The citys finances, its hiring practices and accusations of socalled pay to play politics. A recent poll has found mayor emanuel lead aring 58 to 30 with 9 undecided. The debate was moderated by bill ponce of wttwtv which cohosted the event along with the city club of chicago. This is just under an hour. Smart people may disagree about what makes a great city but part of what makes chicago great is we dont have to agree. To run a city like ours, a lot of issues come up. The city club of chicago is a place to debate those issues ask hear from the men and women whoo shape the policies, lead the t industries and tell the storiesis, that define our city. For the free and open exchange of ideas the city club of chicago. Moderator good evening and is welcome to chicago tonight,ood im phil ponce on this tuesday, march 31st. The final forum between the two candidates running for mayor of chicago, that is the full hour next on chicago tonight. Moderator the stakes in chicagos Mayoral Election c
“They ran an undercover investigation on Mr. Burke for 30 months with the star witness being Danny Solis and they didn’t have the decency to bring him to you,” said attorney Joseph Duffy.
CHICAGO — Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis testified for about three hours Tuesday in the corruption trial of his former City Council colleague, Ed Burke, whose attorneys immediately challenged Solis about the motives behind his unprecedented turn as an FBI mole. Solis was called by Burke’s defense team just moments after prosecutors rested their case in chief. He was questioned at length .
Five years after federal agents raided then-Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall office, jurors at his corruption trial last week got to hear what’s fast becoming known simply as the “tuna” call. In one of the trial’s most highly anticipated moments, federal prosecutors played the secret recording of Burke allegedly asking then-colleague, Ald. Daniel Solis, if the developers of the massive Old Post .
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