The city of Chicago is denying a permit request for demonstrators to march against the NATO summit here this May, saying the necessary crowd control would be "a drain on existing police resources."
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The city of Chicago is denying a permit request for demonstrators to march against the NATO summit here this May, saying the necessary crowd control would be "a drain on existing police resources."
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In a surprise turnaround, the White House announced Monday afternoon that Chicago won't be hosting the controversial G-8 summit after all. It will be held at Camp David instead of Chicago.
Concerns about public safety in Chicago during the upcoming G8 and NATO summits in May apparently don't extend to those who will be participating.
Chicago City Council meetings could get a whole lot tamer — and less democratic — if four powerful committee chairmen have their way. Aldermen Edward M. Burke (14th), Ray Suarez (31st), Richard Mell (33rd) and Carrie Austin (34th) want to change the City Council rules to prohibit the audience in attendance at Council meetings from expressing their excitement or displeasure with the proceedings.
A White House official says Chicago taxpayers won't be paying for the upcoming G-8 and NATO summits in which leaders from around the world will descend on the city.
