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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS
SCHUTZ.
WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE
WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN A
MOMENT BUT SOME OF TODAY'S TOP
STORIES.
A HEDGE FUND WILL BE THE SOLE
OWNER OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
AND PAPERS.
THE BOARD OF TRIBUNE PUBLISHING
APPROVED A $633 MILLION BID FROM
ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL TO CONTROL
THE COMPANY.
IT'S THE SECOND BIGGEST
NEWSPAPER OWNER IN THE COUNTRY
AND KNOWN FOR SLASHING STAFF TO
THE BONE.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO FIND A
COMPETING BID TO BUY THE PAPER.
GREGORY PRATT SAYS THE DEAL
PORTENDS A DIRE FUTURE FOR THAT
INSTITUTION AND A CITY THAT
RELIES ON ITS REPORTING.
>> IT IS A SOBERING CHALLENGING
DAY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO
AFTER THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL TAKING FULL
OWNERSHIP OF THE TRIBUNE IS A
PROBLEM IT IS A CONCERN IN THE
LONG-TERM AND IN THE SHORT-TERM.
BUT IN THE LONG-TERM WE ARE
GOING TO DO WHAT WE DO WE'RE
GOING TO PUT OUT A DAMN PAPER.
>> A VOTE ON A CIVILIAN POLICE
OVERSIGHT BOARD COULD HAPPEN
NEXT MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL'S PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THAT COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO
VOTE.
MAYOR LIGHTFOOT VOWED TO
INTRODUCE HER OWN PLAN BUT HAS
YET TO GIVE SPECIFICS AND YOU
CAN READ MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 1500
NEW COVID CASES AND 21 DEATHS IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE
TOTAL OF 1.373 MILLION CASES AND
22,556 DEATHS.
AND MORE THAN 39% OF THE STATE'S
POPULATION HAS BEEN FULLY
VACCINATED.
>> AND NOW ON TO OUR "THE WEEK
IN REVIEW" PANEL.
JOINING US ARE MAXWELL EVANS, OF
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO.
TAHMAN BRADLEY OF WGN NEWS.
AND JIM DeROGATIS CO-HOST OF
SOUND OPINIONS WHICH YOU CAN
HEAR ON WBEZ AND DANA KOZLOV OF
CBS2 NEWS.
LET'S START OFF WITH LORI
LIGHTFOOT THE MAYOR CELEBRATED
HER SECOND ANNIVERSARY IN OFFICE
BY TOUTING HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND ACKNOWLEDGING DIFFICULTIES.
TAKE A LOOK...
>> VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I
WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED.
BUT IN MANY WAYS, I WOULDN'T
TRADE A SECOND OF IT.
IT'S BEEN HARD, IT'S BEEN TOUGH
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FELT
DESPAIR.
>> LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT
BEFORE PANDEMIC SHE CAME IN WITH
SO MUCH HOPE AND PROMISE.
THAT PEOPLE BELIEVED IN
SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMING TO
CITY GOVERNMENT AND SHE HAS
FAILED AT EVERY TURN MOST OF THE
TIME FROM SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS.
>> DANA KOZLOV, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT
PROMISED TRANSPARENCY WHEN SHE
CAMPAIGNED.
RACIAL EQUITY, AND END
ALDERMANIC PRIVILEGE.
POLICE REFORM.
HOW HAS SHE FARED, WHAT IS HER
REPORT CARD?
>> IF YOU LISTEN TO THE 20 PLUS
GROUPS THAT HAD A PROTEST NEAR
HER HOME GAVE HER AN F.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ONE
THING BEFORE YOU ISSUE A GRADE
AND THAT IS THE PANDEMIC.
THAT THREW A WRENCH IN SO MUCH
WHAT SHE MAY HAVE PLANNED TO DO.
BUT I DO THINK AND THERE ARE
EXAMPLES OF HER GOING BACK ON OR
NOT LIVING UP TO THINGS SHE SAID
SHE WAS GOING TO DO PRIOR TO
BEING ELECTED AND ONE OF THOSE
IS TRANSPARENCY.
THE POLICE MISCONDUCT FILE
DATABASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS
REACHED THIS WEEK BETWEEN
HERSELF AND TWO ALDERMEN WOULD
BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SHE WANTS TRANSPARENCY ABOUT
POLICE PISS CONDUCT AND THE
AGREEMENT WOULD RELEASE FILES
BACK TO 2000.
