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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

How “weak” will Mayor Lightfoot be?

It’s one of the big jokes that people like to point out when they discuss the structure of Chicago municipal government – we have a “weak ma...

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Gregory Tejeda: Chicago's far South Side, Illinois, United States; I am a Chicago-area freelance writer who has reported on various political and legal beats. I wrote "Hispanic" issues columns for United Press International, observed up close the Statehouse Scene in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County Board in Chicago and municipal government in places like Calumet City, Ill., and Gary, Ind. For a time, I also wrote about agriculture. Trust me when I say the symbolic stench of partisan politics (particularly when directed against people due to their ethnicity) is far nastier than any odor that could come from a farm animal.

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