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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
THE WEEK IN REVIEW I'M PARIS
SCHUTZ.
LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE NEW CITY
COUNCIL PREPARE TO TAKEOVER AS
MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL WAVES A FINAL
GOOD-BYE.
>> SHE SHOULD SAY WE ADOPTED'S
NEED ALDERMEN PERIOD.
THAT IS WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO
TELL US.
>> ALDERMEN WE ARE 50 CZARS.
AND THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN OTHER
CITIES.
>> LIGHTFOOT GEARS FOR FIGHTS
OVER ALDERMANIC POWER AND LAYS
OUT AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR HER
FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.
>> I HAVE THREE HEALTHY KIDS
THAT LOVE THEIR DAD.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE.
I HAVE A CHARMED LIFE.
I GOT ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
I WILL BE OK.
>> RAHM EMANUEL GETS SET TO RIDE
OFF INTO THE SUNSET SAYING
CHICAGO GOT ITS SWAGGER BACK ON
HIS WATCH.
>> THE JOE MORENO IS CHARGED
WITH FOUR COUNTS EACH ARE FELONY
OFFENSES.
>> THE OUTGOING ALDERMAN OF THE
FIRST WARD BECOMES THE LATEST
MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
FACE ARREST AND IN SPORTS, THE
BULLS ROLL AN UNLUCKY 7 IN
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING DRAFT
LOTTERY.
JOINING US ARE TINA SFONDELES OF
THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES", MIKE
DUMKE OF PROPUBLICA, MARY
WISNIEWSKI AND TRIBUNE AND
EXAVIER POPE OF FORBES.COM.
ARE LORI LIGHTFOOT AND CITY
COUNCIL GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT
FOOT WITH THIS TALK OF AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER REINING IN
ALDERMANIC POWER?
>> IT IS NOT A SURPRISE.
SHE CAMPAIGNED ON THIS THEY KNOW
THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW EXTREME IT
WILL BE IF IT WILL BE
AFFECTED --
I DON'T THINK IT WILL AFFECT
ZONING BUT THERE ARE PROVISIONS
SHE IS TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE.
THEY KNOW SHE IS MAKING CHANGES.
WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> MIKE DUMKE ARE ALDERMEN GOING
TO GO ALONG WITH THIS GETTING
RID OF THE FUN THINGS THEY HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST?
>> MANY WILL NOT THAT IS FOR
SURE.
WHY WOULD THEY GIVE UP WHAT THEY
HAVE WILLINGLY?
AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HER
TO CARRY THIS OUT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT ENCODED.
THE SYSTEM IS NOT ENCODED.
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AGAINST
SOMETHING THAT IS SORT OF
CULTURAL RATHER THAN LEGAL, AND
TO START OFF WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
YOURSELF AS A GOVERNING FIGURE
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO START
OFF WITH A BATTLE WITH PEOPLE
YOU NEED TO WORK WITH, I THINK
WE HAVE ISSUES COMING UP HERE.
>> MARY WISNIEWSKI WHAT ABOUT
THAT?
DOES THIS PORTEND BAD THINGS
WITH HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY
COUNCIL GOING FORWARD?
>> I THINK WE WILL SEE A REPLAY
OF THE COUPLE WARS THAT WE SAW
DURING WASHINGTON'S TIME AND SHE
PROMISED AND EXPANDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THINGS
THAT CAN DIFFICULT TO DO WITH
ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT LORI
LIGHTFOOT IS READY FOR THE
CHALLENGE OF REINING IN THE BODY
OF 50 CZARS AS THEY'VE SAID?
THEY ARE LIKE THE KINGS OF THEIR
KINGDOMS?
>> THEY ARE LITTLE KINGS AND
QUEENS.
BUT THERE IS A NEW QUEEN IN TOWN
IN LORI LIGHTFOOT I DON'T THINK
SHE HAS A MANDATE OF THE CITY
BASED ON THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT.
SO SHE HAS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD
OF HER IN TERMS OF CONVINCING
THE CITY SHE SHOULD BE DOING
THIS AND GETTING ALDERMEN BEHIND
THAT.
>> THE FACT THAT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE ZONING SO
ALDERMEN WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF
THAT.
