The first two things Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot must do – John Kass – Chicago Tribune

The first thing is to drop the public relations hammer on Emanuel’s handling of Chicago’s finances. Hammer him hard, loudly and relentlessly for his secretive ways so that he shrieks, and so that the people of Chicago know just how bad things are. The second thing is that she must leverage reform allies into Chicago City Council committee chairmanships — in the key committees of Finance, Budget and Zoning — to begin erasing the legacy of Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, the longtime former Finance Committee chairman who stubbornly clings on as the feds build their case against him.