When Lori Lightfoot takes office, she follows in the historic footsteps of another reform-minded mayor. In 1983, when Harold Washington became Chicago's first black mayor, 29 white aldermen were hellbent on hamstringing him. The procedural fisticuffs that ensued became known as the Council Wars.
When Lori Lightfoot takes office later this month, she follows in the historic footsteps of another reform-minded mayor. But the ushering in of Harold Washington as Chicago’s first black mayor did not sit well with the old guard. A revolt was inevitable. Chicago’s Council Wars, as they would be dubbed, erupted on May 2, 1983, when 29 aldermen realized the power of a favorite scenario of political science professors: on paper, the pitting of a weak mayor against a strong City Council in Chicago.
The new topsy-turvy world of Chicago politics prompted a frustrated liberal to resurrect a well-known maxim of an old-time machine alderman: “If this is reform,” he told the Tribune, “Paddy Bauler was right. Chicago ain’t ready for it.” The confusion surrounding the situation only worsened when both sides took the dispute to court.
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