AND THE ANJANETTE YOUNG CASE
WHERE INITIALLY CITY HALL TRIED
TO FIGHT THE RELEASE OF THE
VIDEO TO US.
SO I WOULD SAY THERE ARE A LOT
OF EX10IATING CIRCUMSTANCES IT
IS NOT LIKE OF MAYOR RAHM
EMANUEL SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE OR
FORMER MAYOR DALEY'S SECOND YEAR
IN OFFICE WITH ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED I GIVE HER A SOLID B.
>> OR INCOMPLETE BECAUSE THERE
ARE TWO MORE YEARS ON THE TERM
AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE LAST
YEAR IT THREW A WRENCH INTO
THINGS THAT NOBODY EXPECTED.
AND JOSEPH FERGUSON SAYS THE
DATABASE DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.
TAHMAN BRADLEY YOU HAVE HIGHER
RATES OF SHOOTINGS OVER LAST
YEAR AND LAST YEAR OVER THE YEAR
BEFORE ALTHOUGH THIS DOES MIRROR
A TREND IN BIG CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WHAT ABOUT HER RECORD ON PUBLIC
SAFETY?
>> PARIS, SHE ABSOLUTELY GETS AN
INCOMPLETE GRADE.
IT IS A RECORD OF CLASHING WITH
VARIOUS PEOPLE VARIOUS GROUPS,
THE ALDERMEN, JOURNALISTS,
OPPONENTS HAVE TOUGH
IN-YOUR-FACE STYLE.
IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS MARKED BY
CONTROVERSY, MARKED BY ACRIMONY.
YES THE PANDEMIC IS A BIG PIECE
BUT COUPLE THINGS THAT STAND OUT
FOR ME THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH
PROFILE CAMPAIGN PROMISES THAT
HAVE NOT YET BEEN MET.
THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.
AND NOW SHE IS BACKING A HYBRID
PLAN SO THAT IS A PARTIALLY
ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THEN ON POLICE REFORM SHE
SAID SHE SUPPORTED PUBLIC
OVERSIGHT AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION THAT WOULD HAVE THE
FINAL SAY ON POLICE POLICY.
SHE CONTINUES TO PROMISE US THAT
SHE'LL UNVEIL HER PLAN, THE
ALDERMEN ARE READY TO MOVE ON
THIS BECAUSE THE GRASSROOTS HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS WEEK I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT
AND SHE SAID STAY TUNED MY PLAN
SOMETHING COMING.
SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXPERT
ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> FORMER HEAD OF THE POLICE
BOARD AND FORMER MAYOR'S TASK
FORCE.
A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THAT
ISSUE.
MAXWELL EVANS, THOSE THINGS THAT
TAHMAN BRADLEY MENTIONED,
CHANGING THE STANCE ON THE
ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TO
SUPPORTING HYBRID SCHOOL BOARD
AND CHANGING OVER POLICE
OVERSIGHT DO YOU THINK THOSE
THINGS WILL COST HER WITH
VOTERS?
>> WHAT I'M HEARING IN MY
NEIGHBORHOODS IS SHE IS NOT
DRAWING A WHOLEHEARTED
SUPPORTERS FLIP-FLOPPING ON THE
ISSUES.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT
OF SOME OF HER POLICIES AND
PUSHES FOR EQUITY ACROSS THE
CITY PARTICULARLY IN BUSINESS.
BUT, YEAH, MANY RESIDENTS I
SPEAK TO ARE GROWING FRUSTRATED
WITH THE WISHY WASH WINESS AS IT
RELATES TO THE ISSUE US.
>> AND FRUSTRATED ALDERMEN.
JIM DeROGATIS, DESPITE THIS
FRUSTRATION SHE CAME IN
ANTAGONISTIC SAYING YOUR FREE
RIDE IS OVER, ALDERMANIC
PRIVILEGE IS OVER.
SHE HAS PASSED TWO BUDGETS BY
SLIM MARGINS BUT DO YOU SEE AUTO
HER LOSING CONTROL OF CITY
COUNCIL AND COUNCIL GOING
AGAINST WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO?
>> I WISH THE COUNCIL WOULD
PUSHBACK MORE.
