The list below includes the aldermen of Chicago in order by ward. The list is current as of December 2004. An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Five minority aldermen today charged that the city of Chicago continues to discriminate against women and minorities by its hiring practices and salary levels.
The charges, based on a 1974 study by the Chicago Reporter, were made by Aldermen William Cousins, Jr., 8th, Dick Simpson, 411th, Dennis Block, 48th, Ross Lathrop, 5th and Martin J. Oberman, 43rd, at the third of a series of press conferences on the Mayor?s proposed 1976 budget.
The aldermen charged that discrimination against women is particularly evident in the Custodial and Building Departments.
The Chicago Board of Education should provide a healthy breakfast for all students to discourage binge eating throughout the day, and ban or severely limit pop and junk food in school vending machines to curb an epidemic of childhood obesity, aldermen suggested Wednesday.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that young children in Chicago are more than twice as likely to be fat as their counterparts nationwide.
In Chicago, a five-year vending machine contract with Coca-Cola -- described as the most lucrative in the nation -- is due to expire next fall.
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