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Tag Archives: Lori Lightfoot
CN May 30 2019
We’re honored to have Mayor Lori Lightfoot as our guest on our final show. She invited us to her office for a half-hour chat about her first few days in office, and it appears at the beginning today’s 90-minute edition … Continue reading
CN May 9 2019
Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa visits Chicago Newsroom this week for an animated conversation about affordable housing, City Council reorganization, police reform, elected school board legislation and plenty more. We began with the proposal to build an all-affordable hundred-unit building, called … Continue reading
CN April 25 2019
Two shows this week for the price of one. We begin with two of the people most responsible for the serious court challenge launched on Tuesday against the TIF award to Sterling Baby and Lincoln Yards. Our second segment features … Continue reading
CN April 11 2019
The Klonsky Brothers – Fred and Mike – pay a visit this week to discuss the Lincoln Yards dust-up, and whether Lori Lightfoot got “played” by Rahm Emanuel. At the last minute, it was reported that she acknowledged the vote … Continue reading
CN March 14 2019
It’s a double header this week as we’re visited first by the great Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader) and then by former Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas. Dukmasova expresses some surprise at the strength of the resistance to two big votes yesterday … Continue reading
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Tagged Ald. Scott Waguespack, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Chicago budget, Chicago Police Training Academy, Chicago Reader, Deb Mell, Joe Moore, Lesie Hairston, Lincoln Yards, Lori Lightfoot, Maya Dukmasova, Michelle Smith, Mille Santiago, Paul Vallas, Pension debt, Proco Joe Moreno, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Roberto Moldonado, Toni Preckwinkle
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CN March 7 2019
Willie Wilson and Ja’Mal Green dropped by today for two separate interviews about the Mayor’s race, a bunch of Aldermanic races, Bernie Sanders and the role each of them is playing in this important period – after they didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Ja'Ma Green, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie WI.liams
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CN Feb 21 2019
The “March to Inevitability” edition Two of Chicago’s most knowledgeable political reporters join us this week for a head-spinning discussion about the crazy municipal election we’re all enduring. WGN-TV’s Tahman Bradley and the Daily Line’s Heather Cherone say there’s never … Continue reading
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Tagged Are we seeing the"March to Inevitability" with Mayor Bill Daley taking office on May 15? Tahman Bradley (WGN TV) says maybe. @HeatherCherone, Bill Daley, early voting, election night, February 26 election, Garry McCarthy, Heather Cherone, Lori Lightfoot, mail-in ballots, Paul Vallas, Susana Mendoza, Tahman Bradley, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson
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CN November 29 2018
Our guest this week is Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot. What follows are some selected quotes from our wide-ranging hour-long conversation. You can watch the entire show by tapping the image above. On getting onto the ballot: I feel very confident … Continue reading
CN October 4 2018
We’re joined this week by two political activist/ consultants with decades of experience in Chicago politics, to try to make sense of the mayor’s race and the Van Dyke trial. And while we’re at it, to kick around the Kavanaugh … Continue reading
CN September 20 2018
TWO segments on this week’s show. First, The Tribune’s Bill Ruthhart, followed by CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates. Bill Ruthhart has been able to observe the Emanuel administration from a front-row seat. “A couple of hours after he announced … Continue reading
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