ISN'T THAT THE HOTBED OF PAY TO
PLAY STYLE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS?
>> MARY MENTIONED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST USES OR
MISUSES OF ALDERMANIC
PREROGATIVE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE
DISTRIBUTES ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE WHERE ALDERMEN MOVED TO
BLOCK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
AREAS THAT ARE MOSTLY WHITE AND
HISTORICALLY RESISTED ANY RACIAL
INTEIATION AND ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION.
THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.
YOU TAKE ZONING OFF THE TABLE
RIGHT AWAY MAYBE IT'S MORE
PALATABLE TO ALDERMEN BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND IT IS AT THE HEART OF
MOST OF THE DISPUTES.
>> TINA, THE ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCED SOME TOP STAFF A LOT
OF EMANUEL HOLD OVERS AND NEW
PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE WE TO GLEAN FROM SOME
OF THE NAMES?
>> I THINK SHE IS BEING
RESPECTFUL TO THE EXPERTS.
YOU CANNOT COME HERE AND SWEEP
EVERYTHING ANEW.
SO I THINK SHE SPENT SO MUCH
TIME THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND SHE HAD A
GREAT TRANSITION TEAM.
SHE WAS IN SPRINGFIELD AND
WASHINGTON D.C. SHE DID HER
HOMEWORK TO BLEND THE OLD AND
THE NEW.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT IS WHAT WE
WILL SEE WITH HER LEADERSHIP
TEAM IN THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK
SHE WILL BE RESPECTFUL OF THE
OLDER PEOPLE THAT SHE TRUSTS AND
BRING THE NEW.
>> MARY WISNIEWSKI SHE IS LAYING
OUT AN AMBITIOUS 100-DAY
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
DO YOU THINK THAT SHE WILL HAVE
THE LEVERAGE TO GET A LOT OF
THIS DONE?
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WITH
SOME OF THE OPPOSITION IN CITY
COUNCIL.
HOWEVER SHE HAS BEEN A SURPRISE
ALL THE WAY ALONG.
PEOPLE DID NOT THINK SHE WOULD
GET AS FAR AS SHE COULD.
SHE IS A VERY SMART PERSON AND
SHE IS CONSULTING WITH A LOT OF
SMART PEOPLE.
I DON'T THINK THE ALDERMEN
SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE HER.
>> I WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE
AND GET YOUR ESTIMATION ONE
THING THAT YOU EXPECT THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DO OTHER THAN
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THE FIRST
FEW WEEKS.
EXAVIER POPE WHAT IS ANOTHER
INITIATIVE WE WILL SEE?
>> THE OTHER INITIATIVE IS
DEALING WITH UBER AND LYFT.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
GOING TO THE NEW YORK STYLE AND
WHERE THEY ARE GETTING UBER AND
LYFT TO PAY THEIR FARE.
AND THAT WILL RISE IN COSTS FOR
THE CONSUMER IN THE CITY.
BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE
SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT MORE FAIR FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS
IN THE CITY AS WELL.
>> SHE LAID THAT OUT.
AND MARY WISNIEWSKI ANOTHER
INITIATIVE RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT
TO SEE?
>> THE OTHER THING SHE TALKED
ABOUT IS DOING AN AUDIT ABOUT
PARKING TICKETS AND MOVING
VIOLATION TICKETS WHICH HAVE
BEEN FOUND TO EFFECT PEOPLE IN
BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES
MORE THAN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
>> PUBLIC SAFETY SHE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT IS
PROBABLY HER BIGGEST AREA OF
EXPERTISE AND SHE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT AMONG HER 100-DAY
PLAN, PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND.
WORKING SHE SAID AT LEAST FOR
NOW GOING TO KEEP SUPERINTENDENT
EDDIE JOHNSON IN PLACE.
I THINK WE WILL HEAR HER TALKING
A LOT AND STRESSING INTO THE
SUMMER PUBLIC SAFETY BEING A
PRIORITY.
>> TINA?