I DON'T COVER CITY HALL AS
REGULARLY AS MY COLLEAGUES.
AS A CITIZEN AND NEWS HOG I'M
SHOCKED HOW PRO BIG BUSINESS SHE
IS.
JUST LIKE DALEY WAS.
WHETHER YOU TALK ABOUT WAY
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEFORE SHE
GOT INTO OFFICE SHE FLIP-FLOPPED
IN THE FIRST WEEK ON LINCOLN
YARDS AND NOW ALLOWING
LOLLAPALOOZA TO DO WHATEVER IT
PLEASES THE SITUATION ON THE
EASTSIDE OF CHICAGO LET'S MOVE
THE PROBLEM OUT OF THE NORTH
SIDE AND BRING MORE POLLUTION TO
THE EASTSIDE.
YOU KNOW, SHE SEEMS TO ROLLOVER
TO BIG BUSINESS EVERY BIT AS
MUCH AS HER PRESENTED SESSER
ISES.
>> --
PREDECESSORS.
>> CRITICS IN DIFFERENT CORNERS
AND MADE NATIONAL NEWS WHEN SHE
ANNOUNCED SHE WAS ONLY TALKING
TO BLACK AND BROWN JOURNALISTS
ON HER SECOND ANNIVERSARY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> ONE DAY OUT OF 365, I SAY
THAT I'M GOING TO MARK THE
ANNIVERSARY OF MY TWO YEARS IN
OFFICE BY GIVING EXCLUSIVE
ONE-ON-ONES TO JOURNALISTS OF
COLOR AND THE WORLD LOSES ITS
MIND.
IT'S WAY PASTTIME FOR THE CITY
HALL PRESS CORPS AND THE PEOPLE
THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS TO GET
THE MEMO.
>> TAHMAN BRADLEY, THE REACTIONS
ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THIS.
SOME FOLKS SAYING IT'S FAIR TO
QUESTION THE DIVERSITY
REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA BUT ALSO
QUESTIONING WHETHER MAYOR
LIGHTFOOT IS THE RIGHT MESSENGER
OR THE TIMING WHETHER THIS IS A
DIVERSIONRY TACTIC?
>> THERE IS A GREAT TRADITION IN
THIS COUNTRY OF PROTESTS BY
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON ISSUES
THAT NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THERE ARE STATISTICS SHOWING
THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN
NEWSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
PEOPLE BARELY PAY ATTENTION.
WEDNESDAY PEOPLE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN
THE PRESS CORPS AND IN NEWSROOMS
IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
SO IMPORTANT TOPIC TO DISCUSS
BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE
MAYOR WAS MARKING TWO YEARS IN
OFFICE THIS CHANGED THE SUBJECT
AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT HEADLINE
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
NEGATIVE HEADLINES THAT WE
DISCUSSED TO MARK THE OCCASION.
ALSO KEEP IN MIND, PARIS, THAT
THIS IS A MAYOR WHO IS THINKING
ABOUT RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND
IT IS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH
BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO.
CERTAIN THE CHATTERING CLASS IS
VERY UPSET.
CITY HALL FOLKS ARE OFFENDED.
BUT THE REALITY IS THERE ARE A
LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE
THAT SAID RIGHT NOW.
LISTENING TO BRACK RADIO STATION
THEY WERE EXPLAINING WHAT
HAPPENED AND THEN THERE WAS A
PIVOT TO HOW CHICAGO IS A
SEGREGATED CITY AND ALL RILED
UP.
AND SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
MISS THE FACT IT WAS A
CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND THERE
WAS NO QUESTION SHE WAS TRYING
TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT AND SHE
HAS BEEN FEUDING WITH SOME
JOURNALISTS AT CITY HALL A WAY
TO THROW AN ELBOW YEAH I'M NOT
TALKING TO YOU TODAY AND BE MAD
ABOUT IT.
>> AND WE TOOK EXCEPTION WITH
PREVIOUS MAYORS WHEN THEY WANT
TO CHOOSE WHO GETS TO INTERVIEW
THEM.
WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH
OTHER MAYORS WE HAD A
DISAGREEMENTS WITH THIS MAYOR.
