>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ FAIR.

BRANDON JOHNSON ON THE DEFENSIVE THIS WEEK.

>> RETIRING AND MOVING AWAY FROM THIS PARTICULAR FORMER TECHNOLOGY WHILE PROVIDING THE RUNWAY.

IS WHAT I'VE SAID.

THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WATCH AND WORK WITH AND LEAVE IT AT THAT QUESTIONS.

SWIRL AROUND CITY COUNCIL OVER THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO END CONTROVERSIAL SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT.

>> HE SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER.

THE COMPANY BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY APPEARS TO REJECT THAT.

COULD TURN THE SYSTEM OFF TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WHERE THE DISAGREEMENT REALLY EXIST HERE.

THE COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION IS WHAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THEY ARE ALSO DODGES QUESTIONS ON A SUPPOSED AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE AND COUNTY, A NEW MIGRANT FUNDING SAYING HE HAS NOT PLEDGED NEW CITY MONEY, BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE DID AND THEN REVERSED COURSE.

MIKE MADIGAN'S FORMER RIGHT HAND MAN GETS 2 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON FOR PERJURY RELATED TO TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS FORMER BOSS AND THE BEARS LOSE THEIR BID TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES ON LAND.

THEY OWN IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THAT MAKE A CHICAGO STADIUM MORE LIKELY.

AND A NEW REPORT SAYS JERRY REINSDORF PLANNING TO ASK THE STATE FOR 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN TAX MONEY FOR THE NEW WHITE SOX STATE.

>> SEE IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR JOINING US ON OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL, OUR DAN THE PLUS FROM WBEZ OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON THAT HE MAY BE FROM CHALK BEAT CHICAGO AND CHERYL RACED OUT ALSO FROM WBZ.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT.

HEATHER?

SURE ON THE MAYOR COMES OUT AND ANNOUNCES IT'S GOING TO END BUT NOT NOW.

THEY EXTEND IT THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS SUMMER.

THE COMPANY BEHIND SHOTSPOTTER SAYS WAR.

WE AGREE TO THAT.

THEN THE MAYOR IS ON THE DEFENSIVE.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

THAT'S A BIG QUESTIONS.

SO THE SYSTEM COULD BE TURNED OFF BY SHOTSPOTTER.

TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OLDER PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE SYSTEM WILL STAY IN USE.

BUT MY PLEAS FOR ANY SORT OF COMMENT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR SHOTSPOTTER NOW KNOWN AS SOUND THINKING HAVE GONE UNANSWERED.

THERE WERE CLEARLY NEGOTIATIONS STILL GOING ON TODAY ABOUT WHETHER THE COMPANY WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE USING TECHNOLOGY.

>> THROUGH SEPTEMBER, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME A CASE OF THE MAYOR COUNTING HIS CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED.

HE COMES OUT AND TELLS THE MEDIA.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS TEMPORARY AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S GOING AWAY PLEASING HIS PROGRESSIVE BASE.

THE COMPANY SAYS NOT SO FAST.

YEAH, IT'S TO PLEASE TRY ESCAPE.

YOU NEEDED TO.

HE WANTS TO KEEP IT THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION EYES OF THE WORLD WILL BE ON THE CITY.

>> AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE EVERYONE THAT.

GOT HIM INTO OFFICE.

HAPPY BY DOING WHAT THEY SAID.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

NOW.

WE HAVE A REPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUE TIME SHOE, BUT THE SUN TIMES JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR TALKING ABOUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO OFF RIGHT WHEN THEY CAN TURN IT OFF, WHICH WOULD BE AT 11:59PM.

TONIGHT WAS THE END OF THEIR CONTRACT, RIGHT?

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THE INK IS DRY AND ANY SORT A NEW AGREEMENT, ANY TEMPORARY EXTENSION IS OBVIOUSLY HUGE FROM THE COMPANY.

I THINK THEIR STOCK TOOK A HIT.

IT SAYS PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY HUGELY.

THEY'RE ANGRY AT YES.

