Ambrosio Medrano Sr. resigned from the City Council 14 years ago after he was caught taking bribes, and he is prohibited from running for office again. Now his son is hoping to reclaim the father’s old job representing the 25th Ward on the near West Side.
Ambrosio Medrano Jr., 32, began circulating nominating petitions Tuesday to get on the ballot for the Feb. 22 election. He would be challenging Alderman Daniel Solis, the chairman of the Council’s influential Zoning Committee and one of the top Latino allies of Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Known to family members and friends as Ambi, the younger Mr. Medrano said last week that he had learned from his father’s corruption conviction. “I guarantee my family and my community that I will never, ever, make that kind of mistake,” he said.
The elder Mr. Medrano had sought to regain his old job in the 2007 election, but his legal efforts to challenge a ban on felons running for municipal office failed.
The younger Mr. Medrano said he did not think the voters would hold his father’s past against him.
“Everybody has always been very uplifting, very positive,” he said.
The younger Mr. Medrano is a cement mixer in the city’s Transportation Department, earning $35.20 an hour.
GO FOR IT AMBROSIO AMBI MEDRANO JR. I KNOW YOU CAN GET SOLIS OUT OF THERE. AND HELP THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY. I KNEW YOU WHEN YOU WERE IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. SAY HI TO YOUR DAD FOR ME. I HOPE I WILL BE BACK TO VOTE FOR YOU AND MY HUSBAND TOO. WE STILL LIVE IN THE AREA HOPE YOU COULD EMAIL ME WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME.
LINDA JOYNER BENAVIDES
Linda thank you for your support the campaign is going very well. I can use all the support I get you can reach me on facebook or my email Amedranomr@aol.com. I will tel my father you said hello.