Mayor flexes muscle in first Chicago City Council meeting
Posted May 29, 2019 1:00 am
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot managed to reshape the city council in her reformer image - installing new chairmen and new operating rules to prevent aldermanic conflict of interest - by a voice vote Wednesday.
"I think it went fine," a self-satisfied Lightfoot said, in a dramatic understatement.
It actually went more than fine. It was a triumph.
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