SO WHAT WHAT MOTIVATION DO THEY HAVE?

I DON'T KNOW TO GIVE A SHORT-TERM DEAL, BUT I THINK THAT THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING AND RATIFIED BEFORE COMING OUT AND SAYING THIS IS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PLAN.

SHARON REMINDS ME OF IN THE 90'S WHEN THE BEARS A HIGHER DAVE MCGINNIS ANNOUNCE IT TO THE PRESS.

BUT THEN.

>> IT'S A HEAD COACH.

BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY SIGN A CONTRACT AND HE PULLED OUT.

HE WALKED AWAY.

WHY CAN'T THE MAYOR GET THIS DEAL DONE BEFORE?

>> THE DEADLINE?

WHY WASN'T IT DONE WEEKS AGO INTO WAITING, YOU KNOW, HOURS BEFORE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND THIS IS CLEARLY WHAT HIS PROGRESSIVE BASE WANTED.

THIS WAS MY SEEMINGLY THE WAY HE WAS GOING TO GO BUT DIDN'T ANNOUNCE IT TO THE LAST MINUTE.

THAT'S AND THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SHOCKING THAT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS IS HAPPENING WITH HIM.

JUST CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH HIM, GETTING DEALS KNOW THE NEWS GETTING HIS FACE.

THANK YOU, WHY IT THROUGH THE SUMMER?

LIKE HIS PROGRESSIVE ALLIES BELIEVE THAT THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK.

AND IN FACT, LEADS TO BAD OUTCOMES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

WELL, ON ONE HAND, IT'S ALSO VERY BAKED INTO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU HAVE POLICE WHO >> SHOWED UP THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE POLICE SHOWED UP TO TESTIFY THIS WEEK AND CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, >> THIS IS REALLY BAKED INTO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND TRAIN IS OFF REALLY LIKE DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO OUR JOBS EFFECTIVELY AND IT A BIG PART OF SYSTEM NOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN IN PLACE.

AND THEY CLAIM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE 90% ACCURACY IN, YOU DETECTING GUNSHOTS.

SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND REPORTS INVESTIGATIONS HAVE SHOWN WHILE YES, THAT MAY BE TRUE.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY LEAD TO REDUCTIONS IN CRIME, BUT WE ALSO ONLY HAVE IT, I BELIEVE IN 12 WARDS 12 PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THEY'RE THE MOST, YOU KNOW, VIOLENT AREAS OF THE CITY.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SAYING THIS IS A TOOL WE USE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP.

AND SO.

LOT OF TENSION AND OBVIOUSLY WASN'T FULLY BAKED OR FIGURED OUT BEFORE THIS DEADLINE KIND HEATHER, SHARON AND MAYOR JOHNSON'S.

>> POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY STEALING DOES BELIEVE IN THIS TECHNOLOGY?

DOES THAT MEAN THERE MIGHT BE A RIFT BETWEEN THE 2 OF THEM STILL JUST MAYBE LOST OUT ON THIS ONE?

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT LARRY SNELLING HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREERED TAKING ORDERS FROM HIS BOSS.

AND NOW THE MAYOR IS HIS BOSS.

SO I THINK THAT LARRY SNELLING IS PROBABLY SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO SORT OF, YOU DO WHAT HE IS TOLD IN ISSUES LIKE THIS.

>> THE ISSUE IS IS WE'RE NOT EVEN AGREEING ON THE SAME SET OF FACTS BECAUSE IF YOU TALK TO THE POLICE WILL SAY THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT WE REALLY NEED.

>> IF YOU TALK TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT ONLY ONE IN 10 SHOTSPOTTER ALERTS LEAD TO ANYTHING REAL OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY IMPACT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND IF YOU TALK TO SORT PROGRESSIVE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY WILL SAY THIS CONTRIBUTES THE OVER-POLICING OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

NOBODY'S SORT EVEN AGREEING SORT OF WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS WORTH HAVING ARE WORTH PAYING FOR.

