Ald. Michele Smith will step down from City Council on Aug. 12, citing “I have deepening responsibilities towards family and friends. These personal issues mandate that I step down now.”
Ald. Michele Smith resigned from the Chicago City Council Friday, adding Lincoln Park to the list of North Side neighborhoods who will elect a new alderperson in 2023.“My decision to retire prior to the completion of this term is a difficult and deeply personal one,” Smith told constituents in an email. “At this point in my life, I have deepening responsibilities towards family and friends. These personal issues mandate that I step down now.
Smith’s replacement will be Lightfoot’s third appointment to the City Council — she tapped Ald. Nicole Lee to replace convicted former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson in April and Ald. Monique Scott to replace her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott, Jr., whom the mayor tapped to serve on the Chicago Board of Education.“She and I share the same dedication to creating a more equitable city through social equity and good governance,” Lightfoot said.
“I make this announcement with confidence in our community,” Smith wrote. “Over the last decade, we have moved our community forward in positive and transformative ways.” A former federal prosecutor, Smith was tapped by Lightfoot to lead the newly created Ethics Committee and pushed through two major overhauls of Chicago’s Governmental Ethics Ordinance. Both times, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the measures crafted by Smith.
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