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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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