AND THAT HAS SORT OF LED TO THIS CONFUSION BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR PROGRESSIVE GROUPS TO SAY, HEY, MAYOR, IT'S THIS SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING OR ISN'T SORT DOING WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

WHY CONTINUE IT THROUGH SEPTEMBER?

AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THE CONVENTION IS AN ISSUE.

THE HOT, VIOLENT OFTEN SUMMER IS AN ISSUE.

BUT THIS IS SORT OF ADDING TO THE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SENSE OF CONFUSION THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS SORT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT CITY.

THAT'S THE THING AT PLUS, IF THIS DOES GO OFFLINE TONIGHT.

>> DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH POLICING BECAUSE HE'S BIG.

HE SAID IT'S BAKED INTO THE WAY POLICE DEPART OF DEPARTMENTS DEPLOY THEIR THEIR CAPS RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF >> DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS AND WHETHER IT SHOULD CONTINUED.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A WORLD BEFORE THEY HAD SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS AND SOME OF THESE AREAS WHICH ARE DIFFICULT AREAS TO WORK IN AS THE WEATHER.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES WORSE AND MAKE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS.

WORSE.

HOWEVER, I THINK EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND MONTHS HAS NOT.

I THINK ALL THE SIDES, REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLICY POSITION AND YOUR VIEWS ON IT AS AS A AS A TOOL FOR POLICING.

ALL AGREE THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THIS IS A SOLUTION WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY AND HE'S MADE NOBODY AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY IS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR PRITZKER COOK COUNTY BOARD.

PRESIDENT PRACTICAL MAYOR JOHNSON CAUSE THEY HAD A MEETING FEBRUARY 5TH.

>> HEATHER SHARON, WHERE THEY WERE ANNOUNCING OR THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY GOING 4 FOR MIGRANTS.

FIRST OF ALL.

>> WHAT THEY DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING, WHAT WE NOW KNOW THAT THAT MEETING WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS A NEW ESTIMATE THAT IT WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL 321 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE THROUGH THE END OF 2024.

AND THAT THIS MEETING WAS DESIGNED TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND SO WE KNOW FROM GOVERNOR PRITZKER THAT HE AGREED TO ASK THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 182 MILLION DOLLARS.

COOK COUNTY BOARD, PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE SAYS, OK, I'LL GO BACK TO THE COUNTY ASKED THEM FOR 70 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE JOHNSON AT SOME POINT SORT INDICATED, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT HE WAS WILLING TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 70 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE 150 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY SET ASIDE IN ITS 2024 BUDGET.

JOHNSON INDICATED YESTERDAY THAT HE NEVER QUITE MADE THAT COMMITMENT AND IF HE DID, HE CERTAINLY HAD NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE GOOD ON THAT COMMITMENT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER THEN COMES OUT AND SAYS NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, HE IS NOW GOING BACK ON IT.

ARE YOU SURPRISED THIS CONSTANT SORT OF PUBLIC BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN.

>> THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR OF THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE STATE MEMBERS OF THE SAME PARTY HERE ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, RIGHT?

AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME WHEN NOT ONLY ARE MIGRANTS ARRIVING EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THE PARTIES HEADED INTO A MASSIVE LAKE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THINK MAYBE THE CONFUSION WILL HELP THEIR CASE TO GET RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE BIZARRE.

I WILL KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR IS ABOUT TO DELIVER A SERVICE TO THE STATE BUDGET ADDRESS NEXT WEEK.

AND SO HE'S GEARING UP TO UNVEIL THIS PROMISE THAT HE'S GOING DEDICATE MONEY TO THE RESPONSE.

AND SO, BUT THE CITY IN THE COUNTY ARE ON A DIFFERENT BUDGET CYCLE.

THEY HAD THEIR BUDGETING AND SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCONNECT HERE AS TO OK, WELL, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GO BACK TO YOUR CHAMBERS AND ASK FOR THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY AND HOW WILL THAT LINE UP WITH HOW THE STATE DOES ITS BUDGET?

DO YOU HAVE THAT SHERIFF SAID THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR >> APPARENTLY SAYS, OK, I'LL PONY UP.

