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'''Manuel "Manny" Flores''' (born [[January 21]], [[1972]]) is the [[alderman]] of the 1st Ward ([http://www.flores1stward.com/images/maps/1_ward.jpg map]) in [[Chicago]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Flores was elected to the [[Chicago City Council]] in [[2003]]. He currently is the youngest alderman on the Council and represents part of the city's Northwest Side. [[Image:MFPic2.jpg|thumb|Alderman Manny Flores]]
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== Early life ==
|office = Chairman of the [[Illinois Commerce Commission]]<br>(acting)
Flores attended [[Dominican University]] where he earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in political science. He later went to [[The George Washington University Law School]], where he was awarded honors for his clinical work on immigration and human rights litigation in political asylum cases.
|term_start = January 4, 2010
|term_end = February 28, 2011
|predecessor = [[Charles Box]]
|successor = [[Douglas P. Scott|Doug Scott]]


|office2 = Member of the [[Chicago City Council]] from the [[1st ward, Chicago|1st Ward]]
== Public Service ==
|term_start2 = May 19, 2003
Flores started his career in politics as a congressional aide to Congressman [[Luis Gutierrez]]. He was later a prosecutor for the Office of [[Cook County, IL|Cook County]] State’s Attorney.
|term_end2 = January 4, 2010
|predecessor2 = Jesse Granato
|successor2 = [[Proco Joe Moreno]]


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In addition to his role as an alderman, Flores sits on two nonprofit boards. He sits on the board for Community Health which provides healthcare to the poor and uninsured. He also sits on the board of C.A.U.S.E.S which provides psychiatric therapy and treatment to children who have been the victims of domestic abuse and violence.
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'''Manuel "Manny" Flores''' (born January 21, 1972) is the Director of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - Division of Banking . A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Flores was elected to the [[Chicago City Council]] in 2003. He was the youngest alderman on the Council and represented part of the city's near Northwest Side.
== Aldermanic career ==
Flores was elected alderman in 2003, defeating Ald. Jesse Granato (who had the support of Chicago Mayor [[Richard M. Daley]], the powerful and controversial [[Hispanic Democratic Organization]] and Illinois Gov. [[Rod Blagojevich]]) after a close election that resulted in a runoff.


Flores is a noted advocate for government transparency and the development of Chicago's [[green economy]].
As alderman, he sits on five city council committees: Economic, Capital and Technology Development, Historical Landmark Preservation, Rules and Ethics, Parks and Recreation, and Special Events and Cultural Affairs. Since 2004, he has introduced and passed legislation in the areas of consumer protection, land-use and development, banking, healthcare, and government operations and management. Flores has also fought for worker rights by calling for better severance packages for displaced workers.


==Early life==
Flores works to achieve greater access to computer technology; he serves on the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council and Chicago City Council Wireless Taskforce. Through these organizations, Flores helps in the development of strategies to ensure affordable internet access and create public wireless hot spots to every neighborhood in Chicago.
Flores was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], but raised in suburban [[Northlake, Illinois]], where he attended [[West Leyden High School]]. He received his bachelor's degree in political science at [[Dominican University (Illinois)|Dominican University]] in [[River Forest, Illinois]], and his [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[George Washington University Law School]]. At GW Law he was awarded honors for his clinical work on immigration and human rights litigation in political asylum cases. He went on to work as a congressional aide to [[Luis Gutiérrez]] and later an assistant state's attorney with the [[Cook County State's Attorney|Cook County State's Attorney Office]].<ref name=RUNOFF>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/03/13/granato-facing-a-tough-runoff/|last=Miller|first=Sabrina L.|title=Granato facing a tough runoff, Flores outpolled him in primary|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=March 13, 2003|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Congressional Campaign==
===Chicago City Council===
On May 10th, 2007, Flores officially announced his candidacy for Congressman [[Luis Gutierrez]]'s seat for the 4th Congressional District in Illinois.
A year and a half after moving to the 1st ward, Flores chose to challenge [[Richard M. Daley|Daley]]-backed incumbent [[Jesse Granato]]. Flores outpolled Granato in the February primary election.<ref name=RUNOFF /> In the April runoff, Flores was elected Alderman with 5,290 to Granato's 3,717.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/04/02/chicago-aldermanic-races-4/|title=Chicago Aldermanic Races|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=April 2, 2003|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>


He served on seven Chicago City Council committees: Economic, Capital and Technology Development; Energy, Environmental Protection and Public Utilities; Historical Landmark Preservation; Rules and Ethics; Parks and Recreation; Special Events and Cultural Affairs; and Transportation and Public Way.
On August 28th, 2007, Flores Dropped-out of the race, due to [[Luis Gutierrez]]'s return to the race.


