>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW .

TREND THREE -- PARIS HAS THE NIGHT OFF .

>> AS A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND A NEIGHBOR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I AM HUMBLED TO BE CHOSEN TO BE STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU.

>> COUNTERTERRORISM CHIEF LARRY SNELLING JOINS A COMMUNITY MEETING AHEAD OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERING HIS NOMINATION TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT.

>> THE RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS, THEIR DIGNITY , IT IS ABOUT TIME WE DO THIS.

>> SCRAPPING A CONTROVERSIAL GANG DATABASE.

CITY LEADERS TALK ABOUT NEW HOUSING FOR MIGRANTS AS PUBLIC ACTIVISTS GET THEIR DAY IN COURT AS THEY WANT TO BLOCK THE DEAL BETWEEN THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB.

>>> SET YOUR ALARMS BRIGHT AND EARLY AS THE TEMPORARY CHICAGO CASINO WILL OPEN AT 8:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL .

WE HAVE A CITY HALL REPORTER AT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, THE BUREAU CHIEF, HEATHER SHARON, AND MELANIE MERCADO.

HEATHER, YOU COVERED THE FORUM THAT LARRY SNELLING WAS AT, WHAT RECEPTION DID HE GET?

>> HE GOT MOSTLY SOFTBALL QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE THEY SEE HIM AS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS.

HE FACED POINTED QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER HE WOULD STOP THE GUNSHOT DETECTION AND BE ABLE TO RESTORE TRUST WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD VERY TOUGH RELATIONS WITH THE POLICE GOING BACK DECADES , ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND WEST SIDE.

WE DID NOT GET A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT HE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY AS THE NEXT TOP COP IN CHICAGO.

MAYBE WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.

>> HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIS OWN.

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELIED ON HIM TO BE AN EXPERT WITNESS AND TESTIFY IN COURT ABOUT HOW POLICE REACTED TO SITUATIONS AND WHETHER THEY APPROPRIATELY USED FORCE AND FOLLOWED DEPARTMENT POLICY .

HE IS A POLISHED PUBLIC SPEAKER, CHARISMATIC , SOMEBODY WHO ENJOYS THE GIVE-AND-TAKE, WHICH WILL SERVE HIM WELL IN THIS TYPE OF HIGH-PROFILE ROLE WHICH EVERYBODY EXPECTS HIM TO BE CONFIRMED TO.

HE IS FACING MASSIVE CHALLENGES ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY FRONT.

>> HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS POSTPONED.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO READ INTO ABOUT THIS OR IS IT A LOGISTICAL ISSUE?

>> THEY SAID IT WAS MORE TO GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS REQUIRED BUT HE SAID, OUT OF RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THEY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE PROCESS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

>> THAT WAS NOT THE DRIVING FACTOR IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.

>> YES .

>> THIS NOMINATION IS LIKELY THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PICK IN THE RELATIVELY NEW JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION, HOW DO YOU THINK HE IS DONE EXPLAINING HIS CHOICE?

>> HE HAS TWO PICK SOMEBODY TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

I THINK IT IS GOOD IT IS HIS FIRST ONE AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT IT AND EXPLAINING WHY HE CHOSE LARRY SNELLING .

I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF GRILLING THEY GIVE HIM WHEN HE GOES TO BE CONFIRMED AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE MAYOR HAS A PART IN THIS .

>> THERE IS A HUGE GAP BETWEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO.

MELANIE, DO YOU THINK HIM ADDRESSING THESE QUESTIONS WILL ADDRESS THE TRUST GAP?

>> THERE ARE SOME THINGS IT CAN DO.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHIEF LARRY SNELLING DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS , WHETHER OR NOT HE IS PLAYING POLITICS OR PLAYING BY ANSWERING A QUESTION WITH A NON-ANSWER.

UNFORTUNATELY , THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES WHERE TRUST IS IRREPARABLY BROKEN.

THEY MAY NOT BE WILLING TO GO TO THESE TYPES OF FORMS.

>> EVEN THOUGH THE TOP PERSON IS TALKING , OFTENTIMES COMMUNITIES HAVE TO INTERFACE WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR LOCAL DISTRICTS, LOCAL COMMANDERS, THAT TRUST HAS TO HAPPEN AT A LOWER LEVEL.

