No wonder he escaped to corporate America, via Caterpillar Inc., leaving the council and his non-teaching job at Illinois Central College. In his first two years on the council, Duncan probably carried too much of a load to do any one job well. He earned a master s in business administration from Bradley University, while working full-time, while serving as councilman of the city s most complicated district. Note new sidewalks and curbs along Griswold or new construction along MacArthur Highway. The problem, in my opinion, is the 865 votes cast out of our district in the last election.
People cater to where the votes are.
And all the votes are in the Fifth District on the north. The Neighborhood Development Commission is one of our biggest failures, despite what the mayor says. Look at their budget. They re spending thousands of dollars on flyers and brochures and web sites, when lot bigger problems need to be addressed. For the most part, though, Duncan played by what few rules this fractious council mustered.