79 DOES FOR THE CITY, BUT THEN SAYS NO WAY KNOW YET.

THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT KEEPS CAMPING WITH THE WITH THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND IN THING IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT, YOU'RE YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT.

>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DRIVERS ARE TO BE SENT UP HERE.

FORD, THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE SENT UP HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE MONEY.

SO THEY BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS THING BUDGET BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO PUT IN AND I THINK HONESTLY, THAT IS THE HEART OF MAYOR JOHNSON'S FRUSTRATION WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER IN MID-NOVEMBER.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAID, LOOK, WE WILL SPEND 65 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDS AND WE WILL BUILD A 2000 BED SHELTER.

NOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> THE WINTER ICE BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK AND AND THE GOVERNOR VERY PUBLICLY PULLED THE PLUG ON THAT AFTER AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FOUND THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT POLLUTION ON THAT LAND EVEN AFTER THE MAYOR HAD TOLD THE PRESS THAT IT WAS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE TEMPORARILY.

>> THAT MEANT THAT THAT THOSE 2000 BEDS YET TO MATERIALIZE IN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, JOHNSON SAID, LOOK, WE CAN REALLY USE THOSE BEDS EVEN AS THE SHELTER POPULATION HAS DROPPED SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT WEEKS.

NOBODY EXPECTS THAT TO CONTINUE.

SO YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A MAN WHO FEELS LIKE THE GOVERNOR HASN'T LIVED UP TO HIS END OF THE BARGAIN.

YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO FEELS LIKE THE MAYOR HAS RENEGED ON HIS COMMITMENTS AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, LITERALLY LIVING IN SHELTERS WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN A GARBAGE BAG FULL OF CLOTHES WORRIED ABOUT BEING EVICTED STARTING IN JUST A COUPLE THE GOVERNOR'S FRUSTRATION, DANIEL OPPOSITE SEEMS TO BE.

>> THAT HE KEEPS COMING OUT PUBLICLY AND SAYING THESE THINGS CAUSE.

>> THE DNC IS GOING TO BE HIS BIG SHOW.

I MEAN, THE GOVERNOR WANTS A NATIONAL PLATFORM CHICAGO'S BIG SHOW.

IT'S ILLINOIS'S BIG SHOW.

IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S BIG SHOW.

IT'S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S BIG SHOW AND MAYBE JUST DOESN'T TRUST MAYOR JOHNSON TO HAVE ALL THIS UNDER CONTROL WHEN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT IS GOING TO BE HERE.

IT'S ALSO MAYOR JOHNSON'S BIG SHOW.

I MEAN, THIS IS I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS BEEN.

>> HIS NAME HAS BEEN THROWN OUT.

THERE IS A POSSIBLE EVEN REPLACEMENT FOR JOE BIDEN HEADING NOT RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM ALONG MAYBE JUST BELOW OTHER NAMES LIKE GAVIN NEWSOM THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA.

>> BUT HAVING SAID ALL THAT, IT IS CHICAGO'S CONVENTION AS WELL NOISE CONVENTION, BUT PRIMARILY CHICAGO'S CONVENTION.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AS AS HEATHER POINT.

I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE 60 DAY LIMIT THE THE CITY WAS GOING TO PUT PEOPLE MIGRANTS STAYING IN THOSE SHELTERS AND PUTTING THAT LIMIT ON ALSO ATTRACTED CRITICISM FROM THE GOVERNOR.

AND SO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

ONE AFTER THE OTHER OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS WHERE THE STORIES COME OUT THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ALONG AND THEY SAY, OH, WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE EVIDENCE THAT INDEED THAT IS THE CASE THAT THAT THEY CAN SEE EYE TO EYE.

AND THIS ISSUE AND ON OTHER ISSUES, I DON'T RECALL, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR OF THE SAME PARTY CONTINUALLY PUBLICLY CLASHING LIKE THIS.

I MEAN.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CLASH.

SOMETIMES SEEMED TO BE BEHIND THE SCENES MORE THAN THIS.