THEN COMING OUT TO A PUBLIC MEETING ONCE EVERY FEW YEARS.

>> YOU ARE MENTIONING THE ALDER PEOPLE, WHAT DO CITY COUNCIL SAY ABOUT THIS NOMINATION?

>> MAYOR'S ALLIES ARE CONFIDENT THEY HAVE THE VOTES NEEDED.

A CHICAGO NATIVE, CPD INSIDER, SEEMS TO HAVE GOOD TRUST FROM THE RANK-AND-FILE.

>> THEY VOTED TO SCRAP THE GANG DATABASE.

WIDELY REPORTED TO BE RIDDLED WITH ERRORS.

RACIAL PROFILING.

THIS HAS BEEN A FIGHT BETWEEN THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.

ANY DRAMA ?

>> IT WAS UNANIMOUS AND IT WAS CLEARLY SOMETHING THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENT ON.

IT WAS A WHIMPER OF AN ENDING OF A DEBATE IN THE ROYAL CHICAGO POLITICS FOR MIKE MANY YEARS, STARTING IN 2017.

IT REACHED A PEAK IN 2019 WHEN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID IT DID HAVE ERRORS AND WAS RACIALLY TARGETING BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

LORI LIGHTFOOD SAID WE NEEDED AND SPENT FOUR YEARS TRYING TO RE-CREATE THE DATABASE IN A WAY THAT DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO IT.

BRANDON JOHNSON SAID HE WOULD STOP IT AND THE COMMISSION DID IT BEFORE HE COULD.

>> THIS HAS LONG BEEN SUCH A POLITICAL HOT POTATO.

DID YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPT ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS OR IS IT GONE FOR GOOD?

>> BASED ON GOING TO CRIME SCENES, THE POLICE ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHO IS IN A GANG, AND LOCALLY THEY MONITOR THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS RETALIATION.

THERE WILL BE SOME FORM OF KNOWLEDGE THEY TRY TO PASS AROUND BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT FORM IT IS, WHETHER IT WILL BE BETTER OR WORSE.

>> BECKY LEVY, 14 OFFICIALS ACCUSED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROXIMATELY GETTING A PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOAN.

WHAT ARE THE CLAIMS ?

>> THE INSPECTOR GENERAL STARTED AN INVESTIGATION IN 2022 THAT MINED THE PUBLIC DATABASE OF EVERYBODY STUFF YOU GOT A PPP LOAN.

IT TURNED UP 780 CPS EMPLOYEES IN THE DATABASE .

NOT ALL 780 HAVE AUTOMATIC ISSUES , A LOT PEOPLE WHO MAY WORK SUMMERS IN BUSINESSES.

THEY WENT FROM THE TOP AND LOOKED AT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN YEAR-ROUND POSITIONS , AND STARTED INVESTIGATING IF THEY WERE OBTAINED PROPERLY.

WERE THEY FACTUAL ?

DID THEY MISREPRESENT THAT THEY HAD A BUSINESS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LOANS SOMETIMES OVER $20,000?

12 EMPLOYEES , INCLUDING A HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR , CRYSTAL COOPER, FORMER OPERATING OFFICER , EITHER RESIGNED OR WAS TERMINATED BY THE BOARD.

THERE ARE TWO OF THE 14 THAT ARE PENDING TERMINATION BY THE BOARD.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS ABOUT OTHER INSTANCES OF FRAUD OR CONFIRMED FRAUD.

>> DOES THIS ERODE TRUST IN CPS?

>> EVERY YEAR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL PUTS OUT A REPORT WHICH IS QUITE A READ.

>> NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

>> NOT IN A GOOD WAY, NO.

THERE IS A REASON WE HAVE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S, THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, OF COURSE THERE WILL BE BAD ACTORS.

I THINK THAT PPP WAS RIDDLED WITH FRAUD NATIONALLY AND THAT IS WHY THIS INVESTIGATION STARTED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS INVITING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THAT WERE NOT ABOVEBOARD.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO DISTRUST THE SYSTEM ANYMORE THEN THEY MAY OR MAY NOT ALREADY DO.

