As I walked through the 19th Ward meeting business owners and citizens the other day, on prevalent issue seemed to be the same among residence, where is their Tiff and SSA money, and why is it not being properly used? As a business owner the SSA 55 tax was raised by 17.5% and yet a lot of this money has not been used for what the community was told it would be used for. Business owners are upset because their streets are not re paved as promised, and they feel they are being bullied by local alderman Matt O'Shea. So why is it that alderman and local government continue to raise taxes and hit the business? Why are they not taken into account?
The honest feeling I had found among both business owners and residence was fear, and distaste. As I pushed and push not a single business owner would go on record. Why was this you may wonder? Fear... The current 19th Ward team has used fear for a very long time among it's residence. Some so scared they wouldn't even talk to us.
Where is the justice in this situation? When will the business owners and residence see their streets cared for and there wants and needs taken care of? That answer I do not have.But what I do know is that things must change in the 19th Ward o Chicago.....
