2007.02.23: February 23, 2007: Headlines: COS - Kenya: City Government: Politics: Method Reporter: Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack elected Chicago Alderman
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2007.02.23: February 23, 2007: Headlines: COS - Kenya: City Government: Politics: Method Reporter: Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack elected Chicago Alderman
Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack elected Chicago Alderman
Wasguespack has lived with his two brothers in Bucktown for 12 years. A native of Chicago, he was raised on a ranch in Colorado. After graduating from Colorado State University with a political science degree, Waguespack volunteered in Kenya with the U.S. Peace Corps. He returned to his native Chicago for his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been involved in various projects, including Global Chicago, the American Bar Association ABA-CEELI, and worked as an advisor to the President of Kosovo and the government following the Kosovo War. His latest feat was managing the campaign of Berwyn mayoral candidate Michael O’Connor, as well as the campaign of the Independent Voters of Berwyn (IVB).
Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack elected Chicago Alderman
Scott Waguespack runs for Chicago Alderman
By: Sara Eisen and Alex Sherman
It’s six days until election day. Inside the makeshift campaign office of 32nd Ward aldermanic incumbent Scott Waguespack, a deserted storefront across from a Shell station on the corner of Diversey and Ashland, the mood is quiet and subdued, but hopeful and determined. The front of the room is open, and in the back there’s a coffee machine, a water cooler, some mailboxes lining the walls, four desks, and shelves with food and papers. “Do you know where the tape measure is Scott?” asks Joan, a volunteer from Roscoe Village, trying to center a “Time 4 Change” sign she is taping to the window.
Joe Lake, 70, a Bucktown community activist who refers to himself as ‘007’ because of his crusade to target local political corruption, is sitting behind one of the three computers. He has just finished posting a new article or tidbit to his Bucktown Public Square Web site, a thorough database of information on the 32nd ward aldermanic race in support of Waguespack. Another young woman sits behind a desk waiting for the phone to ring. Others present include Waguespack’s brother Sylvester and a woman nursing a baby. And of course there’s Waguespack, 36, cool and amicable, chatting on his cell phone, wearing khakis, a black turtleneck and a black fleece jacket, with black square-shaped glasses. His voice is calm and friendly.
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Wasguespack has lived with his two brothers in Bucktown for 12 years. A native of Chicago, he was raised on a ranch in Colorado. After graduating from Colorado State University with a political science degree, Waguespack volunteered in Kenya with the U.S. Peace Corps. He returned to his native Chicago for his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been involved in various projects, including Global Chicago, the American Bar Association ABA-CEELI, and worked as an advisor to the President of Kosovo and the government following the Kosovo War. His latest feat was managing the campaign of Berwyn mayoral candidate Michael O’Connor, as well as the campaign of the Independent Voters of Berwyn (IVB).
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