Commentary: In the six weeks between Election Day and inauguration, the mayor-elect must build an administration, hire hundreds of people, set policy priorities and be ready for the swearing-in.
Dignitaries listen as Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, center, speaks on a stage behind the Shedd Aquarium during a news conference April 12, 2023, to celebrate the selection of Chicago as the host for the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
The choice isn’t just about the weekslong transition period. More often than not, transition appointees wind up with big jobs at City Hall. Four of Lightfoot’s fiveserved in her administration, including as chief of staff and deputy mayor. Couldn’t someone have warned Lightfoot during transition that a flip-flop on her initial opposition toTransition teams can leave mayors with a bitter aftertaste too. That was what Lightfoot got, midway through her term, from the erstwhile good-government committee, on which one of my Better Government Association colleagues served.
Former Lightfoot administration lawyer Maria Virginia Martinez is a transition committee member whose 26 state lobbying clients include the CTA, the White Sox and United Airlines. The city of Joliet — which has a 100-year, $1 billion contract to purchase water from Chicago — is a client too.
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