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Posted on Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010
Latinos could be key in Chicago's mayoral race
By SOPHIA TAREEN
Two days after Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he wouldn't seek a seventh term, a group of Latino activists pondered an idea that seemed implausible the last time Chicago chose a new leader: An outcome decided by Latinos.
The group was hastily called to a restaurant in Little Village, a bustling neighborhood filled with clothing shops and taquerias that has grown into one of the nation's largest Mexican enclaves. Over Mexican sweet bread and coffee, they discussed how the city's demographics had changed since the last time Chicago had a wide-open mayoral race.
"There's an opportunity for us to decide who runs Chicago for the next 20 years," said Carlos Perez, editor of the Mayan Calendar News. "We have to put our own agenda together."
The group was hastily called to a restaurant in Little Village, a bustling neighborhood filled with clothing shops and taquerias that has grown into one of the nation's largest Mexican enclaves. Over Mexican sweet bread and coffee, they discussed how the city's demographics had changed since the last time Chicago had a wide-open mayoral race.
"There's an opportunity for us to decide who runs Chicago for the next 20 years," said Carlos Perez, editor of the Mayan Calendar News. "We have to put our own agenda together."
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