DANA KOZLOV "SUN-TIMES"
EDITORIAL NOTED HAD SHE GIVEN
THE INTERVIEWS TO SOME OF THE
REPORTERS AS OPPOSED TO MAKE IT
PUBLIC, WHAT SHE WAS DOING, IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> SHE OFFERED THESE INTERVIEWS
OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND GONE
AHEAD WITH IT WITHOUT MAKING A
STATEMENT ABOUT WHY?
>> OR TELEGRAPHING TO EVERYBODY
ELSE EXACTLY WHY THEY WERE DOING
THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I THINK
THAT SHE NEEDED TO SAY
SOMETHING.
PERSONALLY ON WEDNESDAY, SO I AM
SOMEBODY FROM CHANNEL 2 COMMONLY
COVERS CITY HALL AND HAS FOR
QUITE SOMETIME ON WEDNESDAY,
WHEN I CAUGHT WIND OF THESE
ONE-ON-ONE'S BEING OFFERED AND
JUST LET ME SAY, THE MAYOR CAN
OFFER ONE-ON-ONE'S TO WHOMEVER
SHE WANTS TO.
>> MAYORS HAVE DONE THIS SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF CHICAGO.
>> BUT IT IS CUSTOMARY ON AN
OCCASION LIKE A TWO-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY FOR THE MAYOR OR
LET'S SAY THE HEAD OF SCHOOLS TO
SAY I'M OFFERING THESE
ONE-ON-ONE'S TO SOMEBODY FROM
EVERYBODY TELEVISION STATION OR
EVERY PAPER.
SO WHEN I CAUGHT WIND THAT THE
ONE-ON-ONE'S WERE BEING OFFERED
TO ONLY JOURNALISTS OF COLOR AND
NOBODY AT MY STATION WAS
CONTACTED.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
SO I REACHED OUT TO HER STAFF
AND WAS SORT OF PUT ON HOLD
UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING, THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND THAT WAS OF THE
RESPONSE I GOT WAS THE LETTER
AND WHEN I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW WHY SOME OF MY BLACK AND
BROWN COLLEAGUES AT CBS2 WERE
NOT OFFERED OR COULD HAVE BEEN
OFFERED THESE INTERVIEWS AND I
NEVER HEARD BACK.
I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN
IT.
BECAUSE THEN OR TELL ME HEY I'M
MAD AT YOU CHANNEL 2 AND I DON'T
WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> THE SAME THING HERE THERE WAS
NOT AN INTERVIEW OFFERED TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" AT ALL TO ANY
OF MY COLLEAGUES OR MYSELF.
BUT AGAIN IT PROMPTED A LOT OF
DISCUSSIONS.
MAXWELL EVANS, SHE --
HER STAFF SAID THEY WANTED TO
GIVE HYPER LOCAL OUTLETS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
CERTAINLY HYPER LOCAL OUTLETS
NEED THE ACCESS.
DID YOUR OUTLET BLOCK CLUB DID
THEY GET AN INTERVIEW?
>> I'M NOT 100% SURE I DID NOT
NOR DID I REACH OUT TO SECURE
ONE.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE HYPER
LOCAL OUTLETS, THIS CITY IS
SPECIAL THERE ARE SO MANY
REPORTERS OF COLOR AND YOUNG
REPORTERS THOSE WHO DID NOT
STUDY JOURNALISM.
I THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE TO BE
DISCUSSED HERE.
THERE IS AN ISSUE OF DIVERSITY
IN MEDIA NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND MY FRIENDS
IN THIS FIELD YET THAT IS AN
ISSUE OF ACCESS AS OPPOSED TO
MAKEUP.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHICAGO YOU
HAVE BLOCK CLUB AND GOT THE
TRIBE AND ALL OF THE NONPROFIT
OUTLETS THE READER, SO MUCH
GREAT OUTLETS THAT ARE DOING
GOOD WORK THAT HAVE DIVERSE
STAFFS AND FOR LIGHTFOOT TO
WRONGLY STATE THERE IS NO WOMEN
OF COLOR COVERING CITY HALL THAT
SHOWS SHE IS NOT PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE TRUE ISSUE
THERE ARE WOMEN OF COLOR
COVERING CITY HALL AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR DOING EXCELLENT WORK
COVERING EVERYTHING GOING ON IN
THE CITY.
IT IS A MATTER OF THEY NEED THIS
YEAR-ROUND MORE THAN ONE DAY,
THEY NEED MORE THAN A SPECIAL
OCCASION.
