Departing Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be remembered for her volatile temper more than her achievements. That’s a useful legacy for future mayors to remember, cptime writes.
Outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to several goodbye speeches and praise by aldermen on her last day conducting a City Council on April 19, 2023.
“Don’t come to me for s--- for the next three years” if you don’t support the budget, two aldermen recalled her saying. Although hints of retribution were nothing new for City Hall, the reporters noted, some aldermen were surprised that the mayor made such a threat so directly. “The fact of the matter is, since when is letting voters and residents know how aldermen voted bullying?” Lightfoot told reporters. “That’s just silly.”[ Before she could get much of a handle on her promises to end corruption, take away aldermanic privilege and invest in all neighborhoods, not just the affluent ones, a pandemic happened.
In the city’s vast business community, several high-profile corporations moved their headquarters out of town, citing taxes and violence under Lightfoot’s watch. Those commendable successes are worth lauding, even if her clashes — sometimes with her own allies and often played out in front of TV cameras — tend to stick longer in voters’ memories.
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