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This is the repository for a research project investigating clientelistic politics in Chicago
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Bernie Stone Case Study #19

Closed JohnCRuf closed 10 months ago

JohnCRuf commented 1 year ago

“Well, I grew up in the 50th Ward and you know, God bless [the late former Ald.] Bernie Stone, may he rest in peace, but I remember crossing California going west, every street was resurfaced almost every year,” Ramirez-Rosa says. “They always had brand new lighting and then east of California, where he would lose the precincts consistently, I mean the streets were in shambles. Many people felt he was spending the bulk of the menu money west of California, where he was getting the bulk of the vote.” - Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

Let's test this explicitly. With the new data, I have Bernie Stone's Menu allocations for his last six years in office. Divide the 50th ward into a grid, does funding serendipitously drop across California?

JohnCRuf commented 11 months ago

Addressed as #29 was merged.