John Pope is alderman of the 10th ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in 1999 and is currently serving his third term.
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Early life
Pope was raised in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago. He attended Mount Carmel High School. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics, from Wabash College in Indiana. His wife is named Debbie and his two children are Madelyn Rose and James William.
Public Service
Pope worked in Chicago’s budget department and later joined Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staff where he was “working to implement plans for neighborhoods across the city”.
Aldermanic career
Pope was first elected in 1999 after Alderman John Buchanan decided not to run for reelection. Pope was elected to his second term in 2003 when he ran unopposed and again in 2007.
As alderman, Pope helped open a Hegewisch Community Committee (HCC) satellite office. HCC focuses on problems of juvenile delinquency, and provides educational, recreational, and civic activities.
Pope serves on eight committees: Buildings; Economic, Capital and Technology Development; Energy, Environmental Protection and Public Utilities; Housing and Real Estate; Human Relations; and Police and Fire.
Pope used a $1.3M taxpayer-funded payroll account, available to aldermen with no scrutiny, to hire a former Streets and Sanitation worker who's supposed to be banned from working for the city. The worker, Thomas Sadzak resigned from the department in 2005, after city officials recommended he be fired over allegations he sexually harassed a co-worker, according to court documents. He was placed on a list of former employees who should not be re-hired, according to a source. Pope hired Sadzak and paid him nearly $18,000 from January 2008 until July 2009, according to the records. During some of that time, Sadzak also appeared on the regular city payroll, records show. Pope also hired the mother of Al Sanchez, the former city Streets and Sanitation commissioner convicted last year on charges he rigged city hiring to reward people loyal to Daley and his political allies. Al Sanchez was a leader of the Hispanic Democratic Organization, which helped get Pope elected.[1]
References
- ^ Dardick, Hal; Gabler, Ellen (2009-11-19). "Friends & family fund for Chicago aldermen; Shadowy $1.3 million payroll helps them get around ban on patronage hiring". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-aldermen-payroll19nov19,0,1560541,full.story. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
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