There were many serious errors in Mike Miner’s [February 17] article “The Anti-Cult Candidate” on my campaign against abuses of power of all forms and for the job of mayor of Chicago. One point on which Mike is utterly correct, however, is the manipulation of “news” in Chicago by power groups who rarely, if at all, have the best interests of the people in mind. Unfortunately, rather than truly explaining my Safe Haven programs to your readers, Mike too had his own agenda as he freely admits.
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I am a 4th-generation Chicagoan and grew up with the Reader through the tumultuous days of the 60s and 70s when many of us truly believed in the fight to build a better world for all. Some of us have continued these fights up to the present day. I have always admired the Reader’s role as an “alternative press” willing to take on important issues and champion “just causes.” For this reason, I would greatly appreciate this opportunity to reach out to those young enough to not yet be entirely cynical about the concept of democracy or the notion that, by working together, we truly can make a better city and, ultimately, a better nation for all.
Much as with the original CCC and WPA during the Depression, my Community Service Corps (CSC) programs would replace traditional welfare with JOBS in the public and private sector. Such CSC jobs would range from community policing/resident patrols, day care, teacher’s aides, tutoring and after-school programs to recycling/clean-up crews and home health-care aides for the elderly and disabled to name but a few.
Kimball Ladien, MD
