Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s relationship with aldermen has been strained since her inaugural address.
Outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to several goodbye speeches and praise by aldermen on her last day conducting a City Council on April 19, 2023.
“Nothing is perfect, but you’ve done fantastic,” Ald. Walter Burnett Jr., 27th, said. “And a lot of people who may not want to recognize the sunshine, they always want to recognize the shade. I want to recognize the sunshine.”While Burnett may have been recognizing the sunshine, many of the 50 men and women on the City Council who praised her Wednesday were responsible for a considerable amount of the shade over the past four years, and Lightfoot remained mum throughout the proceedings.
While negotiating her second budget, the mayor told aldermen who did not plan to vote for her spending plan, “Don’t come to me for s---.” In text messages, Lightfoot referred to one alderman as a “dumb, dumb person of color” being led astray by Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, who is white. But all of that history was water under the bridge during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, where aldermen paid respects.
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