Yesterday, members of the organization Action Now gathered on Chicago's Garfield Boulevard to protest the "unfair and unequal distribution of resources in the City of Chicago," particularly with regards to pothole repair.  The group located the rally about four miles west of Washington Park, the proposed site of the 2016 Olympic stadium, where the city had recently repaved surrounding roads in anticipation of the International Olympic Committee's current visit. From a statement released yesterday prior to the action:

While Mayor Daley has been repaving roads around the Olympic sites and spending money beautifying downtown, Chicago residents on the South and West Side are damaging their cars because of massive potholes that have been growing more dangerous year after year. Once again city resources are being unequally distributed and working families are bearing the brunt of this neglect. [...]

Action Now members and community residents have tried calling 311, yet still nothing gets done. We’re tired of waiting.

Well, they didn't have to wait long. The Tribune reports today that just as the demonstration was set to begin "Chicago Department of Transportation crews showed up, filling holes along a stretch of Garfield, including the area where the demonstrators had gathered."  The article goes on to quote a city spokesman saying the timing of the repairs were "coincidental."  Right.

The group posted photos of the crews going to work on the stretch of road, which you can view here.