Making a local politician tracker for Chicago. Basically a Chicago clone of this: http://prototype.nytimes.com/represent/
Also, we're hoping to open source it and release as a Django project for others to hack on. Should be cool. Type in your address. We figure out the coordinates. We place those coordinates in all their relevant political "zones" (neighborhood, district, ward etc.) and give you maps of what they look like, just like the Times. We show you everyone representing you in those zones with links to the homepage, wikipedia pa…
Very cool, I had a similar idea for a "scorecard for politicians" type of app - input either your location or a politician's name, see some info on what laws they've voted on and if possible, boil it down to a scorecard of where they stand on issues (pro guns, pro choice, etc).