Hey kids! Want to be a City Hall reporter? Here’s a handy template. It’s based on a real recent meeting where the buildings committee considered an ordinance designed to crack down on the owners of abandoned properties, but it could just as well have been almost any committee reviewing any one of the dozens of legislative proposals introduced each month by the Daley administration. After the committee approves the proposed ordinance it goes on to the full council where it gets passed. See? File your copy today!
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The City Council’s ________ [NOUN] committee met ________ [ADVERB / DAY] to discuss a seemingly well-intentioned ordinance on ________ [NOUN] pushed by the Daley administration but disliked by just about everybody else affected, including _______ [NOUN], _______ [NOUN], and ______ [NOUN].
Alderman __________ [NAME] of the _____ [ORDINAL NUMBER] Ward had another critical point to make. “What I’m concerned about is the real city of Chicago,” s/he said. “In the real neighborhoods of Chicago, we’re facing a problem with _________ [HAZARD]. We have all these groups lobbying for a, b, and c, but I’m concerned with safety. What I’m concerned with can cause _____ [TYPE OF DISASTER], correct?”
The ordinance passed unanimously and will ______ [ADVERB THAT MEANS “CERTAINLY”] be passed by the full council at next week’s meeting. —Mick Dumke