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN
THE STATE AND COOK COUNTY IS IS
A PUSH TOWARDS EXPUNGEMENTS TO
GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER CHANCE I
THINK SHE WILL LOOK INTO
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
>> AND THE BATTLE IS WHO IS
GOING TO GET THE COVETED
COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
MIKE DUMKE ALL NAMES BEING
THROWN OUT.
WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR HER
PICK OR THE ALDERMEN'S PICK FOR
THE HEAD OF FINANCE OR BUDGET?
>> I THINK IN GENERAL TINA HIT
ON IT.
I EXPECT TO SEE COMPROMISES.
I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS TO AND I
DON'T THINK SHE CAN GET AWAY
WITH KEEPING THE STATUS QUO,
KEEPING THE OLD GUARD PEOPLE IN
CHARGE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
COMMITTEES.
BUDGET, FINANCE, WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE CANNOT
JUST TOTALLY START AFRESH AND
CANNOT PUT IN NEWCOMERS AND
CAN'T PUT IN ONLY THE REFORM
TYPE PEOPLE.
SHE WILL NEED HELP.
I EXPECT HER TO GO FROM THE
ALDERMEN THAT I CONSIDER THE
MODERATE TYPES.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT IN
FRONT WITH SOME REFORM PROPOSALS
IN THE PAST.
BUT ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE
PERHAPS BEING ON THE COMMITTEES.
YOU WILL SEE NAMES LIKE PAT
DOWELL.
AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT MIGHT RISE
TO THE FOREFRONT.
>> DO YOU THINK ALDERMEN MIGHT
REVOLT AND GO WITH THEIR OWN
PLAN?
>> AS MIKE SAYS THERE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO BE COMPROMISES.
MAYBE SHE WILL GET FINANCE BUT
NOT BUDGET SHE IS THE PERSON IN
CHARGE RIGHT NOW.
>> AND SPEAKING OF COMMITTEES,
YOU AT PROPUBLICA DID A DIVE
INTO WHAT COMMITTEES DO AND HOW
THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY AND GET
ALL THE EXTRA STAFF MEMBERS.
FILL US IN ON WHAT YOUR
INVESTIGATION FOUND.
>> WELL, THE LONG AND SHORT IS
COMMITTEES AT EVERY LEVEL,
CONGRESS, STATE LEGISLATURES,
CITY COUNCILS THEY ARE SUPPOSED
TO VET LEGISLATION AND PROVIDE
GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND WITH
RARE EXCEPTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEES DO NOT DO EITHER.
THEY EXIST TO ADVANCE THE
MAYOR'S AGENDA, TO RUBBER STAMP
SMALL BOARD LEGISLATION THAT
AFFECTS STUFF IN WARDS OR SINGLE
STREETS AND THEN THEY EXIST AS
YOU MENTIONED, PARIS, AS PERKS
TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT
RANGE FROM $100,000 TO AT LEAST
A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND THEY CAN USE THE MONEY
ANYWAY THEY WANT.
SO THEY HIRE WHOEVER THEY WANT
IN SOME CASES.
THEY DIP INTO THE FUNDS
SOMETIMES FOR PERSONAL USE.
I FOUND THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WAS USING
MONEY IN HIS OWN TRANSPORTATION.
>> ANTHONY BEALE.
>> AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS
WAS OVERBUDGET IN THE SPENDING
AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S
FINANCES ARE ALMOST
INPENETRATABLE.
>> EXAVIER POPE DOES THIS TELL
YOU THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT NEEDS TO
FUNDAMENTALLY RETHINK COUNCIL
COMMITTEES IN GENERAL?
OR MAYBE GET RID OF A LOT OF
THEM?
>> YES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO ADDRESS HOW COMMITTEES ARE
STRUCTURED AND FORMED AND HOW
THEY OPERATE ESPECIALLY WITH THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE ISSUES
THAT THAT CHAIR HAS EXPERIENCED
IN HIS OWN POLITICAL CAREER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> TINA SFONDELES ALSO THIS WEEK
WE HAVE ANOTHER ALDERMAN IN A
LOT OF LEGAL HOT WATER.
HOW MUCH TROUBLE IS ALDERMAN JOE
MORENO IN FOR THIS ALLEGED
INSURANCE FRAUD CHARGE THAT HE
IS FACING?
