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“Fifty aldermen sitting in the City Council are hos. I want to change that culture. I don’t want to be one of them. I don’t want to be sitting in the City Council and have someone call me ho.” Unsuccessful 50th Ward aldermanic challenger Salman Aftab, speaking at a candidate’s forum during last winter’s campaign.
“Alderman Schulter has always been concerned about the small businesses in his ward.” Alderman Gene Schulter (47th), answering a reporter’s question about his proposal to use eminent domain to force about 20 merchants on Western Avenue to sell their property to the city.
“You mean you don’t want children from the city in Grant Park? Why? Are they black? Are they white? Are they Hispanic? Are they poor? You don’t want children?” Mayor Richard Daley, playing the race card in his effort to overcome local opposition to moving the Children’s Museum to Grant Park.
