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Public speaker criticizes officials and warns of gentrification and workforce displacement
Workforce Housing and Community Development Committee (Cook County) · February 3, 2026
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Summary
At the start of the committee meeting, public speaker George Blakemore criticized Black elected officials for failing the community, urged commissioners to prioritize serving residents, and raised concerns about immigration and gentrification's effects on the Black workforce.
George Blakemore, the meeting’s sole public speaker, addressed the Workforce Housing and Community Development Committee and criticized elected officials he said are not serving the…
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