>> WELL, THESE ARE FELONY COUNTS
THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR HIM.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THERE ARE A
FOUR ALDERMEN OUT ON BAIL.
>> AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT
RECORD.
>> THERE COULD BE MORE.
BUT HE IS IN --
>> NONE OF US THINK IT IS A
RECORD.
>> THAT PICTURE OF THE FOUR
SIDE-BY-SIDE AND IT IS SAD FOR
CHICAGO TO DEAL WITH.
HE IS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE IT IS A
FELONY COUNT.
HE REPORTED A CAR STOLEN AND HE
ALLEGEDLY LET A WOMAN USE HIS
CAR AND IT WAS FOR $30,000
INSURANCE CLAIM AND THAT IS WHAT
IS ALLEGED.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HE WAS IN COURT THIS WEEK.
HE OBVIOUSLY LOST HIS ELECTION
AND THIS WAS DURING THE
ELECTION.
I'M SURE IT WAS A STRESSFUL TIME
WHATEVER HE IS GOING TO SAY
HAPPENED BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK
GOOD.
>> AND THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER
OF THIS SAYS THEY WERE TEXTING
AND IN COMMUNICATION ALL THE
TIME THAT THIS CAR WAS ALLEGEDLY
STOLEN.
>> AND SHE FILED A DEFAMATION
LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM.
>> AND BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS
TOPIC, EXAVIER POPE WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT LIGHTFOOT AND LET'S TALK
ABOUT RAHM EMANUEL.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE HIS LEGACY
WILL BE?
WILL BE AS ROSIE AS HE PAINTS
IT?
OR DIRE AS THE CRITICS PAINT IT
OR IN THE MID?
I WILL.
>> I THINK IT WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE.
WHAT RAHM EMANUEL BROUGHT TO THE
CITY IN TERMS OF NEW BUSINESS
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MAY LOOK
AT HIM FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE BUT
IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WITH
LAQUAN McDONALD THAT IS GOING
TO CARRY ON AFTER HE IS GONE.
>> AND THE POLICE CONSENT DECREE
IN PLACE AND MIGHT BE LEGACY
WITH IMPROVING RELATIONS.
THE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE YEARS
AND YEARS TO ASSESS OUT.
>>> AND NEWS OUT OF SPRINGFIELD.
OPPONENTS IN A SENATE HEARING
ARE BLUNT WHY THEY BELIEVE THE
LEGALIZED MARIJUANA LEGISLATION
SHOULD GO UP IN SMOKE.
I DID NOT GET ENOUGH POT PUNS IN
THERE.
AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S
BUDGET GETS A NOD OF APPROVAL
FROM THE CIVIC FEDERATION AND
PRITZKER PLEDGES AN OVERHAUL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES.
TINA SFONDELES, IS THIS POT
LEGISLATION ABOUT TO GO UP IN
SMOKE AS WE SAID?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
WE HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE
END OF SESSION AND THIS IS WHEN
EVERYTHING HAPPENS.
WE NEED A CAPITAL PLAN A BUDGET
PUSHING POT AND PUSHING EXPANDED
GAMBLING, THE GRADUATED INCOME
TAX.
BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS
ORGANIZED AND THE SPONSORS OF
THE BILL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT
FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
IT IS NOT A SURPRISE WE ARE
HEARING MORE DETAILS THAT WE
HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR
THAT WANTS TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
IN THE HEARING IT WAS A
THREE-HOUR HEARING IT WAS A GOOD
OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROPONENTS.
AND SOME OF THE OPPONENTS THEIR
CLAIMS WERE ONES THAT I NEVER
HEARD OF A DOCTOR SAYS IT CAUSES
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND THE
SENATE SENATOR WAS SURPRISED SHE
HAD NOT HEARD THAT CLAIM.
>> AND TRYING TO GROW THE
POPULATION OF ILLINOIS.
>> THE PROBLEM WE'VE KNOWN THAT
POT CAUSES A CRAVING FOR
DOUGHNUTS AND TACOS BUT THIS IS
SOMETHING I NEVER HEARD OF.
>> A SOCIAL WORKER TALKED ABOUT
PSYCHOSIS AND STUDENTS THAT WERE
SMOKING POT AND NOT GOING TO
CLASS OR WITHDRAWN.