AND NEED THAT SORT OF ACCESS ALL
THE TIME TO PROPERLY REPORT ON
THE CITY.
>> CERTAINLY A POINT THAT A LOT
OF LOCAL OUTLETS WERE MAKING.
AND JIM DeROGATIS, THE
REACTION ESPECIALLY AT A CERTAIN
CABLE CHANNEL WAS OVER THE TOP.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW SORT OF
FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY TOOK
THIS AND FIT IT INTO A
PARTICULAR NARRATIVE?
>> YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT-WING OWE
MEDIA JUST BLEW IT OUT OF
PROPORTION.
YOU KNOW --
>> THE DOG WANTS TO WEIGH-IN AS
WELL.
>> I THOUGHT THAT TRIBE
INTERVIEW WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
I THINK THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB
AND THEY ARE DOING GREAT WORK.
YOU KNOW HEY, OF THE THREE
REPORTERS WHO COVER CITY HALL
FOR WBEZ TWO ARE WOMEN OF COLOR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT
MISSED THAT.
>> CAN I SAY, PARIS AND THAT
TRIBE ARTICLE WAS FASCINATING
AND I THINK THE MAYOR WAS TRYING
TO CONNECT WITH THE LEFT BUT
OBVIOUSLY --
>> THE TRIBE IS A HYPER LOCAL
OUTLET ON-LINE.
GO AHEAD
>> YES.
AND CLEARLY AN EFFORT TO REACH
YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS
AND SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
THE MAYOR CERTAINLY CAME ACROSS
AS PRO POLICE AND SOMEONE WHO
MAY BE IS NOT THE STRONGEST
SUPPORTER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM AND ALSO SHE ENDED UP
DEFENDING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
WHICH MAY NOT HELP HER.
>> POLICE OFFICERS YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT?
>> WHICH PROTECTS POLICE
OFFICERS ON THE JOB.
I GO BACK TO THE POINT THAT MANY
PEOPLE WERE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE
THIS WEEK.
AND SOMETIMES TO GET CHANGE,
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MADE
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THERE IS A HISTORY AND TRADITION
OF THAT.
THIS MAYOR CHOSE TO DO THAT, OF
COURSE IT WAS POLITICAL SHE IS
THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS POLITICAL
AND YOU CAN QUESTION THE TIMING.
THE TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS.
BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT NEWSROOM DIVERSITY.
>> AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WAS A
ONE-DAY POLICY WHETHER FOLKS
LIKE IT OR DON'T LIKE IT AND SHE
DID GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND
CALLED ON REPORTERS OF ALL
BACKGROUNDS.
I WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER ISSUE
THIS WEEK.
LOLLAPALOOZA IS RETURNING TO
GRANT PARK WITH NO CAPACITY
LIMITS.
JIM WHY IS IT SAFE FOR
LOLLAPALOOZA BUT OTHER EVENTS
THAT DON'T FEEL IT'S SAFE YET?
>> IT'S INSANE IT IS NOT SAFE.
NOT 40% OF ILLINOIS IS
VACCINATED YET.
AND TO ALLOW 100,000 PEOPLE OVER
FOUR DAYS EACH IN GRANT PARK IS
BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PLEASE
STATE BUSINESSES.
AND LOLLAPALOOZA CANNOT CONTROL
[INAUDIBLE]
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THEY
ARE GOING TO CHECK FOR VACCINES.
>> Dr. ARWADY WAS ON THE SHOW
SAYING THEY WILL NOT CHECK FOR
VACCINES AT THE GATE THEY WILL
COME UP WITH AN ELECTRONIC WAY
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING
TO DO?
>> THE SCIENTISTS ARE
UNDETERMINED HOW [INAUDIBLE]
HOW BIG A SURGE THE MOTORCYCLE
RALLY HAD IN THE MIDST OF THE
FIRST WAVE I DON'T WANT
LOLLAPALOOZA TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR [INAUDIBLE]
LOOK, THIS GOES AGAINST THE
BACKGROUND OF THE FACT THAT THE
CLUBS THAT ARE THE LIFE BLOOD OF
THIS CITY, JAZZ, HIP-HOP AND
ROCK HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED FOR 14
MONTHS.
