12/28/21: "Council's legal appeal steels Beale"
Inside Chicago Government
English - December 28, 2021 23:14 - 2 minutes - 809 KB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsNews chicago glowacz government joravsky public Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 12/4/21: "November City Council: careers, ward fears, mayor tears"
In an audio interview, Ald. Anthony Beale of the Ninth Ward spoke of a proposed ordinance that would let Chicago's City Council hire its own legal department. In the standard version, Beale described the legal staff's proposed roles. In the premium version: the key role of council parliamentarian; why council members have stymied a vote; and Beale's "fiery exchange" with Mayor Lightfoot. Length 2.5 minutes. (For the full-length version, subscribe at chigov.com.)