Mayor Lori Lightfoot

[VIDEO] As of Monday Chicago has a new mayor in Lori Lightfoot. Last month she defeated county board president Toni Preckwinkle to occupy city hall's fifth floor as mayor of Chicago succeeding Rahm Emanuel.

Emanuel I hear already has a new gig as a contributing editor to The Atlantic and a contributor to ABC News.

Meanwhile we're already two days into Lightfoot's mayorality and is already busy putting her staff into place. She also attempting to chip away at Aldermanic prerogative.

Above is her inaugural address from Monday, which is one speech I never had a chance to fully follow. It's just about 40 minutes so it's a long haul to follow. I'm curious about her agenda as mayor for the next four years.

CapitolFax: Inauguration open thread

Today, starting at 11:00 AM in Springfield, Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker will be sworn in. Rich Miller provides you with the means to tune in if you so choose live at that time. Sorry to have done this at the last minute, but if you find other places to tune in for the inauguration of the Governor feel free to tweet us or leave a comment here or post to our fb page.

Inauguration open thread https://t.co/91x2lukxK8

— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) January 14, 2019

Get your tickets for the viewing of the Presidential Inauguration...

Pick up free tickets at the Chatham 14 Theaters box office located 210 W. 87th Street on Saturday, January 19 starting at 10 AM. The actual event will take place from 9 AM to 1 PM on Monday, January 21st. Refer to flyer below for more details. Hat-tip Concerned Citizens of Chatham.

Illinois Channel Coverage of the Obama Inaugural

Well I'm at least a couple of days late on it.

Check out this page from the Illinois Channel and their dedicated blog to the big event on Tuesday! They've even utilized Flickr as well. :)

Give em a look for more Illinois-centric based coverage.

BTW, I still would like to hear your thoughts and observations regarding Obama's inaugural!

There's even link to his actual inaugural address here!

Mather's needs to borrow a larger TV/projector

We have previously bloggd about Mather's...on their behalf, we'd like to make a request:

If anyone can provide a projector or big screen TV to show the Inauguration, they would appreciate it.

My family ate there this past Saturday, and the atmosphere was as open & welcoming as usual. I asked about the theater showing the Inauguration, and they told me the theater was booked.

Mather?s?More Than a Café
33 E. 83rd Street
Chicago, IL
(773) 488-2801

Beedie Jones --> BJones (AT) MatherLifeWays (DOT) com
Stuart Greenblatt --> sgreenblatt (AT) matherlifeways (DOT) com

Reminder: Watch The Inauguration for Free

Join fellow 6th Ward residents (and other South Siders) at ICE Theaters on
Inauguration Day to see it live --for FREE.

For more info:
ICE Theaters Chatham
West 87th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620
773-892-3204

This was mentioned on CBS2 news on January 6th blogged here on the same date!

UPDATE: Talking with some people at Mather's More Than A Cafe, they said the theater has been booked for Inaugration day! If someone can verify, please reply with a comment.