AND THE $8 BILLION BAILOUT BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME
MONTHS AGO BUT ON DAY ONE OF
OPENING THE PORTAL TO HELP, $2
BILLION IS EARMARKED FOR SMALL
VENUES OF 150 OR 25 OCAPTY.
THE PORT CAL CRASHED.
IT TOOK A LOT TO GET IT UP.
AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN A
PENNY, PARIS.
WE ARE GOING TO WAKE UP ONE DAY
AND HAVE NOTHING.
BUT LOLLAPALOOZA AND FROM
[INAUDIBLE]
>> THE LOLLAPALOOZA CONTRACTS
MEAN THOSE BANDS CANNOT PLAY
THESE OTHER VENUES FOR A CERTAIN
PERIOD OF TIME.
DANA KOZLOV, WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S
EXPLANATION FOR ALLOWING THIS TO
GO ON AND RIOT FEST AND
PITCHFORK?
ARE YOU GOING TO BE OUT AT ANY
OF THOSE EVENTS?
>> FIRST OF ALL MAYBE A FEW
YEARS AGO I WOULD BE OUT AT THE
EVENTS.
BUT --
MAYBE MY DAUGHTER WILL BE AT ONE
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
HONESTLY, PARIS, HONESTLY, I
DIDN'T HEAR THE MAYOR'S
EXPLANATION BUT ONE THING I
WANTED TO ADD IS YOU KNOW THERE
ALWAYS IS A DISCUSSION OF SAFETY
AND ECONOMICS AND BELIEVE ME JIM
I HEAR YOU ABOUT THE SMALL VENUE
I AM A HUGE SMALL MUSIC LIVE
PERSON AND I MISS IT AND I HURT
FOR ALL OF THEM.
>> I'VE BEEN TO THE GREEN MILL A
COUPLE TIMES, AND I AM FULLY
VACCINATED.
BUT GO AHEAD.
>> MY POINT THOUGH, IS THERE
ALSO IS A NEED TO FOR ECONOMIC
REBIRTH IN THE CITY, TOO.
IN MY OPINION, I THINK THERE IS
A FINE LINE BETWEEN TRYING TO
BRING TAX DOLLARS INTO THE CITY
IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN AND
TRYING TO STILL PRESERVE THE
INTEGRITY OF WHETHER SMALL MUSIC
VENUES OR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
RIGHT NOW IT IS A PERILOUS TIME
ECONOMICALLY.
I DID NOT HEAR HER EXPLANATION
BUT I DO THINK IT IS A
CONSIDERATION.
>> JIM, LOLLAPALOOZA'S HAD A
SWEETHEART RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
FORMER DALEY ADMINISTRATION,
RAHM EMANUEL WAS SYMPATHETIC IS
THERE A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LIGHTFOOT ORGANIZATION,
THE PRESENTERS?
>> I THINK THE MAYOR IS BEING
BUOYED BY THE EXPLANATION HOW
MUCH WONDERFUL ECONOMIC ROLL OUT
THERE IS IS FOR THE RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS DOWNTOWN.
AGAIN, FOUR DAYS OF INTENSE
BENEFIT TO THE HIGH-END HOTELS
DOWNTOWN VERSUS 365 DAYS A YEAR
TO THE EXISTING MUSIC VENUES.
AGAIN IT'S BENDING OVER FOR BIG
BUSINESS AND I WOULD NOT RISK
YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN MASKED AND
AVOIDING COVID FOR A YEAR TO GO
TO ANY OF THE FESTIVALS.
IT'S INSANE.
>> GENERAL IRON IS SUING THE
CITY FOR $100 MILLION THOUGH THE
CITY IS FOLLOWING EPA WARNINGS
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT METAL SHREDDER MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
DOES THIS LAWSUIT HAVE A CHANCE
OF SCHEDULE SUCCEEDING?
>> THE PARENT COMPANY IS PUSHING
TO DO THEY WANT AN OPERATING
PERMIT AND THEY ARE AT ODDS OVER
THE DELAYS AND THE PERMIT REVIEW
BY THE CITY'S GUIDELINES THE
DECISION WAS DUE MARCH 15TH AND
MARCH 15TH THE DECISION WAS MADE
TO DELAY AND AGAIN EARLIER THIS
MONTH WE HEARD THERE WAS GOING
TO BE A DELAY BASED OFF OF THE
EPA'S GUIDANCE THAT YOU
REFERENCED.
MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS HALTED THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PERMIT
REVIEW AND THE EPA URGED THE
CITY TO FURTHER STUDY THE IMPACT
OF ANOTHER POLLUTER ON THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE.
THIS WOULD BE THE FIFTH SCRAPPER
THAT IS OWNED BY RESERVE
MANAGEMENT GROUP.
THERE IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES THERE IS A DUMP SITE
FOR POLLUTED SEDIMENT AND THE
AREA IS RECOVERING FROM THE
STEEL INDUSTRY'S POLLUTION.
IT'S DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT
WITH THE LAWSUIT JUST ANNOUNCED
TO SAY WHICH WAY IT COULD GO.
I CAN SAY A FEDERAL JUDGE
DECLINED TO FORCE THE CITY TO
DECLINE A PERMIT ENDING A
LAWSUIT CLAIMING THE CITY
COMMITTED ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
BY TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IF THAT IS THE PRESS DEPARTMENT
WE HAVE THEN A FEDERAL JUDGE DID
DISMISS THAT.
BUT THIS IS COMPLEX THIS IS THE
CITY AND SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING AT
ODDS WHEN THEY WERE SHOWING UP
IN COURT FOR THAT PAST LAWSUIT
TOGETHER AND MAKING THE SAME
CLAIMS.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TUSSLE.
I HAVE TO TURN TO A BIG
CONTROVERSY PERHAPS THE BIGGEST
CONTROVERSY, YOUR MEAN MERCEDES
30, THE SOX ARE UP 15-4 AND THE
COACHES ARE TELLING THEM TAKE
THE PITCH AND HE SWINGS AND HITS
A HOME RUN AND THE MANAGER IS
NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THIS SPURS A DEBATE OF LIKE DO
YOU LET THE KIDS PLAY?
OR DO YOU STAND BY THE OLD
UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL.
WHERE DO YOU FALL?
>> TONY LaRUSSA IS EXCITING
AND A HALL OF FAME MANAGER IS AT
THE HELM OF THIS EXCITING WHITE
SOX TEAM.
I THINK IT'S 1986.
THE GAME HAS CHANGED.
LET THE KIDS PLAY.
THERE IS A PITCHER ON THE MOUND
FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS.
>> A POSITION PLAYER.
>> POSITION PLAYER ON THE MOUND
FOR THE TWINS.
THEY ARE CONCEDING THE GAME BY
DOING THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THROWING A 50-MILE-PER-HOUR
FOOTBALL.
0-MILE-PER-HOUR
FASTBALL.
HE THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS YOU
DON'T DO THAT.
>> ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE WAS
AFRAID OF RETALIATION AND THE
TWINS DID TRY TO RETALIATE.
>> ALL HE HAD TO SAY AT THE
PRESS CONFERENCE IS THIS IS WHAT
I WAS AFRAID OF WHY I TOLD HIM
DO NOT DO THIS RESPECT THE GAME
AND CALL OUT THE TWINS LIKE
SHAME ON YOU.
WHY WOULD YOU THROW AT MY GUY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
WAKE UP.
YOU GOT A FIRST PLACE TEAM.
>> HE HAS THE BEST TEAM WITH THE
BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL.
I SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE VOTE FOR
THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION.
35 REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS VOTED
IN FAVOR OF INCLUDING DAVIS AND
KINZINGER HERE IN ILLINOIS.
ANYONE THINK IT HAS ANY CHANCE
IN THE SENATE WHERE A SENATE
MINORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL SAID HE WOULD OPPOSE
IT TO PUT AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION TOGETHER TO
INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED
JANUARY 6.
>> INTERESTING THAT DAVIS AND
KINZINGER VOTED FOR THAT
POTENTIALLY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT RUN
FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.
>> MIGHT NOT HAVE A
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ANYMORE
EITHER.
>> NO, IT HAS NO CHANCE.
>> BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED A
FILIBUSTER PROOF MAJORITY?
>> EVERYTHING INCLUDING WHAT WE
SEE NOW IS THE STILL ONGOING
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
>> IN THE G.O.P.
THANKS TO MAXWELL EVANS, TAHMAN
BRADLEY, JIM DeROGATIS AND
DANA KOZLOV.
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