TITLE

Council chaos

AUTHOR(S)

HINZ, GREG

PUB. DATE

December 2010

SOURCE

Crain's Chicago Business;12/13/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 50, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the Chicago, Illinois City Council election to be held in 2011. It mentions that the Service Employees International Union, would invest heavily in races in the 2nd, 3rd, 15th and 43rd wards. It states that few aldermen would like to retain their old posts like Alderman Ed Burke, chairman of City Council Committee on Finance, would like to maintain his post.

ACCESSION #

56873116

Tags: LOCAL elections;  CITY councils;  CITY council members

 

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