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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: American Demolition at La Casita

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: American Demolition at La Casita:

American Demolition at La Casita


American Demolition -- What's in a name?
Rahm always seems to high-tail it out of town whenever he's about to drop another bombshell on the community. That way he doesn't have to face the media the next day or be held accountable for his dirty deeds until things cool down. I guess that what he pays his overpriced spinners/liars like Becky Carroll to do.

At around midnight, we heard that Rahm's wrecking team was over at Whittier Elementary in the Pilsen neighborhood, sent there to destroy La Casita, the building that has become the symbol of the community's fight for a decent school library. By the time we got there, hundreds of parents, teachers and community activists had gathered to try and once again, save the building. 

At Juarez H.S.
After police cordons  and barricades were set up protesters organized all-night and morning vigils. The wreckers then left, like