>> WHAT IS YOUR FINAL
PREDICTION?
IS IT GOING TO PASS AND WHAT IS
IT GOING TO INCLUDE?
>> I THINK IT WILL PASS.
CHANGES WILL BE PART OF THE
EXPUNGE.
PROCESS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE
LESS OF THAT.
AND LESS OF THE CLASSES THAT
WOULD HAVE THE MARIJUANA
CONVICTIONS EXPUNGED AND THE
HOME GROW ELEMENT ALLOWING YOU
TO HAVE FIVE PLANTS IN YOUR
HOME.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED WHAT THEY WILL
DO WITH THE PRODUCT THAT MIGHT
BE DWINDLED DOWN TO MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
>> MIKE DUMKE DOESN'T MATTER IF
THERE'S ONE PARTY IN POWER IN
SPRINGFIELD OR WHETHER THERE'S
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT POWER IT
COMES DOWN TO THE 11TH HOUR AND
THEN THERE IS AN OVERTIME
SESSION.
WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING IN
SPRINGFIELD?
>> GAMESMANSHIP.
WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW
IT IS A THEORY THAT A LOT OF US
HAVE NOT JUST THOSE OF US HERE
BUT PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW POLITICS
THAT SOME OF THE KEY PLAYERS,
HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN
THEY WANT IT THIS WAY IT MAKES
HIS ROLE MORE IMPORTANT.
HE CAN BE THE SUPER HERO.
HE CAN KILL OR LET LIVE CERTAIN
PROPOSALS.
AND AS TINA SAID IT SEEMS TO
HAPPEN EVERY CYCLE.
>> MARY WISNIEWSKI COULD YOU
THINK WE WILL HAVE A CAPITAL
BILL?
>> I DO NOT.
AND THIS IS A REALLY --
IT'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE.
WITH POT AHEAD OF IT AND OTHER
THINGS AHEAD OF AND THE INCOME
TAX DEBATE AHEAD OF IT AND THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT THE TRANSIT
AGENCIES AND THE ROAD
AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN PUSHING
HARD FOR BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT
OF NEEDS IN THE STATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WITH WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE LAKE SHORE DRIVE
BRIDGE OVER THE WINTER AND WHAT
IS HAPPENING ON THE BRIDGE OVER
THE DES PLAINES RIVER IN JOLIET
THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE
STATE AND THE FURTHER YOU PUSH
IT OUT THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND
MORE DETERIORATED IT WILL GET.
>> EXAVIER POPE WHAT ABOUT
GAMBLING IN WRIGLEY WRIGLEY
FIELD OR SOLDIER FIELD OR UNITED
CENTER?
>> YEAH, LEGALIZED SPORTS
BETTING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S IN EIGHT STATES UP TO THIS
POINT AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WHETHER IT'S NOW OR A YEAR FROM
NOW.
BUT IT IS AMAZING TO SEE TWO
PROFESSIONAL TEAMS IN VEGAS, AND
WE'RE SEEING IT'S JUST GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I THINK AMERICA HAS CHANGED HOW
WE VIEW GAMBLING AND SPORTS
BETTING.
BUT THE FIGHT IS WITH CASINOS.
WHO WANT TO CONTROL SPORTS
GAMING THAT IS WHERE THE FIGHT
IS AT.
>> AND DOESN'T MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL OR SOME OF THE OTHER
LEAGUES WANT TO ALLOW SOME KIND
OF BETTING ON THEIR PROPERTY
THEY WANT A PIECE OF THE CUT.
>> AND THAT IS THE THING ABOUT
ALL THE STUFF WITH POT, GAMBLING
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
SO WE'RE HAVING THIS DEBATE
BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS A CUT OF
WHAT IS OUT THERE.
AND SO NOW THE PRIVATE INTERESTS
WANT A CUT AS WELL.
>> AND THE TEAMS ARE LOBBYING IN
THE OTHER STATES WHERE IT'S
LEGALIZED AND THEY HAVE NOT
SUCCEEDED.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE ILLINOIS
THE FIRST STATE --
>> SLOTS IN THE STADIUM?
