Why David Moore you might ask me a resident of the 17th Ward? Because I live in the Marquette Park community and have been involved in this community for the major portion of my life. Whether it is my parish or the community at large…I saw this involvement as critical to helping me and my neighbors provide each other with a secure and safe neighborhood. Security…only look at the Marquette Park Security District…Special Service Area 14…the rapid response to crime in the area…but what lacked was ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT! We are only a few minutes away from Midway International Airport…the CTA Orange line to the Loop…the new Ford City Shopping Center…10 minutes to Evergreen Park and 15 to Oak Lawn…now this would be a great place to live…if there were not board-ups on every block…that Lithuanian Plaza Court from Western to California  would have the mom  and pop businesses and new…