Lightfoot stands firm on ending aldermanic prerogative as opposition grows in City Council – Chicago Sun-Times

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debtsor
6 years ago

She’s right. The $500 campaign contribution to the alder-individual (for those non-binary entities that don’t identify as ‘human’) as a prerequisite for a zoning change is pure corruption. Ed Burke’s first indictment stems from the fact that he could send a streets and sans guy to ticket a Burger King for a driveway permit that they had already obtained.

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