Fran Spielman
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Source says feds showed up this am, asked everyone to leave and put brown paper on the doors.
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2,665 arrests for civil unrest and disorderly, 788 arrests for looting, 525 guns recovered--all in nine days.
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Federal agents show up at Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office, paper over windows | Chicago Sun-Times
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City Council committee takes first step on ordinance that would require Trump sign be removed from riverfront tower
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Lightfoot says people can earn $30K to $50K a day on corners selling drugs. That's why drug dealers put young people without records on the corner to "do their dirty work...Kids who have a future. Kids who have a life....We've got to do something to stop that." That's why sweeps
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Lightfoot admonishes Ch 7 reporter Craig Wall: "Don't bait us." How is he doing that?
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Lightfoot gets into shouting match with Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez about mistaken police raid and mayor's attempt to keep video of it from going public.
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Former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White endorses Vallas for mayor
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A heartfelt thanks to all of my friends, colleagues, bosses and even some of the elected and appointed officials I cover for taking the time to send their condolences on the death of my beloved husband. Your kindness comforts me and Jason and Haylee during this excruciating time.
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Two weeks ago, Rush says he got a call that his campaign office on S. Wentworth had been burglarized and there was a videotape of 8 or more police officers lounging in his office as looters were rampaging stores in the shopping area.
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Lightfoot says decision to drop Smollett charges raises serious questions. Notes significant resources wasted. Says public deserves fulsome explanation. Worries about potential liability for city.
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My former colleague Carol Marin tweeting that brown paper may be masking something more troubling. Like feds.
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Mayor says everywhere she went, she asked, "Should we reopen or should we delay...Universally, I heard, we have to step forward. We have to reopen....Our workers are ready. We need to see our customers. They need to see us being resilient." Therefore, "We will reopen tomorrow."
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Petition drive launched to give Chicago voters power to recall mayor
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Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez wants to curb mayoral power, cut City Council by half
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Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez: "We are driving our officers to this point....You work them two, three weeks straight without a chance for them to de-compress" or spend time with their families. "That is a failure of leadership. A failure to manage the human capital."
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Pritzker agrees to pay raises for unionized home and child care workers
(Via Sun-Times)
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So sad for all of the talented reporters at editors at
@DNAinfoCHI
. They really built a following in this town.
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Resources being deployed throughout city to protect neighborhoods , Lightfoot says. Calls looting "deeply painful" and an "assault on our city." Same stores hit previously by COVID-19 and last round of looting, she says. They represent city's "jobs and livelihoods."
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Mayor says is cases spike again and people fail to obey social distance and wear masks, she won't hesitate to return to Phase 2.
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Emanuel still demanding answers, won't rule out lawsuit over Smollett probe cost
(Via Sun-Times)
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Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st), who has served the city as both a cop and firefighter, says what first-responders see every day is "life-changing for all of us." Says 11-to-23 straight days working is too great a strain for cops and families.
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Chicago partners with five hotels to create 1,000 beds by Tuesday and 2,000 by the end of the week for quarantined coronavirus patients.
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Wilson endorses Vallas, cites concerns over tax increases, Johnson's statements on 'defunding' police
(Via Sun-Times)
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ComEd and Peoples Gas have agreed to stop shut-offs through April, 2021, mayor says.
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Fellow aldermen shocked and betrayed to learn Danny Solis was wired up. Ald. Michelle Harris says CC is “like a family”. Unsaid: Solis took sides against the family.
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"There's a lot of trauma that our young people have been living with for a long time" and it's been exacerbated by isolation of the pandemic, Lightfoot says. That's the "breeding ground" for sinister forces that offer them a future of violence. She means the gangs.
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Ald. Michael Scott Jr. (24th), Mayor Lori Lightfoot's handpicked chairman of the City Council's Education Committee, says Lightfoot is now willing to negotiate compensating teachers for days spent on strike if that's what it takes to get kids back in school.
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Mayor says she is having conversations with the Bears about allowing fans at Soldier Field and, "We'll see where they lead."
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Roll now being taken on a "vote to vote" on Lincoln Yards. The vote is 9 to 4 to go ahead. So Cappleman gets political cover and Emanuel gets his way anyway. What a charade.
