“I’m sure the mayor will be looking to the president-elect for some help from the federal government . . . “
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This meeting was no different. The council ran through an agenda that included—in addition to the text message ban and the Block 37 expenditure—approval of new energy efficiency standards for buildings, the mayor’s plan to consolidate several city departments, the issuance of $1.3 billion in general obligation bonds, and a prohibition on ice cream trucks in the 18th Ward; and the Daley administration also tried to provide a little cover for aldermen wary of supporting its widely criticized plan to lower the car-booting threshold to two tickets, proposing a six-week “amnesty” period in which late fees will be waived for scofflaws who decide to pay up.
“I think everybody jumped up in great celebration and witnessed what America’s all about,” he said. “To make America proud. It’s a great country. It’s the envy of the world. That’s what it is—it’s the envy of the world.”