SO IT'S INTERESTING HOW THIS KEEPS PLAYING OUT PUBLICLY.

I MEAN, THERE BEEN SOME TENSIONS BETWEEN CITY HALL IN SPRINGFIELD, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE FROM PARTY ARE IN CHARGE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT PAT QUINN, POW IS THAT YOU HAVE HAD THEM PUBLICLY PUTTING PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR'S GOT ALONG.

GREAT WITH DEMOCRATIC YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT THIS IS WHY THIS IS WHAT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT OF TEXAS WANTED TO VISION THAT THESE PEOPLE TO CHICAGO IN AN ATTEMPT TO SORT MAKE DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED CITIES AND DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED STATES MAKES REALLY HARD DECISIONS THAT THERE ARE NO GOOD ANSWERS.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN.

THEY ENJOY THIS SORT OF CONFRONTATION BECAUSE THEY KNOW ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT.

JOE BIDEN IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.

WHO'S GOING TO WEAR THE JACKET OF HAVING DIVIDED DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

>> AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THIS IS A LOT NUMBER.

ONE OF THE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO SORT OF MAKE IMMIGRATION SORT ALL.

BUT ROSS ON AROUND THE NECKS OF THE DEMOCRATS.

AND SO FAR IT'S WORKING.

CERTAINLY REPUBLICANS DURING THE DNC ARE GOING TO WANT THE IT'S A BIG TV SHOW.

COLONEL, WANT THE IMAGES OF MIGRANTS AND INTENSE AND THE CITY OVERFLOWING WITH WITH PROBLEMS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

VICKY IS SOME NEWS WITH CPS THIS WEEK.

THERE.

>> DECIDING THAT A NEW THIS RENEW THIS BIG, GIGANTIC CONTRACT WITH AIR COMPANY THAT PROVIDED THEIR JANITORIAL SERVICES AND SEEMS LIKE THE CTU MEMBERS URGE BREATHING A BIG SIGH RELIEF.

WELL, YEAH, NOT SO MUCH 2 BUT SEIU, WHICH REPRESENTS SCHOOL JANITORS CALLED THIS A VICTORY EARLY IN THE WEEK THIS IS THE DISTRICT.

>> ANNOUNCED ITS TO PUT BEFORE THE BOARD A PLAN FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES AND AND THE CONTRACT WITH MARK.

THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR ABOUT A DECADE NOW.

IN SOME WAYS IT WAS THE WEEK OF CANCELED CONTRACTS, I AND REALLY THIS WAS A IN BIG DEAL CONTRACT.

THAT WAS A RECORD PRICE.

AND IT WAS REALLY A SIGNAL OF PRIVATIZATION, WHICH AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, CTU AND THAT'S A YOU ARE REALLY SOUNDING ALARM BELLS ABOUT OVER PRIVATIZING SERVICES, PUBLIC AND IT WAS REALLY THE MANAGEMENT OF CUSTODIANS MORE THAN IT WAS.

THE CUSTODIAN THEMSELVES.

AND I'M REALLY THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT SOME ARE PROBLEMS WITH DIRTY SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL SAYING WE DON'T KNOW DOWN UNDER AS THEY DID A WHOLE BUNCH OF REASSIGNMENTS THIS SUMMER AND THEY WERE GOING TO LAY OFF A BUNCH OF JANITORS.

THEN THEY RENEGED ON 5 YEARS LATER WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS UP AGAIN IN 2018 SUN-TIMES.

LAUREN FITZPATRICK WRITES ABOUT SAME THING PROBLEM.

SAME PROBLEM, DIRTY SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS NOT GETTING CLEANED CONFUSION ABOUT HOW TO REALLY YOU GIVE THE PRINCIPAL THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO CALL UP THE JANITOR, GET TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN UP THE SCHOOL SCHOOL, GOING TO BE SPEAKING SPANISH.