Flores is noted as a champion of sustainability and government transparency, passing several landmark ordinances and initiating programs to develop the region’s green economy.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Gardiner | first = Kate | title = Ald. Flores Brings Even More Transparency to Chicago | work = Chicagoist | date = 19 May 2009 | url = http://chicagoist.com/2009/05/19/more_transparency_in_chicago.php | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010-----> | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822172950/http://chicagoist.com/2009/05/19/more_transparency_in_chicago.php | archivedate = 22 August 2009 }}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Alderman Flores lives in the Wicker Park neighborhood with his wife, Georgina, and their son, Theodore.


====Sustainability Initiatives====
== External links ==
Flores works on the Addison Industrial Corridor Redevelopment Project, a revitalization plan sponsored by the City of Chicago and the Metropolitan Agency for Planning to redevelop the underutilized planned manufacturing district at the north end of the 1st Ward. Alderman Flores has been working closely with the planning team to realize his vision to create the city’s first green manufacturing district in the Addison Industrial Corridor. The green manufacturing district will leverage retail opportunity and demand for manufacturing created by the nearby [[Green Exchange]] and provide jobs for the mixed-income workforce housed at [[Lathrop Homes]]. His vision combines a sustainable philosophy with a plan to bring competitive jobs to the ward and retain the neighborhoods socioeconomic diversity.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
* [http://www.flores1stward.com/index.php Alderman Flores' Home Page]
* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0430800575.1148655343@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddhkmfekdmcefecelldffhdfgn.0&entityName=Ward1&entityNameEnumValue=46 City of Chicago]
* [http://www.floresforus.com Alderman Flores' Congressional Campaign Site]


Flores also sponsors the development of the [[Green Exchange]]. He worked closely with Baum Development, LLC, the City of Chicago Zoning Committee, and private businesses to ensure the former factory was not converted into residential condominiums.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
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Flores has also been developing the Lathrop Homes LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) project with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) to create the nation’s first ever LEED certified public housing project. Lathrop Homes, one of the oldest public housing projects in the city, is located in the northeast corner of the 1st Ward, close to the Green Exchange and the Addison Industrial Corridor. Alderman Flores and CHA are working to develop affordable sustainable housing in a transit-oriented development. LEED ND is a sustainability certification in the experimental stages and Lathrop Homes could become the first development in the United States to receive the qualification.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
[[Category:Chicago aldermen|Flores, Manuel]]

[[Category:Chicago politicians|Flores, Manuel]]
Flores instituted the Building Green in the First Ward program in January 2008. This program requires that all residential and commercial developers who receive a zoning change for new construction projects must participate in the Chicago Green Homes Program. Developers are required to achieve the maximum 3-star certification, ensuring that this new construction is an environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and high-quality project.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
[[Category:People from Chicago|Flores, Manuel]]

====GreenEconomyChicago.com====
In May 2009, Alderman Flores launched GreenEconomyChicago.com [http://www.greeneconomychicago.com], a joint website and TV program, to bring everyday citizens into policymaking decisions concerning the development of the green economy in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news | title = New City Web Site Asks Input On Green Ideas | work = CBS Chicago | date = 21 May 2009 | url = http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.green.economy.2.1016150.html | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010-----> | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090615164700/http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.green.economy.2.1016150.html | archivedate = 15 June 2009 }}</ref>

The website and program—a collaborative effort between Alderman Flores, Mike Bueltmann of Clear Content, and Comcast CN 100—features discussion and information pages that will be moderated by experts from academia, the private sector, and government. Moderators will translate these pages into steps individual citizens can take to promote economic development in Chicago based on sustainable practices and values.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

GreenEconomyChicago.com seeks to tap into the groundswell of expertise and initiative occurring at the non-governmental level. The site utilizes a Web 2.0 approach to organizing and delivering information, allowing participants to directly provide input and feedback, and enhancing social networks directed at specific policymaking and implementation processes.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

