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| By Shia Kapos |
Presented by UPS |
Happy Wednesday, Illinois. The foxes in Millennium Park are just too cute, via Block Club.
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 | TOP TALKER | |
Mayor Brandon Johnson will preside over his first Chicago City Council meeting today. Along with counting the number of times he says “collaboration,” here’s what else we’ll be watching for: The tone and content of his remarks: Johnson's sweeping speeches often talk about bringing in people from all sides to the table. That worked for the campaign and his inauguration, but now that it’s time to roll up his sleeves, we’ll be listening for specifics. Committee members: After a tug of war about who will lead council committees, Johnson won the battle and selected the council’s committee chairs. But we still haven’t seen a full list of the committee members. We'll be watching for how balanced they are between Johnson’s closest allies and those who endorsed other candidates for mayor. The vote on the committees is expected to be perfunctory, though anything can happen in a Chicago City Council meeting. Public safety: Today’s meeting comes just a few days before the Memorial Day weekend, which is known for seeing a spike in violence. Will Johnson talk about his plan to address that? Four years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot talked about “flooding the zone” with 1,200 Chicago Police officers working overtime. Migrant issues: Watch for a heated debate and vote on $51 million in appropriations to help new arrivals to the city. WBEZ’s Tessa Weinberg and Mariah Woelfel have more. Tension points: The mayor doesn’t want discord, but he did boot two once-most-powerful aldermen off of committee chairmanships. So, we’ll be watching the dynamics around Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) and Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd), who are in the hinterlands, while Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa is now running the floor. Serious stuff aside, watch for humor: Johnson “can often bring levity to situations … but not in a kind of aggressive or hostile way,” senior adviser Jason Lee told the Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman, who adds that Johnson’s first council meeting will likely be tamer than Lightfoot’s debut.
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| THE BUZZ | |
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Illinois Attorney Gen. Kwame Raoul takes questions from reporters after his office released a report about an investigation into sexual abuse by clergy across Illinois' Catholic dioceses | Associated Press screen shot |
GRIM NUMBERS: Illinois Attorney Gen. Kwame Raoul is out with a horrific report showing that hundreds more Catholic clerics have abused Illinois children over the years, more than was previously known. Staggering numbers: 451 Catholic clergy members abused at least 1,997 children since 1950 in the state’s six dioceses, including the Archdiocese of Chicago, according to investigators. Raoul released a 700-page report about the cases Tuesday with a statement saying, “These perpetrators may never be held accountable in a court of law, but by naming them here, the intention is to provide a public accounting and a measure of healing to survivors who have long suffered in silence.” ‘Troubling pattern’: The statement said the information demonstrates “a troubling pattern of the church failing to support survivors, ignoring or covering up reports of abuse and survivors being revictimized by the church when they came forward to report being abused.” Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich released a statement saying there's no clergy member “with even one substantiated allegation against him is in ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago. … When we learn of an allegation of abuse, we act promptly, report it to civil authorities, remove the accused from ministry and investigate the allegation.” The Tribune has full story and an embedded version of the investigators’ report. If you are Ald. Brendan Reilly, Playbook would like to know how you will approach governing under a Johnson administration. Email skapos@politico.com.
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| WHERE'S JB | |
No official public events.
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| | WHERE's BRANDON | |
| In City Hall at 10 a.m. to preside over the City Council meeting.
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| | Where's Toni | |
| At the First United Methodist Church of Chicago at noon for a memorial service to honor indigent residents who came under the care of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office over the past year. Thank you for reading Illinois Playbook! Drop me a line sometime: skapos@politico.com
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| 2024 WATCH | |
— DeSantis sees a path to the White House — 240 characters at a time: “Florida’s 44-year-old governor’s entry into the race will immediately shake up a Republican primary that has been dominated by former President Donald Trump,” by POLITICO’s Sally Goldenberg and Meridith McGraw. — Ron DeSantis has a problem. It’s Florida: “There’s a reason the state has never sent a politician to the White House,” writes POLITICO’s Charlie Mahtesian. — A supreme matter: The Illinois Latino Agenda is urging the Cook County Democratic Party to slate a Latino for the Illinois Supreme Court in the 2024 primary election when Justice Anne Burke’s term officially expires. ILA and other organizations say there are plenty of well qualified Latinos with experience in judicial matters to warrant slating a Latino candidate for the state’s highest court. — In IL-07: Nikhil Bhatia is running as a Democrat for the seat now held by Congressman Danny Davis. The district covers the South and West Sides of Chicago as well as the western suburbs. Bhatia is a teacher in Grand Crossing and an elected Local School Council member at Galileo Scholastic Academy on Chicago’s Near West Side.
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| BUSINESS OF POLITICS | |
—A primary concern: Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy is reminding party members that the state GOP is not in the business of endorsing in statewide primary races. He said any buzz out there saying otherwise is “false” and “fake news.” In a statement, Tracy said an Endorsement Policy Committee was created last year “to review our current policy of not endorsing in statewide primaries and compare how that is handled in other states. That committee has never met. And a majority of the State Central Committee [members] appear not to support reviewing that policy at this time.” So, he added, the policy stands: There will be no supporting candidates in statewide primaries.
