Friday, March 25, 2011

Ward Room: Should Chicago's City Council Be Cut in Half?

Rahm Emanuel continues the discussion as to whether or not there should be a reduction in the size of the Chicago City Council. It's been boiled down at least by a few proponents as a cost cutting move as it's noted that the size of the city council costs $19 million. But the discussion should be much more than that.

In a reduced city council what should the role of Alderman be? Would they be better able to effectively serve their constituent communities within their wards? Would they be more responsive to the issues that affect the city as a whole?
By at
Labels: , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

PLEASE READ FIRST!!!! Comment Moderating and Anonymous Comment Policy

While anonymous comments are not prohibited we do encourage you to help readers identify you so that other commenters may respond to you. Either read the moderating policy for how or leave an identifier (which could be a nickname for example) at the end of the comment.

Also note that this blog is NOT associated with any public or political officials including Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)