Tom with IVI-IPO State Chair Alonzo Zaragoza.

• Tom’s first campaign against Da Machine – 1991 (Hank Rubin vs. Bernie Stone, 50th Ward)
• Tom was part of the 1993 state-wide coalition to oppose Daley’s move to expand casino gambling to Cook County (Alderman Preckwinkle is OK with gambling coming to the Michael Reese Hospital site)
• Tom has fought privatization aggressively and successfully, first as a co-founder of Protect Our Parks (which sued the Park District and the Latin School over the Lincoln Park Land Grab) and then as a lead organizer for No Games Chicago.
• Tom has organized against TIF abuse and now opposes the TIF program entirely - it’s the biggest tax-payer rip-off going (Alderman Preckwinkle has voted for dozens of TIFs and her own ward is heavily TIF’ed – In fact, in 2009 four TIFs sucked $7.9 MILLION of property tax revenue OUT of the 4th Ward and those TIFs had net assets of $14.6 million sitting in Da Mayor’s private slush fund – somewhere). Download a map and summary – 4th Ward_TIFs.
• Tom was a leader of the No Games Chicago coalition that vigorously fought the 2016 Olympic Scam and the destruction of the Michael Reese Hospital site (both of which were heavily backed, supported and blessed by Alderman Preckwinkle).

So who’s the most “independent” candidate for Cook County Board President? Let’s see what the IVI-IPO says…

Download a copy of Tom’s prepared remarks to the IVI-IPO endorsement session.