>> IT STANDS TO REASON THERE MAY BE BAD ACTORS.

>>> WHITE STUDENTS ARE MAKING UP A LARGER PROPORTION OF CPS STUDENT POPULATION THAN BEFORE.

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE ?

>> WE LOOK AT STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISE IN THE RACIAL BALANCE IN CPS.

PERCENTAGE POINT MORE WHITE AND ASIAN STUDENTS BUT THE DROP AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS IS PRETTY STEEP, OVER A DECADE , 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

88%, NOW ABOUT 73% IF I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS CORRECT.

IT IS A STARK DROP.

WHAT WE FOUND , WE SPOKE WITH PRINCIPALS ON THE GROUND AND OTHERS WHO COME IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THAT WING WENT FROM 80% TO 30%.

A LOT OF THAT IS HOUSING.

MAYBE ANECDOTALLY WE KNEW THIS, BUT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE GENTRIFIED.

THAT HAS IMPACTED A LOT OF SCHOOLS ON THE GROUND.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

TO HELP STUDENTS IN HIGHER POVERTY .

IT ALSO CREATES DIVERSITY ECONOMICALLY THAT PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON SAYS HE IS HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD.

>> THIS WAS DURING A POLITICAL DISCUSSION OF IT.

IT WAS HIS MOST VULNERABLE AND WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION FROM HIM.

IT HAPPENED AFTER A BUNCH OF STORIES CAME OUT , THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

SOME EVALUATIONS ABOUT THAT.

NO ONE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY WANT IN 100 DAYS.

WE TALKED ABOUT SPECIFIC PROMISES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, CABINET POSITIONS, MULTIPLE HEADLINES , HE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AT THAT.

HE , WHEN HE WAS ELECTED , PEOPLE SAID HE WAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MAYOR IN GENERATIONS, FOR OTHERS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNING WATCHING WHAT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

THERE IS FRUSTRATION AT THE ANTICIPATION AND CONCERN WEIGHING IN ON HIM.

>> ONE THING THAT IS HAPPENING, JOHNSON HAS TRIED TO GOVERN IN A WAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN CHICAGO.

HE HAS BEEN CLEAR HE WANTS TO BE COLLABORATIVE , A PERSON WHO IS DELIBERATIVE AND NOT A DICTATORSHIP.

WE , IN CHICAGO, WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH DALEY, RAHM SCHOOL OF "I AM THE EMPEROR OF CHICAGO."

HE IS , JOHNSON , TRIED TO GOVERN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

THAT HAS PRESENTED CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE ARE CULTURALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL SAY , I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, I WILL BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

HE WILL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH , THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, CAN IT TURN INTO A NO DECISION ?

DOES THAT ALLOW CRISIS, LIKE THE MIGRANT CRISIS , TO FESTER IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO SOLVE ?

>> MAYOR JOHNSON USED COLLABORATION AND , I THINK, COLLABORATION TAKES TIME.

SOMETIMES , COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ARE STONEWALLED AND SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE A DECISION.

I THINK IT IS INTERESTING FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.

>> SPEAKING OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS, CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL HOME FOR THE MANY ASYLUM-SEEKERS THAT HAVE COME TO CHICAGO.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT BACK >> THE MOVE DATE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK, WE DON'T KNOW WHY, THERE IS A HUGE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS COMING IN DAILY ON BUSES AND AIRPLANES.

THE CITY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT TO HOUSE FAMILIES, SINGLES , ORIGINALLY SAID IT WOULD BE SINGLES, NOW THEY ARE SEEING A GREATER NEED FOR POSSIBLY FAMILIES TO BE THERE.

I WAS AT A COMMUNITY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, THE TEMPERATURE WAS LUKEWARM.

PEOPLE WERE THERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS WILL BE.

I FEEL IT IS A STARK DIFFERENCE TO WHAT OUR REPORTERS HAVE SET ACROSS THE CITY IN TERMS OF BEING MORE CONTENTIOUS AND PEOPLE FEELING MORE STRONGLY ABOUT PEOPLE COMING IN HERE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE MAY BE MORE RECEPTIVE OR TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW ?

