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Creating a First Class City...Together!

East St. Louis was established almost 190 years ago by Captain James Piggott on June 6, 1820. Historically, this city has been a Midwestern nexus for commerce, transportation, and culture. Since then, we have seen good times and bad. Whatever the times, we will make them better or worse and it is all up to us and what we choose to focus upon. The Alliance Board believes we should keep our eyes on the prize: Creating a First Class City in East St. Louis!

The Civic Alliance is registered with the State of Illinois as a civic nonprofit and a bona-fide civic organization. In a city where everything is political, you might as well call us an Action Committee!

Current Project:

Vote YES to Close the Board of Elections!!

VOTE YES to REJECT 125 YRS of CORRUPTION!!!

After four days of legal wrangling, Judge McGlynn decided that the Board of Elections did NOT have standing!!! It was not looking good at first but working together with Dorothy Joshway, Lillie Butler, Barbara Henderson, Levern Backstrom, and many others!

This means that the Referendum will appear on the March 20, 2012 primary ballot in all 25 precincts

We are developing a flyer that we can use YOUR HELP distributing throughout the City of East St. Louis!!

When the flyer is ready and approved, we will post it here as PDF;

Upcoming Projects

Back to the Ballot: We will be going door to door name by name from the voter list to get 2,000 valid signatures to put the Election Board referenda back on the ballot!!