====Transparency Initiatives====
The TIF Sunshine Ordinance was introduced by Aldermen Flores and Waguespack (32nd Ward) and passed into law on April 22, 2009. The TIF Sunshine Ordinance publishes all documents pertaining to Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district agreements online in a searchable format to be accessed by the public. This important transparency ordinance places information about the City’s expenditure of tax dollars raised in TIF districts that was previously obscured to the public.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Follow on the heels of the TIF Sunshine Ordinance is the City Asset Lease Disclosure Ordinance, introduced by Alderman Flores on May 13, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flores1stward.com/uploads/CityAssetsPR.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-05-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711011130/http://www.flores1stward.com/uploads/CityAssetsPR.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-11 }}</ref> The ordinance would publish and track documents pertaining to City asset lease agreements worth more than $10 million, such as the leasing of the Chicago Skyway, the Chicago Downtown Public Parking System and the Chicago Parking Meter System. The ordinance would make all documents available online in a searchable format at a single location and provide a single accounting document to track the appropriations, income earner, investments, and future budget distributions generated through the lease of City assets. Currently, information about City lease agreements is available online. However, the information is scattered across several websites in lengthy budget documents. The ordinance would make this information accessible by creating a single accounting document, updated quarterly, on the City of Chicago Department of Finance website to track monies spent and generated in City asset lease agreements.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

====BPA-Free Kids Ordinance====
In May 2009, Chicago became the first US city to ban the sale of products containing [[bisphenol A]] (BPA),<ref>{{Cite news| last = Cullotta | first = Karen Ann | title = Chicago Bans Bottles With BPA Plastic | newspaper = New York Times | date = 13 May 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14plastic.html?hp | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010----->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Spielman | first = Fran | title = Chicago becomes first city to ban BPA bottles, cups | newspaper = Chicago Sun Times | date = 13 May 2009 | url = http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1571976,chicago-ban-bpa-bottles-cups-051309.article | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010-----> | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090517045945/http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1571976,chicago-ban-bpa-bottles-cups-051309.article | archive-date = 17 May 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Mihalopoulos | first = Dan |author2=Michael Hawthorne | title = Chicago BPA ban: Chicago bans sale of baby bottles, sippy cups with dangerous chemical | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = 14 May 2009 | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-bpa-baby-bottles-14may14,0,5399504.story | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010----->}}</ref> a disputed chemical used in many plastics.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Bisphenol A: Summary and comments on the low dose BPA spreadsheet | publisher = The Endocrine Disruption Exchange | date = September 2009 | url = http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/endocrine.bisphenol.summary.php | accessdate = <!-----12 January 2010-----> | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091009123111/http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/endocrine.bisphenol.summary.php | archivedate = 9 October 2009 }}</ref> The Chicago City Council adopted an ordinance proposed by Flores and Alderman [[Edward M. Burke]] to ban the sale of baby bottles and cups manufactured with BPA.

===Campaigns for Higher Office===
On May 10, 2007, Flores officially announced his candidacy for Congressman [[Luis Gutierrez]]'s seat for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Illinois' 4th Congressional District. On August 28, 2007, Flores withdrew from the race, due to Gutierrez's decision to seek re-election to the office.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Rich|url=https://capitolfax.com/wp-mobile.php?p=18607&more=1|title=Downstate House GOP Caucus backs Davis over Harold|newspaper=[[Capitol Fax]]|date=June 13, 2013|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref>

In September 2010, Flores circulated petitions to run for [[Mayor of Chicago]] in the [[Chicago mayoral election, 2011|2011 election]], but instead chose to endorse [[Gery Chico]], the chairman of [[City Colleges of Chicago|City Colleges of Chicago District No. 508]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/chicago-mayoral-race-roun_n_719808.html|title=Chicago Mayoral Race Roundup: Handy Election Scorecard, Will Manny Flores Run?|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|location=[[New York, New York]]|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref>

===Illinois Commerce Commission===
On January 4, 2010, Flores was nominated by Illinois Governor [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]] to be the chairman of the [[Illinois Commerce Commission]], replacing [[Charles Box]].<ref>[http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8145 Governor Pat Quinn Names New ICC Chairman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108084618/http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8145 |date=2010-01-08 }}</ref> After it became clear that Flores would likely not be confirmed by the [[Illinois Senate]], Quinn chose to appoint former [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]] Mayor [[Douglas P. Scott|Doug Scott]] to the chairmanship and hired Flores to serve as director of banking in the [[Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ormsby|first=David|url=http://www.illinoisobserver.net/2011/02/28/doug-scott-tapped-to-lead-illinois-commerce-commission-manny-flores-gets-banking-post/|title=Doug Scott Tapped to Lead Illinois Commerce Commission, Manny Flores Gets Banking Post|newspaper=The Illinois Observer|location=[[Springfield, Illinois]]|date=February 28, 2011|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Flores lives in the [[Wicker Park, Chicago|Wicker Park]] neighborhood with his wife, Georgina and two children.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Facebook|citizensforflores}}


