To Be Perfectly Frank, This Is A Dog of a Project

By John Greenfield
May 14, 2015

Does the idea of slathering the centrally located riverside land at Fullerton/Damen/Elston with asphalt make you red-hot? Let 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack know this traffic artery-clogging plan for the sausage emporium site doesn’t cut the mustard.

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Waguespack Sends a Fear Mongering Email About BRT to Constituents

By John Greenfield | Dec 20, 2013

As I’ve written many times on this website, 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack has done some good things for the city, and he’s a likeable person. So it’s painful to see him take an increasingly reactionary stance against the CTA’s plan to create a more efficient and equitable Ashland Avenue by building a bus rapid […]

A Progressive No More, Waguespack Compares BRT to the Parking Meter Deal

By John Greenfield | Dec 10, 2013

Even when I’ve disagreed with him over his recent comments on transportation and public space issues, I’ve always used the word “progressive” to describe 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack, but it might be time to drop that adjective. He has been an important independent voice at City Hall, most notably in his opposition to Richard M. […]

What’s Up With Waguespack? The Alderman’s View of Parking Conversions

By John Greenfield | Jul 16, 2013

32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack is a key independent voice at City Hall. Most famously, when Richard M. Daley was ramming the disastrous 2008 parking meter contract through City Council in a mere three days, Waguespack was perhaps the only alderman to actually read the thick document. He led the opposition to the deal, and […]

Waguespack Kvetches About Traffic Cameras and Higher Parking Fines

By John Greenfield | Oct 23, 2013

As I’ve written several times, 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack is one of City Council’s key independent voices, and he’s also a frequent bike commuter and a likeable person. That makes it especially annoying that he keeps making backward statements about transportation and public space issues. First he worried about the effect that swapping car […]

Eyes on the Street: Crew Responds To Bike Lane Sewer Collapse

By Steven Vance | Jul 14, 2014

A Chicago Department of Water Management crew was on Logan Boulevard today fixing a sewer collapse in the bike lane. We alerted the Chicago Department of Transportation and 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack last week about the hazard, just outside Xsport Fitness. Streetsblog reader Patrick Lynch sent us some photos he took on Monday night. […]

Rahm Blinks, Agrees to Restore Metered Sundays on Some Retail Strips

By John Greenfield | Mar 19, 2014

After ten months of stonewalling, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is bowing to pressure from aldermen, chambers of commerce, and business owners and finally making good on his promise to bring back paid Sunday parking in some commercial districts. The Sun-Times reports the mayor plans to introduce an ordinance at the April City Council meeting that will […]