If all had gone well, we’d be heading into the last days of Karen Lewis’s first term as mayor and, fingers crossed, the start of her second.
I’ve got a bad case of the might-have-beens as I watch Rahm continue to throw cash at the well-to-do (think Lincoln Yards) while trying to eradicate his reputation as Mayor 1 Percent who, you know, throws cash at the well-to-do.
The final vote on Lincoln Yards will come in the lame duck session in April. I’m hoping that whoever wins the runoff—Preckwinkle or Lori Lightfoot—shows up in person to urge aldermen to defer action.
In fact, it’s just the opposite—it will divert property taxes from our pressing financial needs.
As to his essay in The Atlantic—it’s part of his attempt to justify the teachers’ strike of 2012. He says it was largely about empowering principals.
Part of Rahm’s essay reads like a confession—or as the headline puts it: “I Used to Preach the Gospel of Education Reform. Then I Became the Mayor.”
