Posted on 04/24/2020 3:35:08 PM PDT by Libloather
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's request for emergency powers during a virtual meeting Friday.
Mayor Lightfoot asked for emergency powers to make decisions about COVID-19-related spending at their discretion without council approval.
Aldermen passed her request 29-21 Friday. The measure only needed a majority, 26 votes, to pass.
The council first took up the mayor's request on Wednesday during a virtual session that turned heated.
A small group of aldermen objected to giving Lightfoot such sweeping authority and they pushed any decision to Friday.
"I think it is important that we work in collaboration and we need to make sure that every voice is heard," said 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez. "This is again not the time for power grabs. This is the time for collaboration and governing in good faith."
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There has to be restrictions on unrestricted powers. Always is.
No doubt, Rahm was nearby whispering” NEVER let a crisis go to wast in the grab for power”
What could possibly go wrong?
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What is about liberal women in government that think they have to act like they own the joint. Nevermind I know the answer.
Let the criminal behavior increase
These people can’t survive on their own. They have to have you to provide for them because they have no skills. It’s the people who put them in power that need to be eliminated.
And your friends all come calling
Slap you on the back and say:
Please!
Please!
Most all Chicago voters (Democrats) will nod their heads in agreement at this, without (of course) thinking.
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