>> NO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE
THEIR DATA AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO
PAY THEM FOR THAT DATA.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE ACCURATE
GAME STATS FROM THE LEAGUES THAT
IS WHAT THEY WANT THEY WANT A
CUT FOR PROVIDING THE
INFORMATION.
>> AND TINA, ON THE TROUBLED
CHILD WELFARE AGENCY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR
WILL DO ON THAT?
>> HE HAS TO FIND A WAY TO GET
THEM MORE MONEY.
WE'VE SEEN THEY'VE GOTTEN LESS
MONEY WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS
SO THAT WILL BE IN THE
APPROPRIATIONS THAT THEY ARE
ASKING FOR IN THE BUDGET.
HE WANTS TO HIRE 126 MORE CASE
WORKERS.
IT WILL HELP BUT THERE SEEMS TO
BE SO MANY PROBLEMS IT IS NOT
JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES THERE'S SYSTEMIC
CULTURAL ALL THESE ISSUES.
EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS AN EMBATTLED AGENCY WE
HAVE SEEN IT FOR DECADES IT WILL
BE A HUGE CHALLENGE.
>> THE NEED FOR MORE MONEY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS THIS
WEEK IN THE MAYOR'S FINAL DAYS
IN OFFICE THE CITY UNVEILS THE
NEWEST STRETCH OF THE RIVERWALK
AND A LOOK AT EMANUEL'S RECORD
ON TRANSPORTATION.
A REPORT FINDS RENTERS IN BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
BE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES AND
HAMILTON ANNOUNCES IT WILL END
THE LONG CHICAGO RUN EARLY NEXT
YEAR.
MARY WISNIEWSKI WHO IS NEW ABOUT
THE RIVERWALK?
>> WE HAVE MORE VENDORS.
IT'S EXPANDED ITS BASE INTO THE
EAST OF THE MICHIGAN AVENUE AND
IT HAS A MORE CONSISTENT LOOK.
ONE OF THE WEIRD THINGS IS THEY
ARE ENFORCING BICYCLING ON THE
RIVERWALK EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT
ILLEGAL TO BICYCLE ON THE
RIVERWALK.
THEY ARE THERE TO TELL YOU THAT
YOU HAVE TO WALK YOUR BIKE AND
THAT IS STRANGE.
AND THE RIVERWALK IS ONE OF THE
UNQUESTIONABLE GOOD PARTS OF THE
LEDGER ON EMANUEL'S WATCH.
THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS FOR THE CITY AND
BRINGING PEOPLE TO A PART OF THE
CITY THAT PEOPLE IGNORED BEFORE.
>> I WAS WALKING DOWN THE EAST
PART OF THE RIVERWALK THE OTHER
NIGHT EAST OF MICHIGAN AVENUE.
THERE'S STILL NO KIND OF
RESTAURANTS OR ACTIVITIES YET.
WHEN IS THAT ALL GOING TO GO IN?
>> THE VENDORS ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE COMING.
>> EMANUEL MADE A BIG DEAL OF
TOUTING THAT.
I HAD NOT SEEN THE RESULTS.
SO YOU SAID THIS IS A POSITIVE
PART OF THE LEDGER.
WHAT IS EMANUEL'S OVERALL LEGACY
ON TRANSPORTATION?
>> HE REALIZED IN ORDER TO MAKE
CHICAGO WORLD CLASS CITY HE HAD
TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUFF AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE CTA IS
RUNNING AND THE AIRPORT WOULD BE
ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE AIR
TRAVEL COMING IN THE FUTURE.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT HE TOOK
CARE OF.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET A BILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE RED PURPLE LINE
MODERNIZATION AND HE WAS ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS NEEDED
ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR THE RED
LINE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING POSITIVE IN
COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES LIKE
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C.
THAT ARE TRANSIT SYSTEM LOOKS
BETTER.
IT STILL HAS PROBLEMS AND
REPAIRS IT NEEDS WHICH IS WHY
THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING THE
CAPITAL BILL SO BADLY.
