JEFFERSON PARK — Two candidates trying to unseat Ald. John Arena (45th) in the Feb. 24 election said they would make major changes to the process that allows residents to decide how to spend the ward's $1.3 million discretionary budget.
In each of the last three years, Arena has asked residents of Jefferson Park, Gladstone Park, Old Irving Park and parts of Portage Park and Forest Glen how he should spend the $1.3 million set aside for each ward for infrastructure improvement projects through a participatory budgeting process.
On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Heather Cherone discusses where each of the candidates stand on the issue:
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