At one time or another over the years, the City Council’s been inhabited by drunks, philanderers, cokeheads, bribe takers, wire wearers, and various other miscreants of every race, creed, and color. But in all those years no alderman’s been exiled from his own brood—until now.
Refused how? Ramirez-Rosa says his attendance at caucus meetings is as good as that of most of the members who voted to remove him. He suspects the real reason the caucus ousted him is that they were sucking up to the mayor.
I called Muñoz for comment today at 10 AM. He said, “I’m heading into a meeting. I’ll call you back in an hour.” I’m still waiting.
Just so you know, the Latino Caucus is open to any alderman who identifies as Latino or represents a ward that is majority Latino. As such, Ramirez-Rosa qualifies on two fronts: he’s of Latino heritage, and his ward is roughly 67 percent Latino.