BUT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CLAIM
SOME SUCCESSES ON THAT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE'S THE
RIDESHARE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF AND THE PROBLEM
WITH PEOPLE BEING TICKETED IN
GREATER PROPORTION IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES IS STILL A PROBLEM.
>> AND LIGHTFOOT IS TALKING
ABOUT TAKING AWAY A LOT OF RED
LIGHT CAMERAS.
WHAT ARE HER PRIORITIES?
>> SHE WANTS TO REDUCE
CONGESTION AND ADD 100 MILES OF
BIKE LANES AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE
THE RIDESHARE SITUATION MORE
EQUITABLE AND REDUCE CONGESTION
AND ADD BUS RAPID TRANSIT LANES
SOMETHING THE CITY IS DEFICIENT
IN.
>> THEY HAVE TRIED OVER THE
YEARS BUT IT HASN'T WORKED OUT.
>> AND THAT IS PART OF THE
PROBLEM WITH THE ALDERMEN AND
THE BUSINESSES.
THEY WANTED A LINE DOWN ASHLAND
AVENUE AND THE BUSINESSES WERE
LIKE WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAR
TRAFFIC.
>> AND THE REPORT SHOWING THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RENTERS ARE
EVICTED AT HIGHER RATES THAN
OTHER GROUPS.
>> IT SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF
MINORITIES ARE BEING EVICTED
FROM THEIR HOMES AND THEIR
APARTMENTS AND I DID LIKE THE
OTHER SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS IT
MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE NOT
DOING ANYTHING TOO WRONG.
THEY MAY BE IN A DISPUTE WITH
THE LANDLORD OVER REPAIRS OR
THEIR TOILET IS BROKEN AND THEY
TELL THE LANDLORD AND DO NOT PAY
THE RENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT IT
REPAIRED.
INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THAT
THEY LEAVE.
IT IS A SAD SITUATION AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT TA THEY OWE IS NOT MUCH.
SO THEY ARE BEING CATEGORIZED AS
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL
THE EVICTIONS AND IT'S LIKE SOME
OF THE PETTY DETAILS.
>> AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE
LAST FEW YEARS MATTHEW DESMOND
SCHOLARSHIP THIS HUGE BOOK THAT
SHOWED HOW EVICTIONS SET
FAMILIES BACK TREMENDOUSLY.
SO IT IS NOT JUST THE HORRIBLE
DISRUPTIVE EVENT OF HAVING TO
FIND A NEW APARTMENT BUT THE
HUGE ECONOMIC BLOW THAT HAPPENS
TO PEOPLE.
REPERCUSSIONS ACROSS THE CITY
WHEN IT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE.
>> 8.6% OF THE RENTERS IN SOUTH
SHORE ARE BEING EVICTED AND
CHATHAM, SOUTH SHORE AND
RIVERDALE.
IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL TO SEE.
AND THIS PROBLEM HAS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
>> CERTAINLY AFFECTING SPECIFIC
COMMUNITIES MORE THAN OTHERS.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO SPORTS, HAS
ANYONE SEEN HAMILTON?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN HAMILTON.
>> YOU HAVE.
A FEW MORE MONTHS TO DO IT.
>> I SAW IT WITH A HUGE POLE IN
FRONT OF ME I HAD A LIMITED
VIEW.
>> HOPEFULLY THE PRICE WASN'T
$500 TO SEE THE SHOW.
>> NO, IT WAS 80 BUCKS.
>> WHAT IS HAMILTON'S EFFECT
BEEN ON CHICAGO?
BY THE TIME THIS IS ALL SAID AND
DONE 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE WILL
HAVE SEEN IT.
>> I KNOW IN MY OWN FAMILY MY
11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S FIRST BIG
SHOW THAT SHE GOT TO SEE AND I
THINK IT'S GETTING A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT
THEATER.
>> AND IT GETS A LOT OF TOURISM
PEOPLE COMING FROM THE MIDWEST
TO COME TO CHICAGO AND SPEND
THEIR MONEY AND HOTELS UNT
RESTAURANTS.
>> AND MOVE TO SPORTS.
CUBS LOSE 2 OUT OF 3 TO THE REDS
BUT HANG ON TO THE LEAD AND THE
WHITE SOX WIN AGAINST THE BLUE
JAYS AND THE BULLS LAND THE
NUMBER 7 PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT
LOTTERY.
