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Chicago mayor pulls out of roundtable to avoid being on same stage with Minneapolis mayor

It’s a bad look for her.

[YAHOO] reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot

...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
pulled out of a virtual roundtable hosted by Crain’s Chicago Business to avoid appearing on the same digital stage as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has been a lightning rod for criticism after the police killing of George Floyd, sources told The Chicago Tribune.
Lightfoot had been scheduled to join political consultant David Axelrod
...a Chicago-based political hack, political adviser to Barack B.O. Obama since 2004. Following the 2008 election, he was appointed as Senior Advisor to Obama and we all see how well that worked out....
"and the mayors of two Midwest cities on Wednesday to discuss how COVID-19 and recent civil unrest will define the future of our nation’s cities," according to a since-deleted Crain’s Facebook post.

But Lightfoot abruptly withdrew from the event earlier this week, and sources with knowledge of the situation said the mayor’s team told Crain’s her cancellation was to avoid being on a virtual stage with Frey.

In a brief statement, the mayor’s office attributed the withdrawal to a scheduling conflict.

Crain’s Publisher and Executive Editor Jim Kirk declined comment.

Frey has been roundly criticized since Floyd’s killing spurred national protests and civil unrest. After Floyd’s death, a Minneapolis cop shoppe was burned down and members of the City Council vowed to radically transform the police department.

Frey has opposed calls to abolish police but promised changes to the department and created a task force to look into the issue.

Chicago is the biggest city in the United States not to endorse some form of defunding police.

It’s not clear why Lightfoot wouldn’t want to share the stage with Frey.

Lightfoot has a long, complicated history in the local police reform movement. She’s a former federal prosecutor who headed the board that oversees police discipline and chaired the Police Accountability Task Force formed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But she is often criticized by activists as being pro-police.
"Pro-Police"?? Puhleeez! Couldn't be further from the troof

Posted by Fred 2020-08-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 It’s a bad look for her.

But then, what isn't?

Posted by charger 2020-08-01 13:20|| 2020-08-01 13:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Two way street. He probably doesn't want the stench of her corruption and incompetence befouling him - even through a zoom conference.

Posted by York Harding 2020-08-01 14:59|| 2020-08-01 14:59|| Front Page Top

#3 They are both incompetent scum sucking pols who should be ashamed to be seen in public...if they were capable of shame for anything.

Posted by AlanC 2020-08-01 16:50|| 2020-08-01 16:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Looking like one of the Undead is a bad look for Groot.

Posted by SteveS 2020-08-01 18:10|| 2020-08-01 18:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I was just thinking she looks like an extra for 'The Walking Dead'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-08-01 20:04|| 2020-08-01 20:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sticking with my human picnic ant theory.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-01 20:47|| 2020-08-01 20:47|| Front Page Top

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