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Richard ‘Dick’ Stone dies at 80; Chicago newsman was respected foreign correspondent and media strategist via
@SunTimes
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Mayor Brandon Johnson, his message, and the media: Time for a course correction before public loses faith
(Via Sun-Times)
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Ramirez-Rosa resigns as Zoning chair and mayor’s City Council floor leader
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Cubs Pres. Theo Epstein accuses President Trump of "grandstanding" with constant attacks on Chicago crime.
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Lightfoot's decision to eliminate library fines triggers 240% increase in book returns
(Via Sun-Times)
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Thanks to my Trib colleague,
@royalpratt
, for getting into it with CPD spokesman Tom Ahern and defending our right to question Supt. Eddie Johnson. I would have done it, too, but
@royalpratt
was doing such a great job.
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Cubs present city, MLB with safety protocols for up to 7,000 fans in Wrigley stands
(Via Sun-Times)
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On Wed. June 3, city of Chicago will take first step into Phase 3 by allowing many businesses to re-open, including offices, hotel, non-lakefront golf course and restaurants to outdoor dining. Retail, hair and nail salons will also open.
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Chicago Bears' stadium costs? Add another $1.2 billion, with refinancing debt pushing total to $6.9 billion
(Via Sun-Times)
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Mayoral allies vote NOT to delay recreational marijuana sales in Chicago for six months. They will proceed on Jan. 1. The final vote after a dizzying array of procedural votes is 29 to 19.
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End of an era: Burke loses party post he has held since 1968
(Via Sun-Times)
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#SupportSunTimes
. Chicago needs to remain a two newspaper town. Can’t imagine the city without both papers competing against each other and holding our elected officials accountable.
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Come to think of it, guy who answered the door didn’t look familiar.
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Lightfoot says it's not that she doesn't trust CDC. It's just that CDC's mask about-face "needs clarification." Says it's great to say you can ditch the mask. It's another to know for certain that the people around you have been vaccinated. And how do you know? You don't.
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Mayor says people "want more police protection--not less." At this time when people are feeling "physically insecure," it makes no sense to reduce funding for police department, she says.
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"If gang members really want to help the neighborhoods, put your guns down," Brown says.
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Sharkey holds 45-minute meeting with
@chicagosmayor
--after her press conference--and outlines a "path" to an agreement. Her response will determine whether he has a deal to present to House of Delegates at 6p or whether the union will be asked to continue the strike.
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Lucas Tobin-Trumm, 9, tried to hand-deliver a letter of support for the teachers strike to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office. But, when staffers refused to accept it, she folded it into a paper airplane and air-mailed it.
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Why Chicago? Brown says, "Are you kidding me....The city that produced Michelle Obama and elected Lori Lightfoot? Sign me up."
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U.S. flag burned outside City Hall, and some City Council members want to censure member who spoke at protest
(Via Sun-Times)
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"Clearly more needs to be done and with a lot more speed" for young people, Lightfoot says.
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Mayor calls "Chicago Connected" program to provide free high-speed internet access to 100K students over four years "one of the largest efforts of its kind" in the country.
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Jewish City Council member’s resolution condemning attack on Israel draws surprise pushback from mayoral ally
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Nearly half the time, Chicago cops don't record time of arrival at emergency scenes
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Getting roots done is 'not essential.' But getting hair cut is, if you're Mayor Lightfoot
(Via Sun-Times)
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Celebrating 50 years in the biz. How remarkable! Congrats to Bill Cameron.
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Brown says protests are illegal in the neighborhoods and he is enforcing that law.
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Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) accuses
@chicagosmayor
of offering “smoke-and-mirrors” plan that “doesn’t protect anybody” from being displaced by the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot tells off a man who demands her undivided attention during public comment period . She essentially tells him, don't you dare tell me what to do.
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It's particularly heartwarming to us to know that Dick touched so many people with his wisdom, generosity and graciousness over these many years. Thanks to those who reached out to me to tell me those stories. I will treasure and save all of them.
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Cubs Pres. Theo Epstein shares his highs and lows with young men in Becoming a Man mentoring program.
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Lightfoot deftly handles early skirmish with Burke. She swats him down like a pesky fly and the rules she drafted are adopted by voice vote.
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Lightfoot says millionaire businessman Willie Wilson was offering to sell the city masks through his medical supply company. But, he was demanding that he be paid up-front in cash. "Millions of dollars in cash is not something I'm ever going to do with taxpayer dollars," she says
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Sister Jean is in the house for CC resolution honoring Loyola basketball team that made it to the Final Four.