EXAVIER POPE WITH THE BULLS, DID
THEY TANK THIS YEAR IN HOPES OF
GETTING A TOP PICK?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY
DELIBERATELY TANKED THEY ARE NOT
VERY GOOD.
THEY ARE STILL YOUNG AND DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF TALENT.
UNSURE WHAT THE BULLS ARE DOING.
WHAT IS THE IDENTITY OF THE
TEAM?
>> DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A
LONG-TERM PLAN.
>> A LOT OF FANS HAVE HAD ISSUES
WITH THE ERA AND MANY WERE UPSET
WITH SOME OF THE RECENT MOVES IN
BRINGING THE CONTRACT TO JIM
BOYLAND.
>> THE HEAD COACH.
THE HEAD COACH OF THE BULLSES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
>> DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING?
>> THE BULLS CONTINUOUSLY HAVE
THE HIGH ATTENDANCE RATES AT
THEIR GAMES THEY ARE DOING WELL
FINANCIALLY ON THE COURT THEY
ARE NOT DOING WELL.
>> AND WHO DO YOU THINK THEY
WILL GET?
>> THERE'S TALKS ABOUT THE KID
OUT OF DUKE.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO PICK BUT
WHO NOOSE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
DO.
>> AND IF THEY COULD GET THE
NUMBER ONE PICK ZION WILLIAMSON
WOULD HAVE BEEN A SAVIOR.
>> SLAM DUNK BUT THEY ARE THE
CHICAGO BULLS.
>> AND YOU WONDER HOW LONG THEY
WILL KEEP THEIR FAN BASE AT THIS
RATE.
>> THE FAN EXPERIENCE AT THE
CHICAGO BULLS ARE SOME OF THE
BEST IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
YOU COME TO THE GAME YOU WILL
ENJOY YOURSELVES AND IT KEEPS
FANS COMING TO THE GAMES.
>> THERE'S DJ'S AND HOSTS.
>> AND TAKE PICTURES OF TROPHIES
FOR WHEN THEY WERE GOOD.
>> AND IT'S BECOME A TOURIST
ATTRACTION.
>> AT THE END OF THE SEASON I AM
ONE OF THE PERSON TURNING ON
GAMES IN THE BACKGROUND UP
THROUGH THE LAST WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW.
I LIKE BASKETBALL.
BUT IT'S LIKE EVEN I HAD TROUBLE
KEEPING TRACK OF WHO THE GUYS
WERE ON THE FLOOR.
THERE'S SO MUCH.
I KNOW A LOT OF INJURIES THIS
YEAR BUT WHAT IS THE PLAN POINT?
IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE CUBS ARE
BARELY HANGING ON TO FIRST
PLACE.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT GOING TO BE
TO STAVE OFF THE BREWERS AND THE
CARDINALS OVER THE REST OF THE
YEAR?
>> IT WILL BE TOUGH.
THERE ARE THREE SOLID TEAMS IN
THE DIVISION AND THEY HAVE THE
MVP THE BREWERS.
AND THE CUBS AFTER A SLOW START
PICKED UP SPEED AND HAVE BEEN
PLAYING WELL AND STARTED TO HIT
A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH
DIVISION TO WIN BUT THEY ARE IN
FOR IT.
>> AND THE PITCHING HAS GOTTEN
BETTER EXCEPT FOR DARVISH.
>> THOUGHT THAT THEY BOUGHT KEY
TERM HE HAS NOT DELIVERED ON
THOSE GOODS AND I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER HE WILL.
>> HE WAS GOOD THE OTHER NIGHT.
>> ONE NIGHT.
>> BUT THEY LOST THAT GAME.
>> HE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT AND
THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT THE
TEAM HAS BEEN HAVING.
>> ALL RIGHT WELL YOU HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENTLY GREAT BUT WE ARE
OUT OF TIME.
TINA SFONDELES, MIKE DUMKE, MARY
WISNIEWSKI AND EXAVIER POPE
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND WE
WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION
ON-LINE IN OUR WEB EXTRA VIDEO
AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT
EDITION OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW.
I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
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