In the category of up is down and down is up, Alderman Ed Burke—yes, that Ed Burke—played the role of reformer at last week’s City Council meeting.
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Activists of the lefty persuasion—i.e., my kind of people—cried foul.
And then the mayor dragged out budget chief Susie Park to do what budget chiefs are always being asked to do: keep a straight face while they tell you something that everyone knows is utterly absurd.
And so, at Friday’s council Budget Committee meeting, he pointed out that $281.5 million is roughly a third of the annual $862 million allocated for the police payroll.
And candidate Lightfoot essentially ran against Burke, continually pointing out she was the only leading candidate without connections to the 14th Ward powerhouse.
