Why Won T Mayor Rahm Grant Alderman Sue Garza Unpaid Leave From Cps

                     For the past few months, Mayor Rahm’s been acting like he’s the teachers’ best friend, calling on them to put aside their past differences and join his     effort to win more school money from the state.



                     The daughter of Ed Sadlowski, the longtime steel-union labor leader, her family’s been battling various Democratic bosses on the southeast side for     decades.



                     “It was an unpaid leave—so it wasn’t like I was double dipping,” says Garza. “I didn’t think this was a big deal.”



                     “I said, ‘I guess I’m the virgin that has to be sacrificed,'” says Garza. “Moriarty didn’t laugh.”



                     “I can’t believe they wouldn’t give Sue the leave,” says Sposato.



                     “Nothing against attorneys,” says Sposato. “But you want people with common sense to be aldermen too.”