Rose, Declaration Of Candidacy for Alderman of the 7th Ward

I am here to declare My Candidacy for Alderman of the 7th Ward. I choose to run for Alderman not because it is a simple task or to oppose a specific person, but to bring about much needed new leadership, with fresh ideas and bold plans.  I listen to the latest round of political fighting and ask myself, "Who is looking out for our community." The everyday men and women in our community, work hard, andhave dreams of giving their children a better life.  I choose to run because I have the courage to advocate on behalf of the people in our community.  I will stand up to the political insiders and lobbyists and say, "no more". The people of the 7th Ward can not continue to have record high unemployment, higher property taxes and fewer services than provided in other communities.  Our citizens deserve better.   I choose to run because we must stem the tide of a do nothing City Hall. I will fight to create new opportunities of employment, better  education, and greater public safety for all. We as a community must come together and breathe new life into the heart and soul of our neighborhoods and the communities that surrounds us. Safety within our communities has always been a priority for me.  I will lead a heightened effort to increase safety within our community by advocating for electronic monitoring of all child sex offenders upon their release that live within our city. If we can do this in  a DUI case why not in these cases? I will also advocate a system of Bar Coding Bullets in the hope to have a new way that will help put a stop to the death of our children on the streets.  If we can track Aspirin why not Bullets? By being committed to these simple ideas, we renew the heart and soul that has felt lost in our community. As a parent, I know that we want to provide for a better today and a promising tomorrow. Not just for our children and our grandchildren, but for our friends, and neighbors. We must look to each other, to help bring back the pride we have felt before, and the courage to do more then we thought we could.  We must never lose the ability to have an open heart, and mind, so that we can learn from each other instead of only seeing the differences between us. Our children are the most precious and cherished assets we share.  We must continue to support and encourage those teachers, who have devoted their lives to shaping our children's educational future. We must provide a great education, not just for our children, but for anyone who is willing to learn new skills and retrain themselves.  We need our community to encourage all people to reach their full potential. I make no promises, but I know that with hard work and bold plans we can restore our community.   I have the courage to stand up for my principles. Most importantly, I will work tirelessly to create jobs, jobs and more jobs for all who want to work my priority. Our history shows that we when we work together we can  and have made it through hard times.   This is why I choose to run for Alderman for one of Chicago's  Greatest Wards The 7th, to work for and to represent the people, not just for today but everyday.  I am running for everyone who needs a man of the people, for the people and elected by the people! Sincerely    Vincent Rose candidacy

Is a Dime To Much to Ask for Our Kids Future ?

Transaction Revenue fee’s brought in by all 4 Chicago Exchanges CME Group, Chicago Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Options I would like to propose a new Idea and a new way to generate revenues by enacting a fee of .10 Cents per transaction on all trades executed on the Chicago’s major Commodity, Stock and Option exchanges as well as their computerized trading platform systems.

 This fee would only be per-transaction, not per share so if you did one share or a billion shares the fee would still only be ten cents. This fee will not hurt the small investors nor the lager investment banking and or trading firms. 

I would also like point out since 9/11 that our exchanges here are constantly being looked at as a target for terrorism and this has added high cost to our city and state budgets for security monitoring to help ward off such attacks with no source to help offset and pay for these ongoing additional cost. These Exchanges were originally set up as non-profit entities but over the past few years have now become for profit enterprises and the jobs that once where there offered people are not available.

 The exchange floors have implemented computerized systems for executing trades and as a result, these firms no longer employ a large staff need the large staff which in return has decreased payroll taxes to the state. Nevertheless, using the computerized systems has helped these firms to keep their profits margins high and their CEO and other top executive bank account’s fat with bonus and profits. These four exchanges combined conduct over 1 billion transaction a month thus giving our state an opportunity to seize around 100 million dollars per-month giving us anywhere from 500 million to over 1 billion dollars of new revenue to our state’s coffers which could go to schools, pensions funding, health care and infrastructure projects which will help bring jobs to the people of Illinois.

 Illinois would be the first State to enact this type of revenue stream but once it is done, other states such as NY or California that have exchanges could potentially copy and follow our (Illinois’) lead. 

The ten cent transaction fee over ten years would increase to $1.00 per transaction not per share  The transaction fee has no mention of the exemptions along with the CME management fee. So just a reminder Floor members, Illinois residents, and Agriculture would be exempted. The CME would collect between a 5 to 10% fee from the fee's they collect via the exchanges. 

 This will allow the State to discontinue the 136 million a year it gives the CME, because they would have a revenue stream of 150 to 500 million dollars a year.

Who am I ?

Throughout his professional career, Vincent Rose has proven himself as a leader. Someone who has the proven ability needed for Alderman of the 7^th ward, Vincent has been a committed leader within the community by building efficient teams, solve problems.

Vincent Rose has the vision needed to help redefine and plan for better safety for the community to help build a safer and a brighter future for our children. His lifelong professional and political managerial experience has proven that Mr. Rose ability to communicate with people at all levels, as well as the understanding and sensitivity needed to speak with community and grass roots organizations so that the people of the 7^th Ward has a advocate who truly understands the pain that our community is in not just from the random deaths but the lack of real Job Opportunities, Vincent Rose as the next Alderman for the 7^th Ward will speak out and stand up on our community’s  behalf.

 Almost every weekend, Vincent, can be found volunteering his time for the Rainbow Push Coalition.  An organization whose leadership works infinitely to improve lives our local as well as the global community.

Currently, Mr. Rose serves as an Officer with Cook County, where he has gained a real front line understanding of the complex issues surrounding the criminal activity as well as the Gang and Gun Violence that plagues Chicago and haunts law enforcement. Prior to his career in public service Mr. Rose worked in Corporate America General Motors. Mr. Rose has attained broad academic success that includes an undergraduate degree, law school and a Masters Degree, Mr. Rose is an active member of the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.