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...immigrant solidarity activities in and around Chicago, nearly all independent retailers in Cicero, among other heavily Hispanic communities, will be closed for the day to allow workers to participate in the day?s political events. Jose Torres, owner of El Meson Mexican restaurant, closed his busy taqueria on Cermak Road - forgoing nearly $3000 in revenues - so he could take to the streets along with his immediate family and 18 employees, all of whom will be paid their regular salary for the day. "This country has given me a lot of opportunities," said the successful restaurateur, who arrived in Chicago...
...immigration leaders support the boycotts and store closures. "No Falte a su Trabajo! No Falte a la Escuela!" ("Don?t Skip Work! Don?t Skip School!") read flyers plastered up and down Cicero's Cermak Road. Rather than advocating work and spending stoppages or classroom boycotts, as is the case in other cities. Chicago protest leaders are taking a more moderate approach. Sending a united message calling for "fair and reasonable" reform, Chicago area leaders are mobilizing voter registration tables, legalization petitions directed at members of Congress and public demonstrations. Two large marches, one from the north, the other from...
BORN: Jan. 20, 1966, LaGrange EDUCATION: U of Illinois, B.A., 1988 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY : None OCCUPATION: Account executive POLITICAL CAREER: Republican precinct captain, 1991- address: 8909 West Cermak Road, North Riverside...
...there he skips to drug addiction ("Let's get the drug companies to do something about it--they know a lot about addiction. They call it product loyalty"); to how bad the last scene of the movie of Les Miserables was; to the 1933 assassination of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak ("Some say F.D.R. was the real target, who was sitting next to Cermak"); and finally to presidential politics ("Yeah, I'd like to see a Clinton-Dole debate: Hillary vs. Elizabeth," he says with a laugh...
...when there's a protest, Cermak said, the rewards are even bigger...