Residents meet their new alderman during a Lincoln Square traffic dispute.
by Ben Joravsky
Many years ago Berny Stone, the legendary former alderman of the 50th Ward, taught me an axiom about Chicago politics that's stood the test of time: you can do pretty much anything you want, so long as you don't block people's driveways. At the time, Alderman Stone was dealing with scores of constituents enraged about a TIF-funded grammar school the city was building on their block.…[ Read more ]