Posted on 11/02/2023 6:16:31 PM PDT by PBRCat
Moments after the presiding officer had attempted to adjourn the meeting, and after the lights had already been turned off in an effort to clear the chamber, Ald. Ray Lopez, 15th, walked up to an empty dais and made a motion to recess a hectic City Council meeting Thursday using his hand in the absence of a gavel. Minutes later Lopez would tell reporters the meeting was a “shitshow.” The meeting will be remembered as one of the City Council’s most chaotic since the infamous Council Wars of the 1980s.
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Can’t believe this classic pop song was out in 1956. Even I was a child then.
Great singer not remembered enough today.
Al Hibbler
After the Lights Go Down Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c9PP2RSFtU
By Justin Laurence
(Justin Laurence is a reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business covering politics and policy from City Hall to Springfield. Prior to joining Crain’s in 2022 he covered city politics, development and cannabis as a freelance reporter.)
Ald. Ray Lopez, 15th, attempting to gavel out a City Council meeting with his hand.
November 02, 2023 04:06 PM updated 4 hours ago
Moments after the presiding officer had attempted to adjourn the meeting, and after the lights had already been turned off in an effort to clear the chamber,
Ald. Ray Lopez, 15th, walked up to an empty dais and made a motion to recess a hectic City Council meeting Thursday using his hand in the absence of a gavel.
Minutes later Lopez would tell reporters the meeting was a “shitshow.”
The meeting will be remembered as one of the City Council's most chaotic since the infamous Council Wars of the 1980s.
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One group of idiots trying to lead another group of idiots. Chicago is a cesspool of corruption and gross incompetence.
Chicago has always been a cesspool of corruption and gross incompetence. When the people are bad, they are really bad. I did not like living there, when I did, several years ago.
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