So up north, aldercreature John Arena is bound and determined to become the new Helen Shiller, importing Section 8 and an "affordable" housing project right across the street from 016.



This is November "tweet" from someone who is representing a rather broad swath of the northwest side:

His people threatened to get city workers fired for speaking out against this project and he told another constituent to move if they disagree with this new building.

So if you were one of the nearly one-third of 45th Ward residents who voted for Trump, this is what Arena thinks of you - knuckle-dragging, subhuman, racist.Not a doubt in our mind he'll be throwing those terms around at the big meeting tonight.UPDATE: From the comments:UPDATE: Supposedly, Arena is having ID's checked to see if you live in the ward. Plus, he's busing in all sorts of supporters, many of whom don't live in his ward, to crowd out residents. The buses arrive at 1730 hours for an 1800 meeting.