EVEN WHEN THE DISTRICT PUT OUT THIS THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVING THIS PLAN TO TRANSITION BACK TO INTERNAL HOUSE MANAGEMENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE SOMETHING LIKE 70 CUSTODIAL MANAGERS AT THE DISTRICT OVERSEE A MIX OF BOTH BOARD PUBLIC CUSTODIANS AND CUSTODIANS THAT ACTUALLY FROM LIKE 7 DIFFERENT PRIVATE JANITORIAL COMPANIES, THEIR LOCAL SMALLER, NOT MARK, BUT OF COMPANIES AND THAT THEY'RE GOING ROLL OUT A NEW SYSTEM TAKING A CAR RULES LESS OR LIKE IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS BUT ABOUT THE SAME WHEN YOU ALSO FACTOR IN A CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE TO NOW PUT BACK IN PLACE TO BUY ALL OF THE CLEANING SUPPLIES THEMSELVES AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT WITH THE 700'S OF JANITORS AND THE COST OF ALL THE SALARIES ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT BE RACKING UP THE BILLS THAT TARGET WALGREENS IN FOR GET OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECKS.

I THINK REALLY WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY BEEN HAPPENING HERE?

I LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE 7 COMPANIES ON BOARD AGENDA.

>> ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES, BY THE WAY, SEIU, THE VERY COMPANY THAT WANTED THEIR MARKET WAS WAS VERY CRITICAL OF OF THAT COMPANY CALLED A UNITE MAINTENANCE.

I THINK IT WAS WHEN THEY GOT A CONTRACT FROM A PRAYER.

>> PRIOR ADMINISTRATION DO THE JANITORIAL STAFF AT ALL HERE.

I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, I THINK WHAT THEY WANT IS IT TO BE IN HOUSE TO BE JANITORS WHO ARE BASICALLY ON THE PUBLIC PAYROLL AND TO REVERSE THIS PRIVATIZATION THAT HAPPEN.

THE REASON THEY DO THESE PRIVATIZATIONS IS TO SAVE MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEM.

THE BENEFITS THEY DON'T HAVE >> THEN THE PENSIONS THAT A PUBLIC EMPLOYEES GET.

BUT WHAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THE RESULT.

YOU HAVE CLEANER SCHOOLS.

YOU HAVE CLEAN AND OFF SCHOOLS TO BEGIN WITH.

I MEAN, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR OR IN-HOUSE AND THEY HAVEN'T MANAGED THESE CONTRACTS WELL ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE CHOSEN.

HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB OVER PERIOD OF A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND NOW WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT'S MUCH MORE FRIENDLY TO LABOR.

OBVIOUSLY.

SO YOU HAVE A MOVE AWAY FROM PRIVATIZATION, WHICH WAS THE BIG TREND OF PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.

DID WE LEARN ANYTHING DURING COVID?

>> A CLEAN.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING THAT I ISN'T I MEAN, FEEL I THINK IT IS A SIMPLE THING TO SAY.

BUT I THINK WHY, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THAT THE STAFF AND THE UNIONS THAT REPRESENT THEM ARE CHEERING THIS.

THEY ARE ALSO YOU HEAR FROM PARENTS THAT ARE LIKE, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY BUT ALSO HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN.

CLEANER SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TOO.

THE CALL 7 PEOPLE GET SOMETHING CLEANED UP.

YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BEING AT A BOARD IT MEETING MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND A MOTHER TESTIFYING ABOUT A KINDERGARTEN AND THROWING UP ON THE CARPET BEING LEFT OVER THE WEEKEND CREST.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT WHEN YOUR SON, YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

AND I'M SURE THAT WAS ANOMALY.

BUT I THINK THAT'S THE KIND COMPANIES WE I GOT VERY QUICKLY ASKED DANIELLE OUT.

PLUS, A TIM MAPES >> MIKE MADIGAN'S, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, THE GUY MADE.

>> THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME IS HE SAID IS GOING TO JAIL FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS FOR PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T TELL THE TRUTH WHEN THE GRAND JURY WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT MADIGAN'S ACTIVITIES AND COMED.

>> AGAIN, WHY WAS IT WORTH 2 AND A HALF YEARS JAIL?

