President Obama got his start as a community organizer in Roseland, but a few dozen residents gathered there Saturday gave the new commander-in-chief a failing grade for not doing enough to tackle urban problems during his first 100 days in office.
"Some of us who worked with him from the beginning of his career through the presidency are not satisfied," said community activist Mark Allen. "Some of these streets are worse than they were when he walked down these streets."
Allen noted that Obama's "urban policy" on his Web site pledges to support programs such as CeaseFire, an anti-gang violence program in the city which hasn't gotten any federal stimulus money.
"How can you model yourself after CeaseFire if CeaseFire has no money?" Allen asked.
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Sounds like some folks on the South Side are learning, first hand, the meaning of the word: "hoodwinked".
As for Cease-fire. Um. I put them into the same category of Acorn.
Though, at least Acorn is somewhat effective. Cease-fire ...? Not so much. I always see them marching after someone's been shot/killed. Never before, and that might just be the problem.
But hey - Bam wants to toss them buckets of cash, too - so that must mean he needs them for election purposes.
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