The mayor called the 223-page document the “foundation for how we will lead our city well into the future.” It’s loaded with ambitious, politically explosive ideas.
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Stamps was one of six candidates interviewed Tuesday evening by Democratic leaders representing the Chicago wards and suburban townships that make up the district that Johnson was previously elected to serve as a Cook County commissioner.
The seat on the Cook County Board that Brandon Johnson vacated to take over the mayor’s office in Chicago was filled late Tuesday by a union mentor who once helped the mayor put together his lesson plans. Local Democrats met Wednesday night in Oak Park to serve as the commissioner of the county’s 1st District, unanimously selecting Johnson ally and Chicago Teachers Union leader Tara Stamps for .