Talking city politics, Michael Miner once complained of a “shift during Daley’s administration to more private dealings, less open discussion, and diminished public involvement in decision making.” John Stroger has caught the bug.
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I wish Ben [Joravsky] and Melody [Rodgers] had dug a little deeper into the landgrab about to be launched in East Garfield Park (“Easy Targets,” January 12). Instead of pinning Stroger, Daley, Steele, and others to the wall with a penetrating question every now and then, they let each and all too easily off the hook.
Alderman Smith says he is “appalled” that the people in his ward “keep getting hit over and over again” by a system that undermines their modest attempts to make life better–for themselves and their community. A longtime member of the council, it’s taken Ed a while to see how our city’s government really works. A more perceptive observer, I learned my lesson a long time ago.
