Mayor shoots down departing inspector general, says aldermen should choose ward superintendents – Chicago Sun-Times*

Implied but not stated is that the mayor already has a strained relationship with the Council, having suffered her first legislative defeat over the issue of aldermanic prerogative. She’s not about to make things even worse in the weeks and months leading up to the city budget and an almost certain battle over how to spend $1.9 billion in federal relief funds.