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| THE STATEWIDES | |
— State lawmakers return to Springfield today with the goal of finally wrapping up the state budget by the end of the week. They officially have until May 31 and extensions are always possible. But lawmakers in the state House and Senate say the goal is to wrap up before the long weekend. WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky explains. — Lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity, by Capitol News’ Andrew Adams and Hannah Meisel — LITTLE LIBERTY: A Statue of Liberty replica, which stood at a warehouse in New York City, is being shipped to Sauget, Ill., where it will be on display at the National Building Arts Center, via Untapped Cities. — Some korny news: Vose Korndogs has a new stand in a familiar place, by State Journal Register’s Steven Spearie
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| CHICAGO | |
— Pritzker deploys 30 ‘peacekeepers’ to provide crisis support in Chicago over holiday weekend, by Tribune’s Jeremy Gorner — Lightfoot’s security detail around her home is reduced, by Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman — Plan to house migrants at Wright College met with both boos and support at tense, packed community meeting, by Tribune’s Alice Yin — Head of search for Chicago top cop asks why no one called 911 after Officer Aréanah Preston was fatally shot, blames lack of trust, by Sun-Times’ Sophie Sherry — Amazon pulls back from planned Bridgeport warehouse previously opposed by community groups, by Tribune’s Talia Soglin and Brian J. Rogal
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| WHERE'S LORI | |
Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot headlined a Northwestern University class about women and American political leadership earlier this week. She spent 90 minutes speaking with students and answering questions. It was no-holds-barred, said Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, who teaches the leadership class. “She was warm, funny and candid,” Rotering said. Lightfoot talked about generational poverty, how the pandemic laid bare historical disparities, policing and “how her identity informed her leadership and perspective on serving.” Students stayed after class to line up for selfies with the former mayor. Pic!
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| COOK COUNTY AND COLLARS | |
— Cook County Health is bracing for a financial storm to pay for migrants’ health care: “The county is treating an influx of migrants while preparing for a wave of low-income patients to lose Medicaid health insurance,” by WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch. — Suzanne Johnson, longtime U-46 administrator and EHS grad, to be the district’s new superintendent, by the Courier-News’ Mike Danahey
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| DAY IN COURT | |
— Hamburger Mary’s drag show restaurant files federal lawsuit against Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis, via The Associated Press
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| TAKING NAMES | |
— Ruth Simmons has been elected to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors. She'll join the board in June. Simmons is a president’s distinguished fellow at Rice University and senior adviser to the president of Harvard on engagement of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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| Reader Digest | |
We asked when you always pick the same seat. Janice Anderson and Lucas Hawley: When riding Metra trains. Graham Grady and David Carzoli: At church. Ed Mazur: “I’ve had the same Bears game seats for 55 years.” Kathy Posner: “I sit with my back to the wall at restaurants.” Stephen Yoshida: “The ‘jump seat’ by the door at the end of CTA cars.” Who’s a politician you’d like to host for cocktails at your house? Email skapos@politico.com
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| THE NATIONAL TAKE | |
— McCarthy’s biggest handicap in debt talks: He’s new at this, by POLITICO’s Sarah Ferris, Olivia Beavers and Jordain Carney — Court sets legal showdown on debt limit 14th Amendment argument, by POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein — Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream, by The Associated Press
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| IN MEMORIAM | |
— Robert Zimmer, longtime University of Chicago president, has died: “Robert Zimmer, who pushed an unapologetically ivory tower university into the public square — defending free speech during a politically polarized era, starting a molecular engineering program and opening campuses abroad — as arguably the most consequential University of Chicago president since Robert Maynard Hutchins, has died at age 75,” writes Crain’s Steven R. Strahler. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama issued a statement, saying: “Bob was a visionary leader and one the most influential university presidents in the country. During his time at the University of Chicago, he built upon its rigorous academic reputation, grew the university’s footprint around the world and throughout the South Side and helped expand access through scholarships and financial aid.” — AN ESSAY: My neighbor (born in Illinois) lived to be 109, and this is what I learned: “To hold securely to the well-formed purposes of your will, you must let go of the vain idea that you can control people or events or the tides of fate. But you can choose what you stand for and what you will try to accomplish,” writes the Washington Post’s David Von Drehle.
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| Transitions | |
— Angela Waller is now director of external affairs for the Office of the Cook County Board president. She was regional director for community health at Advocate Health Care.
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| | TRIVIA | |
| TUESDAY’s ANSWER: There were two elected Chicago mayors who also have been elected as aldermen. Buckner Stith Morris was elected mayor in 1838 and then alderman in 1839, and Alexander Loyd was elected mayor in 1840 and alderman in 1850. Note: Ald. George Bell Swift was acting mayor in 1893 after the assassination of Carter Harrison Sr. and then resumed being alderman after losing a special mayoral election. TODAY’s QUESTION: What U.S. president went through training at the then-Glenview Naval Air Training Station? Email skapos@politico.com Clarifying those duels: Per Tuesday’s trivia, Bissell and Shields law firm was, as we noted, the correct answer, but it was James Shields who challenged Abraham Lincoln to a duel, and Jefferson Davis who challenged William Bissell to a separate duel.
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| | BIRTHDAYS | |
Bloomingdale Township Democratic Organization Chair Terrell Barnes, restaurateur Jimmy Bannos and political insider and lobbyist Shaw Decremer. -30- |
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