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LOW INCOME TENANTS SHUT DOWN CHICAGO STREET!!!!!!

More than 300 tenants, service providers and allies from across the Chicago metro-region marched on Friday, February 25 to protest deep cuts to the HUD Budget. Protesters constructed a cardboard box "Tea Party Housing Development" to block traffic on Clark Street during rush hour to draw public attention to the injustice of targeting the deepest federal budget cuts to programs for low-and moderate-income communities, including vital HUD housing programs. Traffic was stopped in front of the Chicago Federal Building housing the Illinois offices of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. 11 protesters participating in the traffic blockade were arrested and released a few hours later. See news links below. The story was picked up in Philadelphia, Dallas and probably other cities (let us know if you saw it in yours). CHI is planning follow up actions to keep the heat on their targets! http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/4014509-418/protestors-rip-republican-cuts-to-housing-budget-block-downtown-traffic.html http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7981132 http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-arrests-protest-loop-hud-feb25,0,4982202.story http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/02/25/police-arrest-11-in-rush-hour-protest-in-the-loop/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-il--protestarrests,0,6381551.story http://www.progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2011/02/25/pushback-against-federal-austerity-bubbles-chicago#comments http://www.google.com/search?q=Chicago+loop+protests&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=Chicago+loop+protests&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=UWN&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbs=qdr:d&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=WyVpTYKTDtOEtgewpsTmAg&ved=0CCIQmAcwAQ&fp=2affa4daec1e7f43