LOYALTY WAS WHAT APPARENTLY MOTIVATED HIM.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T GET IN HIS HEAD.

>> BUT THE JUDGE IN SENTENCING HIM CERTAINLY TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOYALTY WAS MISGUIDED, MISPLACED YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU DO THIS LEGS LIKE YOU SAID, BUT WE WASN'T THE ONLY CORRUPTION CASE WE HAD THIS WEEK WHERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATE LAWMAKERS, A TRIAL, ONE VERY RELUCTANTLY SHOWED UP TO HIS OWN TRIAL AND SAM MCCANN HAS THAT COLLINS FROM CHICAGO ALL OVER THE STATE.

BOTH PARTIES WITH CORRUPTION CASES AGAIN, KEEPING THE COURTHOUSES AND THE REPORTERS WHO COVER GOVERNMENT GOING TO COURTHOUSES MORE AND SPENDING MORE TIME THERE AND CORRUPTION CASES THAN THEY ARE AT THE ACTUAL BUILDINGS WHERE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS ADMINISTERED IN LEGISLATION YOU KNOW, IT'S CORRUPT YES, THE REPORTERS KNOW THE HALLS OF THOSE SO WELL RIGHT NOW.

>> A SHOWER RACED OUT TO A REPORT TODAY FROM CRANE SAYS THAT JERRY REINSDORF IS GOING TO >> PUT HIS HAND OUT THERE, PUT HIS CUP OUT FOR A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW STADIUM IN THE SOUTH.

LOOP IT.

I THOUGHT GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAID THERE'S NO APPETITE FOR PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE STATES REALLY HAVE HEARD.

I HEARD TOO.

THIS IS AN END AROUND.

IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT JERRY RESERVE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET A DEAL DONE BEFORE THE BEARS DO ANYTHING.

>> IN THE CITY, A BILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT HE'S TALKED ABOUT WHERE THEY WOULD DO SOME OF THE 2% HOTEL ATTACKS SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH IT THAT THEY WOULD IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THAT MONEY WOULD BECAUSE THAT'S PAY FOR GUARANTEED RATE FIELD RIGHT NOW.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

SO THAT WOULD CONTINUE WITH A NEW A NEW STADIUM TO.

BUT THERE'S A LOT DEBT.

THE SOLDIER FIELD DEBT, THE SO, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEE RATE DID.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF DEBT THERE AND TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND YOU NEED A BILLION DOLLARS.

I DON'T THINK THE TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO LIKE THAT AT ALL.

AND THAT SOMETHING COMES WITH A 2% HOTEL TAX HOTEL REVENUES ARE DOWN.

DON'T.

REGULAR THEY COME OUT AND JUST REGULAR ATTACKS COFFERS.

THAT SOLDIER FIELD DEAL WAS A SET UP.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY TAKING ON ANOTHER ENORMOUS MORTGAGE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE STILL PAYING, YOU KNOW, SERVICING OTHER DEBT AND PAYING OFF THOSE LOANS.

AND WITH SOURCES THAT ARE ERRATIC, AS YOU POINT OUT, THAT IN THAT CASE.

>> I THINK HOTEL TEXAS, SMARTER FROM A PUBLIC BUDGETING SENSE BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE WHO BUSY.

BUT HOW WHERE HOW MUCH CAN YOU, JACK, THAT HOTEL TAX UP LOOK LIKE?

I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

THE HOTELS DON'T WANT THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LESS LIKELY PEOPLE COME HERE AS OPPOSED TO NEW YORK OR MIAMI OR OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY CAN TRAVEL TO.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S FINALLY A NUMBER OUT THERE BECAUSE MY FIRST REACTION TO THIS PLAN WAS WAS GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

AND NOW WE KNOW NOT SURPRISINGLY THE JERRY REINSDORF EXPECT US TO PAY FOR IT.

I COULD SAY THE SAME EVERYTHING HE'S EVER BUILT.

EXECUTIVES ALSO SAY THAT IF THEY DEVELOP THAT LAND THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SALES TAX THAT THEY'LL BE AT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO GET BECAUSE OF ALL BUSINESSES THAT WE BUILDING THERE.