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Lightfoot’s budget threat to Black Caucus makes her ‘no different than Daley or Rahm,’ alderman says via
@SunTimes
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Mental health patients, advocates demand that
@chicagosmayor
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Ald. Rod Sawyer says wearing a wire to snare colleagues and save his own neck is “not how I was raised.” Where he comes from, if you get caught doing something wrong, you “take your punishment and keep your mouth shut.”
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Lightfoot says she expects stay at home order to go deep into May and it might even go into June. "We have to see a lot of things in place before we're gonna have a comfort level" to return to some semblance of normalcy.
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Lightfoot won't talk about officer who committed suicide over the weekend and whether vaccine mandate had anything at all to do with that suicide.
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Nearly a year into Lightfoot’s anti-violence plan, many of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods are doing worse via
@SunTimes
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Paul Vallas needs a bigger broom to sweep out corruption in this place.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot says it’s ironic that Sen. Ted Cruz would accuse her of a political stunt because he is “the master of political stunts.” Mayor insists her invitation to Cruz to visit Chicago was “sincere.” If Cruz won’t come, he should “keep our name out of his mouth.”
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Union: CPD suspended 17 officers, supervisors who lounged in congressman’s burglarized office via
@SunTimes
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Former mayoral challenger Ja’Mal Green endorses Vallas in runoff; Kwame Raoul first statewide official to back Johnson
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Burke has his big fundraiser next week. If he is having second thoughts about running, would he pull the plug before then? Or are they just remodeling?
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8 or more officers, including 3 "white shirts" were, in fact, seen relaxing in Rush office on tape. One was asleep on couch.....One had unmitigated gall to make coffee and pop popcorn in his microwave while looting going on in their sight and they didn't care, Rush said.
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What he fails to mention is that CPS lacks the school counselors to accomodate a post-graduation plan as a requirement to get a hs diploma.
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I’ll never forget his great line from “Moonstruck” after woman splashes a drink in his face: “Waiter, remove all evidence of her and bring me a double martini.” Steppenwolf ensemble member actor John Mahoney has died. via
@suntimes
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Burke hasn't budged from his new seat. Few colleagues even talking to him. Not surprising that he came--even after Solis bombshell. He's the Lou Gehrig of the City Council. Had to keep his streak alive of never missing a meeting.
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Vacationing Lightfoot fires Jim Franczek, longtime labor negotiator, for doing Sun-Times podcast - Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago’s City Council: Meet the aldermen from all 50 wards - Chicago Sun-Times
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Banged on the door and guy who answered said no comment. Hmmm
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Foxx disgusted by Burke’s anti-Semitic remark — but not enough to return $30K from fundraiser at his house via
@SunTimes
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Lightfoot says she reached out to Trib reporter Greg Pratt and apologized for "calling him out." She let her "emotions get the best of her." Not the first time. She did the same to me and others.
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Lightfoot says far more testing needed before we can even think about opening up Chicago. Testing capability needs to be in every neighborhood, she says.
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"If we saw in restaurants and bars that they were the source" of the second surge, the city would have acted on that information, mayor says. The city has NOT seen that. "Bars and restaurants are not the source of outbreaks," mayor says. It's "private social gatherings" in homes.
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Lightfoot afraid that many restaurants "won't make it." Went out to dinner last night. Took a picture with a restaurant worker. Mayor says she was "so overcome with emotion, I gave her a hug....Sorry Dr. Arwady."
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Chicago’s longtime chief labor negotiator sizes up Paul Vallas, Brandon Johnson
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It's not often that there is genuine uncertainty before a City Council vote, but today's the day. This is apparently what democracy looks like in Chicago.
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Commuters to Chicago from Wisc. may continue to commute for work, Arwady says. But, if city detects people who went to vacation homes in Wisconsin, they would be subject to same fines: $100 to $500 and max of $7K.
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CPS CEO lets loose about CTU: 'Right now, the politics in education are ugly'
(Via Sun-Times)
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It has been my greatest privilege to work for an editor as talented, aggressive, classy and supportive as Chris Fusco. All the best to you. What a tremendous loss.
Chris Fusco, Sun-Times executive editor, leaving to lead local news startup via
@SunTimes
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