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Manny Flores
Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission
(acting)
In office
January 4, 2010 – February 28, 2011
Preceded byCharles Box
Succeeded byDoug Scott
Member of the Chicago City Council from the 1st Ward
In office
May 19, 2003 – January 4, 2010
Preceded byJesse Granato
Succeeded byProco Joe Moreno
Personal details
Born (1972-01-21) January 21, 1972 (age 52)
El Paso, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGeorgina
ChildrenTwo
ResidenceWicker Park, Chicago, Illinois
Alma materDominican University (B.A.)
George Washington University (J.D.)
ProfessionAttorney

Manuel "Manny" Flores (born January 21, 1972) is the Director of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - Division of Banking . A member of the Democratic Party, Flores was elected to the Chicago City Council in 2003. He was the youngest alderman on the Council and represented part of the city's near Northwest Side.

Flores is a noted advocate for government transparency and the development of Chicago's green economy.

Early life

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Flores was born in El Paso, Texas, but raised in suburban Northlake, Illinois, where he attended West Leyden High School. He received his bachelor's degree in political science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University Law School. At GW Law he was awarded honors for his clinical work on immigration and human rights litigation in political asylum cases. He went on to work as a congressional aide to Luis Gutiérrez and later an assistant state's attorney with the Cook County State's Attorney Office.[1]

Political career

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Chicago City Council

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A year and a half after moving to the 1st ward, Flores chose to challenge Daley-backed incumbent Jesse Granato. Flores outpolled Granato in the February primary election.[1] In the April runoff, Flores was elected Alderman with 5,290 to Granato's 3,717.[2]

He served on seven Chicago City Council committees: Economic, Capital and Technology Development; Energy, Environmental Protection and Public Utilities; Historical Landmark Preservation; Rules and Ethics; Parks and Recreation; Special Events and Cultural Affairs; and Transportation and Public Way.

Flores is noted as a champion of sustainability and government transparency, passing several landmark ordinances and initiating programs to develop the region’s green economy.[3]

Sustainability Initiatives

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Flores works on the Addison Industrial Corridor Redevelopment Project, a revitalization plan sponsored by the City of Chicago and the Metropolitan Agency for Planning to redevelop the underutilized planned manufacturing district at the north end of the 1st Ward. Alderman Flores has been working closely with the planning team to realize his vision to create the city’s first green manufacturing district in the Addison Industrial Corridor. The green manufacturing district will leverage retail opportunity and demand for manufacturing created by the nearby Green Exchange and provide jobs for the mixed-income workforce housed at Lathrop Homes. His vision combines a sustainable philosophy with a plan to bring competitive jobs to the ward and retain the neighborhoods socioeconomic diversity.[citation needed]

Flores also sponsors the development of the Green Exchange. He worked closely with Baum Development, LLC, the City of Chicago Zoning Committee, and private businesses to ensure the former factory was not converted into residential condominiums.[citation needed]

Flores has also been developing the Lathrop Homes LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) project with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) to create the nation’s first ever LEED certified public housing project. Lathrop Homes, one of the oldest public housing projects in the city, is located in the northeast corner of the 1st Ward, close to the Green Exchange and the Addison Industrial Corridor. Alderman Flores and CHA are working to develop affordable sustainable housing in a transit-oriented development. LEED ND is a sustainability certification in the experimental stages and Lathrop Homes could become the first development in the United States to receive the qualification.[citation needed]

Flores instituted the Building Green in the First Ward program in January 2008. This program requires that all residential and commercial developers who receive a zoning change for new construction projects must participate in the Chicago Green Homes Program. Developers are required to achieve the maximum 3-star certification, ensuring that this new construction is an environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and high-quality project.[citation needed]

GreenEconomyChicago.com

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In May 2009, Alderman Flores launched GreenEconomyChicago.com [1], a joint website and TV program, to bring everyday citizens into policymaking decisions concerning the development of the green economy in Chicago.[4]

The website and program—a collaborative effort between Alderman Flores, Mike Bueltmann of Clear Content, and Comcast CN 100—features discussion and information pages that will be moderated by experts from academia, the private sector, and government. Moderators will translate these pages into steps individual citizens can take to promote economic development in Chicago based on sustainable practices and values.[citation needed]