>> I MEAN, I LOVE THAT CAN OFFSET.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN YOU IF IT RELAYS NATIONALLY THAT A LOT OF THOSE STUDIES ARE EXAGGERATED IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF THESE FACILITIES AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> WHAT WE DO KNOW FOR A FACT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY TO BUILD THESE THINGS.

BUT I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE MUCH, MUCH FUNDS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE'RE GOING.

LET LET LET YOU PLAY THE MEGA DEVELOPMENTS, TOO.

I FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE NOT GETTING OFF THE GROUND VERY QUICKLY.

SO WHAT'S THE CHANCE THAT THERE'S 178 THEY THEY I THINK THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF BUILDING OUT THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANYTHING GOING EXCEPT FOR THAT.

>> RESEARCH CENTER FROM THE VICE CHAIR, RIGHT?

BUT I GOT TO ASK ABOUT SPRING TRAINING PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REASON TO GET EXCITED TO EITHER SIDE THAT THIS WELL, I WITH THE CUBS GETTING CRAIG COUNSELL I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOVE.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVES WITH TEAM.

>> STILL DON'T HAVE CODY BELLINGER WAS STEPS BECAUSE QUESTION WERE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE'D BE SIGNED BY NOW.

BUT SCOTT BURROUGHS IS MAKING SURE HIS JOB.

HIS TOP GUYS ARE NOT GETTING SIGN.

THE WHITE SOX.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

>> NOT GOOD.

BUT THEY BUT THEY DO SOME INPUT THAT THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS.

THEY THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR MINDSET OF HOW TO BETTER.

DEFENDERS.

THEY HAVE OFF ON THE FIELD AND THEN SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING A GM.

CHRIS GETS OTHER DAY.

HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO FREE AGENT PITCHERS, THEY DID NOT WANT TO COME TO THE WHITE SOX BECAUSE THE DEFENSE WAS SO IS REALLY A STAPLE OF HANDING A GOOD TEAM.

YOUR PICTURES.

LIE UNDER TRISH UP THE MIDDLE.

HAVE A GOOD DEFENDERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WORKED ON.

THIS WAS A CENTERED ON.

THANKS TO JUST YOU KNOW, I HOPE IN THE ENTERTAINING.

YOU ALL ARE ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SO.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR DANIELA.

PLUS, HEATHER.

SURE.

OWN BECKY VIVI AND CHERYL RACED OUT.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT.

WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART, RIGHT.

AND AND RICH CAR, FRANCINE AND DOCTOR ANTHONY BROWN.

AND THE MOMENT HOW A PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR THE SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNALISM.

>> THAT'S SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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A GREAT NIGHT AS CENTER.

CHERYL, AS YOU JUST TOLD ME, CONNOR BEDARD, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

IT WAS EXCITING TRANSFER TURN AFTER.

>> WELL, SAW WHEN WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULD COME BACK TO NEXT WEEK AND APPRENTICE UNDER CHALLENGE IS WE CAN MESSAGE IS, HEY, HE'S HE'S WORKING OUT TODAY.

HE COULD BE PLAYING WITH A COLLEAGUE.

UNBELIEVABLE.

IT WAS EXCITING.

HE, YOU KNOW, WAS A LITTLE SLOW AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT YOU CAN WHAT HE CAN DO.

OFFENSIVELY SPARKED THIS TEAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NEW OFFENSE TO SPEAK OF SITE.

HIM.

THIS IS K IS AS HE WAS A BIG MASK A SHOW HE'S BEEN BUGGING TO GET ON THE ICE.

YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN DOING WORK OUTSIDE BEFORE PRACTICE AND AFTER PRACTICE IS, TO BE ABLE TO SEE HIM THERE.

HE'S 18 YEARS OLD.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD, YOU KNOW.

AND IT WAS SURPRISING FOR THAT INJURY.

HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS HOCKEY AND >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIPPER AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM COMMITTED TO GETTING BACK TO