Central Street Neighbors Association Est. 2007

Central Street Neighbors Association is hosting a District 65 School Board candidates Forum on Wednesday, March 17th from 7- 9 PM via a Zoom Webinar.
 
There are eight candidates for four board positions. Due to the large number of candidates, we will only be able to address a limited number of questions.  We are asking that interested parties submit questions in advance to:

csnaboard9@gmail.com

That will allow time to screen and combine similar questions. While the Q&A feature will be available during the webinar we expect that that most questions asked live will come from email submissions.

So, please send your questions to csnaboard9@gmail.com ahead of the meeting.
 
Questions asked using the Q&A feature and not addressed live will be passed along to the candidates after the meeting so they can answer these via campaign websites and emails as appropriate.
 
No advance registration is required but our Zoom license limits our capacity to the first 500 attendees to log in. Details and links to the Zoom will be posted separately here on our site.

Jeff Smith will be our moderator.  Candidates will have time for a brief opening and closing statement.  Each candidate will be asked to respond to a series of questions.  Because of the size of the panel, we think there will be only 6-7 questions.  Candidates will have a minute and a half to respond.

Eight candidates are running for four seats. Incumbents are marked (Inc.). Links to campaign web sites and Facebook pages are here below:

Angela Blaising - Web Site - FB Page
Joseph 'Joey' Hailpern (Inc.) - Web Site - FB Page
Soo La Kim (Inc.) - Web Site  FB Page
Elisabeth 'Biz' Lindsay-Ryan (Inc.) - Web Site - FB Page
Ndona Muboyayi - Web Site - FB Page
Donna Wang Su - Web Site - FB Page
Katie Magrino Voorhees - Web Site - FB Page
Marquise Weatherspoon - Web Site FB Page

To join the Zoom Webinar on Wednesday use the link below:

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82924157785

Or if attending by telephone:audio only ...

• Dial  312 626 6799

... and enter the wewbinar ID if requested:

Webinar ID: 829 2415 7785

If you have been using your time at home this winter to clear personal documents out of your basement, home office, corner of the bedroom, etc., but have been looking for a way to safely dispose of them, here is some good news! 

Who: Central Street Neighbors Association CSNA

What:  CSNA is sponsoring a ...

DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT

... for our neighbors in the 6th and 7th Ward

Where: North end of West Parking Lot - Northwestern Ryan Field (enter from Ashland Ave. using the furthest north entrance)

When: Saturday, March 13^th 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

How:

• Limit is 2 banker boxes per auto
• Regular paper only (bills, bank statements, etc…)
• NO newsprint
• NO binders
• NO cardboard
• NO metal binder clips
• (Staples and paper clips are okay)
• Dump your documents and take home your empty boxes

Details:

• All residents of the 6^th and 7^th wards are welcome, but if you are not a CSNA member, please consider joining!

Also, if you will have time on Saturday morning, we are still looking for volunteers to help direct traffic and assist unloading the documents.  If you can volunteer, please call Dave Staub at (312) 543-8528.

I can hear your saying, "Wow, it feels good to dump that old stuff!" 

Pollinator gardens: Transitioning from Turf -  Tuesday March 9, 7:30pm

What can you do that advances climate action, community health and biodiversity?  Do Less.  Find out why a gentler garden clean up and natural gardening is better for you, songbirds and bugs like fireflies, praying mantises, and butterflies.  Natural Habitat Evanston will present and discuss the issues with you. (25 minute presentation; 1 hour total)

In advance of the March 3, 2021 forum all four candidates for the 6th and 7th Ward aldermanic seats submitted responses to  relatively simple questionnaires from CSNA. The candidate responses may be viewed/downloaded here as PDFs (Adobe Acrobat or Reader or a program that can read .pdf files required):

• Eleanor Revelle* (7th Ward)
• Mary O'Rourke Rosinski (7th Ward)
• Tom Suffredin* (6th Ward)
• Katie Tucker Trippi (6th Ward)

* incumbent running for re-election

Since our forum time will be limited tonight (Wednesday) and we have four candidates responding we will have time for 10-12 questions. We are asking members to please email questions ahead of time to csnaboard9@gmail.com,  That will allow time to screen and combine similar questions. We have already received several questions for consideration.  While the Q&A feature will be available during the webinar we expect that most questions asked live will come from email submissions. So please send your questions to csnaboard9@gmail.com  ahead of the meeting. Questions asked using the Q&A feature and not addressed live will be passed along to the candidates after the meeting so they can answer these via campaign websites and emails as appropriate.

CSNA will sponsor an on-line forum for the candidates running for alderman in the 6th and 7th wards in the April municipal election.

The forum will be on March 3, 2021 starting at 7:00 PM CST via CSNA's Zoom Webinar facility. The forum should conclude at 8:30 PM.

CSNA Vice President Jeff Smith will moderate. Candidates will be given time for an opening statement. A series of roundtable questions will follow. Candidates will have set times for responses. Candidates will also be given time for a closing statement.