GreenEconomyChicago.com seeks to tap into the groundswell of expertise and initiative occurring at the non-governmental level. The site utilizes a Web 2.0 approach to organizing and delivering information, allowing participants to directly provide input and feedback, and enhancing social networks directed at specific policymaking and implementation processes.[citation needed]

Transparency Initiatives

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The TIF Sunshine Ordinance was introduced by Aldermen Flores and Waguespack (32nd Ward) and passed into law on April 22, 2009. The TIF Sunshine Ordinance publishes all documents pertaining to Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district agreements online in a searchable format to be accessed by the public. This important transparency ordinance places information about the City’s expenditure of tax dollars raised in TIF districts that was previously obscured to the public.[citation needed]

Follow on the heels of the TIF Sunshine Ordinance is the City Asset Lease Disclosure Ordinance, introduced by Alderman Flores on May 13, 2009.[5] The ordinance would publish and track documents pertaining to City asset lease agreements worth more than $10 million, such as the leasing of the Chicago Skyway, the Chicago Downtown Public Parking System and the Chicago Parking Meter System. The ordinance would make all documents available online in a searchable format at a single location and provide a single accounting document to track the appropriations, income earner, investments, and future budget distributions generated through the lease of City assets. Currently, information about City lease agreements is available online. However, the information is scattered across several websites in lengthy budget documents. The ordinance would make this information accessible by creating a single accounting document, updated quarterly, on the City of Chicago Department of Finance website to track monies spent and generated in City asset lease agreements.[citation needed]

BPA-Free Kids Ordinance

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In May 2009, Chicago became the first US city to ban the sale of products containing bisphenol A (BPA),[6][7][8] a disputed chemical used in many plastics.[9] The Chicago City Council adopted an ordinance proposed by Flores and Alderman Edward M. Burke to ban the sale of baby bottles and cups manufactured with BPA.

Campaigns for Higher Office

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On May 10, 2007, Flores officially announced his candidacy for Congressman Luis Gutierrez's seat for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Illinois' 4th Congressional District. On August 28, 2007, Flores withdrew from the race, due to Gutierrez's decision to seek re-election to the office.[10]

In September 2010, Flores circulated petitions to run for Mayor of Chicago in the 2011 election, but instead chose to endorse Gery Chico, the chairman of City Colleges of Chicago District No. 508.[11]

Illinois Commerce Commission

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On January 4, 2010, Flores was nominated by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to be the chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, replacing Charles Box.[12] After it became clear that Flores would likely not be confirmed by the Illinois Senate, Quinn chose to appoint former Rockford Mayor Doug Scott to the chairmanship and hired Flores to serve as director of banking in the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.[13]

Personal life

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Flores lives in the Wicker Park neighborhood with his wife, Georgina and two children.

References

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  1. ^ a b Miller, Sabrina L. (March 13, 2003). "Granato facing a tough runoff, Flores outpolled him in primary". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Chicago Aldermanic Races". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 2, 2003. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Gardiner, Kate (19 May 2009). "Ald. Flores Brings Even More Transparency to Chicago". Chicagoist. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009.
  4. ^ "New City Web Site Asks Input On Green Ideas". CBS Chicago. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2009-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Cullotta, Karen Ann (13 May 2009). "Chicago Bans Bottles With BPA Plastic". New York Times.
  7. ^ Spielman, Fran (13 May 2009). "Chicago becomes first city to ban BPA bottles, cups". Chicago Sun Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009.
  8. ^ Mihalopoulos, Dan; Michael Hawthorne (14 May 2009). "Chicago BPA ban: Chicago bans sale of baby bottles, sippy cups with dangerous chemical". Chicago Tribune.
  9. ^ "Bisphenol A: Summary and comments on the low dose BPA spreadsheet". The Endocrine Disruption Exchange. September 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009.
  10. ^ Miller, Rich (June 13, 2013). "Downstate House GOP Caucus backs Davis over Harold". Capitol Fax. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  11. ^ "Chicago Mayoral Race Roundup: Handy Election Scorecard, Will Manny Flores Run?". New York, New York: Huffington Post. September 10, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  12. ^ Governor Pat Quinn Names New ICC Chairman Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Ormsby, David (February 28, 2011). "Doug Scott Tapped to Lead Illinois Commerce Commission, Manny Flores Gets Banking Post". The Illinois Observer. Springfield, Illinois. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
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