Guide Note: The campaign of Barack Obama asked Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, a trustee of the Chicago suburb Carpentersville, IL, to step down as a pledged delegate for the candidate. Ramirez-Sliwinski was issued a $75 ticket for disorderly conduct when neighbors complained after she told their children to get out of a tree, using the word "monkeys" to describe them. She was concerned about the boy's safety and damage being inflicted to the tree. The Chicago Tribune quoted Ramirez-Sliwinski: "I calmly said the tree is not there for them to be climbing in there like monkeys."

Update Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski is staying on as a delegate for Barack Obama.

Ramirez-Sliwinski said she never indicated that she would step down and there is no reason to step down because the comment she made was not a racial insult.

Ramirez-Sliwinski says the reports of her stepping down were due to a "misunderstanding with one of Obama's staff", likening it to the misunderstanding with her neighbors. Fast Facts:

Incident occurred: 1 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2008
Children ages: 8 and 9

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FOXNews.com: Obama Delegate Stays With Campaign After ‘Monkey’ Remark (April 9, 2008)
Daily Herald: Trustee Never Intended to Step Down As Delegate (April 10, 2008)
FOX News: Obama Delegate Quits After...Remarks to Neighbor Kids to be ‘Unacceptable’ (April 8, 2008)
Chicago Sun-Times: Obama delegate quits over 'divisive' remark (April 8, 2008)
Associated Press: Obama Delegate Resigns After Remark (April 8, 2008)
Chicago Tribune: ...Linda Ramirez Sliwinski ticketed for calling boys in tree 'monkeys' (April 7, 2008)

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Chicagoist: Obama Delegate Steps Down After "Racist" Remark (April 8, 2008)
The J-Walk Blog: Call Kids Monkeys, Get A Ticket (April 8, 2008)
Spin Cycle (Newsday): Strange but true: Delegate bumped for monkey remark (April 8, 2008)
The Swamp (Chicago Tribune): Obama's 'monkeys' delegate quits (April 8, 2008)

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