I am sure that most of you have been following the details regarding the 2016 bid through the media and I am sure that each one of you has your personal opinion.
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In other words, it’s notable that Mell is one of the many aldermen now bristling at the mayor and wondering aloud if he was wise to go along with so many of the boss’s recent initiatives. In December Mell voted for the meter agreement after openly admitting he hadn’t read it–or most of the other stuff that he’s asked to sign off on. Earlier this month he argued that he hadn’t had much choice because anyone who’d moved to slow it down would have been “heaped with scorn.”
As near as I can tell, the City Council seems utterly incapable of due diligence or serving as any sort of check on the executive office. The Olympics, the parking meters, Midway, etc. all seem to be presented to citizens as faits accomplis and then after the fact your colleagues all claim they didn’t know or fully understand.
