>>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,   TODAY MARKS ONE WEEK UNTIL   ELECTION DAY.
THE BATTLE FOR  CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL IS   SHAPING UP.
SOME OF THE CITY'S  WEALTHIEST BUSINESS LEADERS ARE  SENDING BIG BUCKS TO PREVENT    POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM   SHIFTING THE BALANCE OF POWER   AT CITY HALL.
WTTW NEWS   REPORTER HEATHER  JOINED US  NOW.
HE TOOK A LOOK AT SPENDING   BY THIS FUND THAT CALLS ITSELF  THE GET STUFF DONE PACK, WHICH  IS A VERY STRAIGHT TO THE POINT  NAME.
>> THIS GROUP WAS CREATED BY   THE FORMER MAYOR , AND HAS   RAISED $1.7 MILLION,  INCLUDING  $1 MILLION DIRECTLY FROM  ONE   OF THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN  CHICAGO AND A CLOSE ADVISER TO   HIM WHEN HE WAS MAYOR.
THEY   HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $600,000    TO SUPPORT 15  -- 14   CANDIDATES.
THAT IS LOPEZ IN  THE  25th WARD, AND NICK WARD.
THEY SAY THEY ARE DESIGNED TO  SUPPORT  THE CANDIDATES AND   KEEP PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE   MAINSTREAM FROM SERVING ON CITY  COUNCIL.
>> ALSO A POLITICAL --  ALSO   SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT  OF   MONEY.
WHO ARE THEY BACKING?
>> THEY HAVE SPENT $325,000.
THEY ARE SUPPORTING 19  CANDIDATES.
MANY OF THESE   CANDIDATES ARE ALSO SUPPORTED   BY THE GET STUFF DONE PACK.
THEY SHOULD --  THEIR APPLE   FIGHT EACH OTHER EFFORTS.
>> ARE PROGRESSIVE  GROUPS ABLE  TO KEEP UP?
>>  BUSINESS LEADERS ARE REALLY  NEUTRAL IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR.
SOME ARE LINED UP BEHIND PAUL  --  BUT PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL ARE  SITTING THIS ONE OUT.
LETTING  THEM  TRAIN ALL OF THEIR   SPENDING POWER ON THE RACES.
FOCUSING  ON THE MAYOR'S RACE,   THAT HAS LEFT PROGRESSIVE    CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL AT   A LITTLE BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE.
>> NOT ONLY IS THIS A BATTLE   FOR CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL,   ALSO A BATTLE FOR WHO CONTROLS   CHICAGO'S PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
HOW'S THAT PLAYING OUT?
>> WHAT IS INTERESTING , JESUS   WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR MAYOR,   HAS BACK  A FLEET OF CANDIDATES  WHO ARE NOT SOCIALISTS, DO NOT  BELONG TO THE DEMOCRAT OF  AMERICA.
HE SAYS -- HAS THE   BEST SHOT AT BEING HIS HELPERS   ON THE CITY COUNCIL, ASSUMING   HE WINS.
THAT HAS LEFT THE   FUTURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE   MOVEMENT REALLY NOT ONLY  FIGHTING EACH OTHER,  BUT ALSO   THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>> ARE WE TO GO, HEATHER, WAY   TOO EARLY TO PANIC.
WE WILL   HEAR FROM YOU LATER IN THE SHOW