Showdown on Lake Shore Drive Delayed as Acrimony Mounts
Clip: 6/23/2021 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Inside Wednesday’s City Council meeting that featured a tense standoff.
A vote to rename 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler, was delayed again Wednesday after the Chicago City Council erupted in acrimony over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to serve as the city’s top attorney. WTTW News reporter Heather Cherone has details.
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Showdown on Lake Shore Drive Delayed as Acrimony Mounts
Clip: 6/23/2021 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A vote to rename 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler, was delayed again Wednesday after the Chicago City Council erupted in acrimony over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to serve as the city’s top attorney. WTTW News reporter Heather Cherone has details.
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