<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Wow! I was in that neighborhood yesterday, and Toni had a million signs. Very heartening!</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:08 AM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451@comcast.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1736548893">
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<h2 class="yiv1736548893post-title" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 20px;"><a style="color: rgb(37, 133, 178); text-decoration: none;" href="http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/movement-politics-won-in-chicago-yesterday/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Movement politics won in
Chicago yesterday.</font></a></h2><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font size="4">by </font><a style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://preaprez.wordpress.com/author/preaprez/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Fred Klonsky</font></a></span><font size="4">
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<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><a style="color: rgb(37, 133, 178); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://preaprez.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/1391536_10152680790122067_1275538796_n.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><img class="yiv1736548893alignnone yiv1736548893size-full yiv1736548893wp-image-34727" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%;" alt="1391536_10152680790122067_1275538796_n" src="http://preaprez.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/1391536_10152680790122067_1275538796_n.jpg?w=526" border="0"></font></a></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4"></font> </div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><i><font size="4">Celebrating Will Guzzardi's win at the Logan Square Auditorium last
night.</font></i></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">State Representative-elect Will Guzzardi made it the cornerstone of
his acceptance speech last nightafter handily winning the election against
Machine daughter, Toni Berrios.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">After handily beating her father, Democratic Chairman Joe
Berrios</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">After handily beating Illinois Party Chairman and House Speaker
Mike Madigan.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">Chicago has a long tradition of Movement politics, politics that
challenges the rich and the powerful and the Democratic
Machine.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">And Will Guzzardi placed himself squarely in that tradition when he
spoke to the crowd of mostly young activists in the Logan Square
Auditorium.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">Guzzardi won 60% of the vote.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">There was no mistaking the core issues: School closings, tax
fairness and promised public employee pensions.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><a style="color: rgb(37, 133, 178); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140319/BLOGS02/140319687/rauner-scores-narrow-win-over-dillard-thanks-to-chicago-area-voters" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Greg Hinz in Crain's:</font></a></div>
<blockquote style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 2em; color: rgb(135, 135, 135); padding-left: 1em; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-style: italic; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 3px; border-left-style: solid;">
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><b><font size="4">Toni Berrios lost her job to the new Democratic nominee, Will
Guzzardi. It was a race in which the Chicago Teachers Union and other
labor groups spent heavily, concerned about Ms. Berrios' past and future
votes over pension reform.</font></b></div></blockquote>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">On stage were other members of the <i>Milwaukee Avenue progressive
corridor:</i> State Senator Willie Delgado, Aldermen Arena, Waguespack
and Moreno.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">Down in the crowd were the progressive Democrats and democrats who
powered the election.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">Guzzardi also had the backing of the Chicago Teachers Union, the
SEIU, IEA, IFT and other labor unions.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">The CTU and progressives also heavily backed Jay Travis in the 26th
State Representative race. The district runs south from downtown along
South Lake Shore Drive into the South Side.</font></div>
<div style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.4em; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; direction: ltr;'><font size="4">Travis, an organizer from the Kenwood Oakland Community
Organization challenged Representative Christian Mitchell who received
buckets of cash from school privatizers. While many professional political
pundits dismissed her race at the start, Mitchell ran scared at the end,
needing tens of thousands of last minute donations to hold off Travis who
came within 400 votes of beating him.</font></div>
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