Man, I could sing that song all day.
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You know, like the song says, “Snap your fingers and I’ll turn you some flips, I’m your puppet . . .”
As you probably know, a lot of residents have been demanding more police if only to keep up with attrition caused by retirements.
In any event, Aldermen Rick Munoz and Scott Waguespack introduced the proposal to hire more cops at Monday’s hearing of the budget committee, whose primary purpose, as near I can tell, is to rubber-stamp the mayor’s budget.
“The mayor’s staff was freaking out. They’re talking to Alderman [James] Balcer, who goes, ‘Ugh, chairman, table.’ And Alderman Austin goes, ‘What?’ And we’ve got Maria Guerra [Emanuel’s City Council liaison] yelling out, ‘Chairman’s discretion.’ And I’m yelling back, ‘This is our body. We don’t need help from the peanut gallery.’”
‘Cause that’s how great democracies work!
