The City Council’s Hispanic Caucus could nearly double in size — adding seven new members with names like Burke, Quinn, Mell, Zalewski, and Sposato — under a surprise invitation to emerge from a contentious remap process.
The City Council’s Hispanic Caucus could nearly double in size — adding seven new members with names like Burke, Quinn, Mell, Zalewski, and Sposato — under a surprise invitation to emerge from a contentious remap process.
Chicago cabdrivers have already accused Mayor Rahm Emanuel of changing virtually everything about the taxicab industry except by giving them the thing that matters most to them: a fare increase. Now, they’re complaining about being “disenfranchised” when it comes to their future ability to petition the City Council for higher fares.
The uptick in FOID cards follows the City Council's approval of a July 2010 ordinance lifting a 28-year-old ban on handguns in Chicago. The ordinance requires gun owners to obtain a city gun permit and register their firearms with the Chicago Police.
Chicago should seriously consider licensing dog owners to prevent a repeat of the vicious lakefront attack by a pair of pit bulls that cost a 62-year-old his left foot, an alderman said Wednesday.
The full City Council has approved Mayor Emanuel’s softened security proposals, which were drawn up in light of the NATO and G8 summits scheduled for May.
