DNC MEMBER, ALDERMAN JOE MOORE, TO SPEAK AT JUNE 9^TH CLUB MEETING  

The DuPage Democratic Club is most fortunate to have DNC member, Chicago Alderman Joe Moore as our special guest speaker at our meeting on Thursday, June 9^th. Having just returned from the Spring Meeting of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Alderman Moore will update club members on the most recent activities of the DNC.

Our Club meeting will be held at the Lombard Community Building, 433 E. St. Charles, Lombard. Club members are invited to arrive at 7:30 PM for a brief reception for Alderman Moore in the common area of the Community Building. The formal meeting will begin at 8 PM.

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958, and raised in Oak Lawn and Evanston, Illinois, Joe Moore has lived in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood for 25 years. He has two sons, Nathan (14) and Zachary (8).

Moore graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1976, earned a B.A. from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1980, and received a J.D. from DePaul University Law School in 1984.

From 1984 to 1991, Moore worked as an attorney in the City of Chicago’s Department of Law, first in the department’s Appeals Division, where he argued cases before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and later in the department’s Affirmative Litigation Division, where he worked to recover millions of dollars on behalf of the City’s taxpayers.

In 1991, Moore ran for the Chicago City Council from the 49th Ward, which encompasses the Chicago communities of Rogers Park, the northern reaches of Edgewater and the eastern edge of West Ridge. Crime was on the rise, schools were overcrowded and commercial centers were struggling. Moore won in a close run-off election and focused on three areas: community policing, housing and economic development.

Known as a pioneer in the battle to bring community policing to Chicago, Moore sponsored City Council hearings that moved City officials to adopt community policing. He then mobilized community groups in the far North Side to successfully designate the 24th Police District as a pilot district. Since then, Moore has worked closely with the CAPS beat groups and the 24th District Police commanders, and crime in the 49^th Ward is now down over 40 percent.

Alderman Moore is a voice for ethics and reform in the City Council and successfully sponsored a Whistleblower Ordinance that gives taxpayers the right to recover damages on behalf of the city against corrupt city contractors. Moore also sponsored an Accountability in Privatization Ordinance and currently is the lead sponsor of a “Big Box Living Wage Ordinance,” that would require large retail establishments to pay their employees wages of at least $10 an hour and benefits equivalent to at least $3 an hour.

Moore also understands that policies adopted in Washington, D.C. directly affect the ability of local elected officials to effectively govern at home. Under Moore’s leadership, the Chicago City Council became one of the first city councils in the nation to go on record opposing the pre-emptive military invasion of Iraq. Moore also was one of the chief co-sponsors of a City Council Resolution opposing the unconstitutional provisions of the so-called USA Patriot Act.

Moore currently serves on the board of the National League of Cities (NLC), a national organization that advocates on behalf of America’s cities and towns. In the past, he has chaired several NLC committees including the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Advocacy Committee and the Central Cities Council.

Moore also is chairman of the National Democratic Municipal Officials Conference, a national organization of Democratic mayors and city council members, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). DNC Chairman, Governor Howard Dean, recently appointed Moore to a newly formed DNC Committee on Budget and Finance.

Moore won re-election in 1995, 1999, and again in 2003. He serves on the following City Council Committees: Budget and Government Operations; Rules and Ethics; Energy, Environmental Protection and Public Utilities; Finance; Health; and Historical Landmark Preservation.

CLUB MEMBER TO SPEAK ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

Following Alderman Moore, club member Jim McCormick will give a brief presentation on his recent visits to the LBJ and Clinton Presidential Libraries.

All club members and interested individuals are invited to attend our meeting on Thursday, June 9^th. The meeting will be followed by a period of informal conversation and fellowship.

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