11/4/21: "October City Council: Inspector, gangs, and rules aplenty"
Inside Chicago Government
English - November 04, 2021 21:15 - 9 minutes - 3.05 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsNews chicago glowacz government joravsky public Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 9/30/21: "September City Council: sins, forks, enforcement"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben assessed October meetings of the Chicago City Council. In the standard version, outgoing Inspector General Joe Ferguson warned council members about things to come. In the premium version: a mayoral proposal for people to opt out of the Chicago Police "gang database"; the council prolongs a TIF district near Lincoln Yards; Ald. Anthony Beale (9) tries--and fails--again to move stalled ordinances; Ald. Ray Lopez (15) emulates Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) in a parliamentary manuever; and police union Pres. John Catanzara pressures aldermen around a vaccine-related power shift. (For the full-length version, subscribe at chigov.com.) Length 9.5 minutes.