Leaked Recordings Reveal Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Firmly In Charge And City Alderman Left Largely On The Sidelines – Block Club Chicago

“Our biggest priority, obviously, is making sure we’ve got hospital beds, and rent assistance is something that is a conversation that’s going on, but I just can’t commit to documenting every single conversation we’re having with the state on a range of issues,” Lightfoot told one alderman. “That’s just not feasible. And candidly, given all the things we’re doing, we’ve got people who’ve been working literally 30 days straight, I don’t think that’s a good use of our time.”
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Gray
3 years ago

Many of us, who were aware of the Mayor’s reputation prior to her election, tried to warn voters about her history as overreaching federal prosecutor and her Napoleon complex. As a corporate lawyer, she treated her associate attorneys terribly and was known to be very thin skinned and lashed out when challenged. For all her lashing out at the President, she is a lot like him, except that she is exhibiting more and more Fascist tendencies. Though I’m glad to see some Chicago journalists reporting on her behavior and anti-democratic impulses, I hope that more and more will challenge her… Read more »

debtsor
3 years ago
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On the other hand, the aldermen are mostly corrupt loonbags. They’re mostly all dumber than a box of rocks. There’s even a couple of avowed communists (well, they are ‘democratic socialists’ which doesn’t really disguise their communism) in city council too. if I had to choose better the lesser of two evils, I’d choose Lori, which isn’t saying much.

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