley |
Spring Grove, which is the new gated subdivision that the majority of well do black people who live in Southtown reside in.
At Tuesday's City Council meeting the local newspaper reporter who was live blogging, blogged that the Mayor accused Sandberg and Gulley of grandstanding for the audience. Now we know that Sandberg is always going to speak on behalf of constituents, but Gulley, ummmm, not so much.
But hey, it appears that this Southtown TIF thingy has revived him.
Check it out he really has a lot to say:
- 1st District City Councilman Clyde Gulley, who represents the Southtown area, said Urich's office should not "assume" there are no neighborhood concerns before the council tackles items.
- "If you really don't know whether or not there are any concerns, you shouldn't say there are not concerns," Gulley said.
- Gulley said the city should focus the TIF district money on projects of importance within Southtown.
- Gulley cited a street lighting project within the Spring Grove subdivision he says has been needed for years, though the project is not specifically included in the city's capital budget plan.
- Gulley said some of the passionate calls to keep the money in Southtown reflects the frustrations of residents in that area.
- "It's because there have been a lot of promises broken, I think the people in the south side are tired of it," said Gulley.
- There are a lot of things going on wrong in our community. It's almost like the State of the City is what everyone is talking about. But this is a whole different city we are living in, said Gulley.
- Gulley said we have 9.9 percent unemployment (but the city has) the best credit ratings because people with jobs are doing fine. You have people without jobs; they don't have a credit score." Source
Don't worry Southtown Gulley's got your back.
14 comments:
Gulley is useless and will flip and flop to save his ass. Don't be fooled
I agree! Gulley is WEAK!!!!
Start looking for people to run in at least districts 1, 2, 3. Unsure if Spears is going to rerun and Irving's seat depends on what happens in court. There are a couple of at larges that need to be recalled in a large way as well.
I live on the South Side and have all my life. I wish PAP would run for the seat. Gulley does nothing. Just the fact that he spoke up and defended us shows he was grandstanding.
Randall Emmert, Emtronics, and Peoria Anti-Pundit need to sit PAP down and convince him that the City Council seat is within his reach.
Great idea--Peoria needs some straight shooters who can about the south end--Emtonics, you are one of those.
Folks here might be surprised or shocked at who will be running...and will not be running again..for City Council in 2013.
Emerge, It's ONE "M' lol I am seriously considering doing it. I would love a parking place of my own at City Hall.
Run M Run!
Really EMERGE??? Run M Run! You think the council would be better with this self-proclaimed racist? That's really sad. The good thing he will never ever run... He's all talk....
Is he a "self-proclaimed racist?" Did I miss that blog post?
Would a self-proclaimed racist constantly speak up in favor of Obama? I think you need to reread all his posts. Emtronics, who lives in the southend (where a self-proclaimed racist probably would have left long ago) does get frustrated about the crime on the streets and the discipline problems in the schools, and he is prone to making some strong statements about those who exhibit those behaviors.
Emtronics is far from racist! As Sharon noted he lives here, sent his boys to school here, and tells it like it is. I'd LOVE to see him on the City Council.
Clyde Gulley is hosting a Southtown TiF Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 2nd starting at 6 pm at the RiverWest Community Room. The goal is to come up with a list of projects that can be funded with TiF, and need to be done in Southtown, using the TiF funds. If you live in this area, you need to be there.
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