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Rita Simo

CTL-P-0557 · Person

STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-02000 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0557. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

The Honorary Chicago catalog entry establishes: honorary sign 'Honorary Rita Simo Way'; location Eastwood Avenue at Sheridan Road; approved 2001 (Uptown; ceremony 2002) (fetched in full 2026-10-17). Wave-16 update (2026-10-17): a genuine search of Chicago Councilmatic (full-name search plus surname 'honorary street' fallback), conducted via live browser on 2026-10-17, found no enacted honorary designation record for this name — both the full-name search and the surname fallback returned 0 results. Chicago Legistar was unreachable that day (soft block: 'Invalid parameters!'), so the ordinance-record route remains open if a record surfaces there. Stamp remains STRONG EVIDENCE on the Honorary Chicago catalog basis.

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The Honorary Chicago catalog entry establishes: honorary sign 'Honorary Rita Simo Way'; location Eastwood Avenue at Sheridan Road; approved 2001 (Uptown; ceremony 2002) (fetched in full 2026-10-17). Wave-16 update (2026-10-17): a genuine search of Chicago Councilmatic (full-name search plus surname 'honorary street' fallback), conducted via live browser on 2026-10-17, found no enacted honorary designation record for this name — both the full-name search and the surname fallback returned 0 results.

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The Honorary Chicago catalog entry establishes: honorary sign 'Honorary Rita Simo Way'; location Eastwood Avenue at Sheridan Road; approved 2001 (Uptown; ceremony 2002) (fetched in full 2026-10-17). Wave-16 update (2026-10-17): a genuine search of Chicago Councilmatic (full-name search plus surname 'honorary street' fallback), conducted via live browser on 2026-10-17, found no enacted honorary designation record for this name — both the full-name search and the surname fallback returned 0 results. Chicago Legistar was unreachable that day (soft block: 'Invalid parameters!'), so the ordinance-record route remains open if a record surfaces there. Stamp remains STRONG EVIDENCE on the Honorary Chicago catalog basis.

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