>> THAT IS FAIR TO SAY.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT , THE POPULATION IN THE WESTTOWN AREA IS MORE ACCLIMATED.

A HIGHER WHITE POPULATION.

THE ARGUMENTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS , IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT LACK OF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

GREEKTOWN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A MAKEUP.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT HAPPENING LIKE WE ARE SEEING IN OTHER AMENITIES .

>> MAYOR JOHNSON PITCHED THE IDEA OF A TENT CITY TO HOUSE ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

WILL THAT GAIN TRACTION?

>> THE FIRST ALDERMAN WERE BRIEFED TODAY ON THAT PLAN AND WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TWO ACRES OF LAND.

CONCRETE OR ASPHALT , SO THEY CAN SET UP INFLATABLE DOMES.

NOT REALLY TENTS, THINK OF FOOTBALL PRACTICE THINGS.

THE IDEA IS TO HOUSE UP TO 1000 PEOPLE INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO THE AIRPORT OR POLICE STATION.

CAN THE MAYOR IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS?

IT DID NOT INCLUDE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OR PRICE TAGS FOR WHAT THOSE TENTS WOULD COST TO ERECT AND OPERATE.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR THERE IS A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE IN THE COMING WEEKS BUT AN INDICATION THAT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT BEGAN IN APRIL HAS ACCELERATED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT WEEKS AND THAT THE MAYOR IS STRUGGLING TO RESPOND TO IT IN A WAY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CRISP FEELING IN THE AIR, WINTER IS COMING AND THE MAYOR KNOWS IT .

>> CHANGING GEARS DRAMATICALLY , A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THAT VALLEY TEMPORARY CASINO.

IT OPENS TOMORROW MORNING.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT?

>> IT OPENS AT 8:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, SET YOUR ALARM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE BIG GAMBLERS HERE.

IT WILL BE OPERATING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 8:00 A.M. TO 4:00 A.M. FOR NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE A 24-HOUR FACILITY.

IT IS A CASINO.

>> YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

>> THERE IS 750 SLOTS, 56 GAMING TABLES, THREE FOOD OPTIONS.

IF YOU ARE READY TO GO, SET YOUR ALARM AND HEAD TO BALLY'S TOMORROW.

>> ATTEMPTING TO TRY OUR LUCK?

>> NO.

>> GET ADELE IN THERE.

THERE WAS A CASE IN COURT FROM A HOUSING ACTIVIST TRYING TO STOP DHA FROM GETTING IN TO A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH THE CHICAGO FIRE FOOTBALL CLUB.

A PROBLEM MAYOR JOHNSON INHERITED , ANY CHANCE THERE COULD BE A COURT CASE TO PUT A STOP TO THIS?

>> ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.

CERTAINLY , WHEN I FOLLOWED THIS DURING THE LAST YEAR OF THE TERM BY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, IT WAS BLOCKED AND REVERSED, QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT GIVEN PUBLIC HOUSING.

>> OUR OFFICIALS HAVE NOT ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED THIS.

IT RAISES A LOT OF SUSPICIONS, TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A TENT UP FOR MIGRANTS, CHA HAS A LOT OF LAND THEY SHOULD BE BUILDING HOUSES ON FOR YEARS.

LANDS TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AREA.

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> NOT USING THE LAND THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED.

>> THE OPTICS ARE REALLY DIFFICULT.

>> THEY HAVE NOT DONE AN ADEQUATE JOB EXPLAINING IT.

>> WE LEARNED THAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE NOT PLANNING TO CALL DANNY SOLIS TO ED BURK'S TRIAL.

WHY?

>> SOLIS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRIMES HE HAS ADMITTED TO COMMITTING ACCUSED OF COMMITTING THAT PROSECUTORS PUT IN THE TERMS OF THE U.S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN THE NORTH DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS , THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT INFORMANT IN MODERN CHICAGO POLITICAL HISTORY, NO SMALL FEAT.

THE PROSECUTORS ARE HOPING THAT THEY CAN HAVE FBI AGENTS RECORDINGS, ALDERMAN BURKE INCRIMINATING HIMSELF.

WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE SOLIS ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS .

IT IS DISAPPOINTING.

ME , PERSONALLY, AND MANY PEOPLE , WE WILL NOT GET TO HEAR HIM EXPLAIN WHY ED BURKE ASK HIM IF THEY LANDED THE TUNA.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FOR MANY YEARS.

MORE THAN FOUR YEARS SINCE BURKE WAS INDICTED .

>> IS THE LEGAL TEAM FOR BURKE HAPPY?

>> I WOULD STILL WORRY ABOUT THE TAPES.

THE LANDING OF THE TUNA WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY WILL STILL HAVE QUITE THE TRIAL AHEAD OF THEM.

>> BUDGETING SEASON, MAYOR JOHNSON HAS SOME BIG-TICKET ITEMS THAT PROGRESSIVES WANT TO SEE.

DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE HE WILL GO?

>> THIS BUDGET SEASON WILL BE A GRAND ROLLOUT , THESE BOLD NEW REVENUE SOURCES.

HE MENTIONED THE SACRIFICE HE MADE, GIVEN THE MIGRANT CRISIS, BY THE END OF YEAR , THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT IN THE MIGRANT BUDGET.

IF THE FEDS, THE STATE HELPS US , THERE WILL BE SACRIFICES.

>> BEING DELIBERATIVE, A GATHERING EARLIER THIS YEAR TO GET IDEAS ABOUT THE BUDGET.

IS THAT THE KIND OF THING THE AVERAGE CHICAGOAN IS REALLY ENGAGED IN?

>> I AM GOING TO SAY NO.

BUT THEY SHOULD BE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO NATIONAL POLITICS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE NEGLECT THE LOCAL PART OF IT.

THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THINGS AS SMALL , NOT SMALL TO US, BUT BUDGETING IS LIKE, "WHATEVER ?"

THIS IS ABOUT HOW MONEY IS ALLOCATED AN IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM, IF THERE IS ONE, TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING AND IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, SHARE IT.

>> COULD MAYOR JOHNSON ALIENATE HIS PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS?

>> I THINK WE HEARD HIM SAY LAST NIGHT IN THE SPEECH AT THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF CHICAGO THAT HE IS A BIG BASEBALL FAN.

HE LOVES HOME RUNS BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A WELL-PLACED BUNT TO ADVANCE THE RUNNER AROUND THE BASES.

THAT IS A METAPHOR FOR THE BUDGET SEASON AS HE WILL HAVE TO SHOW THE PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS PROGRESS IN MENTAL HEALTH, PROGRESS ON RAISING REVENUES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO.

I DON'T THINK HIS PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS WILL DEMAND A WALKOFF HOME RUN.

>> YOU DO KNOW YOUR BASEBALL.

>> HE WILL HAVE TO SHOW PROGRESS BUT HE WILL SETTLE FOR A LESS CONTENTIOUS BUDGET SEASON THEN WERE UNDER LORI LIGHTFOOT.

HE IS WILLING TO GIVE FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS AND EVEN CRITICS WHAT THEY NEED SO THE PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY.

>> MAY BE WORTH NOTING THAT HE WANTS TO PLAY THE LONG GAME.

THE MESSAGING HE CAN DO THAT NOW HE IS IN THE SEAT OF GOVERNANCE.

I THINK HIS SUPPORTERS WILL TRUST HIM AND SAY, GIVE US A LITTLE NEXT YEAR.

>> HE CAME FROM AND ORGANIZING BACKGROUND.

IT IS THE TIME THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

>> HIS PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS SAW THE PROMISES ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES BROKEN WITH LIGHTFOOT, AND THEY ARE EXTRA CAUTIOUS , WANT TO KEEP HIS FEET TO THE FIRE.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL PANEL TONIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY , WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW , I AM NICK BLUMBERG.

SEE YOU AT 10:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

ANYONE GOING TO THE TASTE OF CHICAGO?

>> I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT PARTY TOMORROW.

FOR DINNER , WE MIGHT COME IT IS DOWNTOWN.

>> IT SHOULD BE IN JULY.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM WHOSE ATTORNEYS EMBRACE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY AND SERVICE BY