– In an outstanding turnout for the November 2, 2004 election, Pilsen residents took an important step in their effort to clean the air they breathe. A referendum calling for an investigation of the pollutants vented into the neighborhood of Pilsen by H. Kramer and Co. was passed by 95 % of voters in the 2nd Precinct of the 25th Ward.
As part of the campaign to make the air in Pilsen cleaner and healthier, next Monday, November 8th Pilsen residents, supported by the local Pilsen/Southwest Side Local of the Green Party will present the results of the referendum.
Alderman Danny Solis is being called upon to insure that both the City’s Department of the Environment and the Illinois EPA investigate repeated incidents of contamination of the air in Pilsen by July 1, 2005.
Referendum
“Shall our elected officials, especially Alderman Daniel Solis, insist that the H. Kramer and Co. brass foundry at 1345–47 W. 21st Street be investigated by the Chicago Department of the Environment and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for repeated incidents of contamination of the air in Pilsen, and shall a public report be produced and made available at the Rudy Lozano branch library no later than July 1, 2005?”