Lightfoot erupts at Chicago alderman during City Council meeting: 'You are a liar!'

a law firm advising the city on the Bally's deal is also being paid by Bally's for legal work on other company operations.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez noted how this mirrors the role played by union gaming, which provided revenue estimates the mayor's relying on, while also collecting big bucks on a Bally's stock deal. "We have the responsibility to review this process, a sad process, and an administration that is more worried about campaign contributions than doing the right thing for the city of Chicago!" said Sigcho-Lopez.

"You are out of order! You are out of order, and you are a liar!" Lightfoot said. "I will not sit here, and I will not tolerate you besmirching the hard work of so many people!"Even some council members who voted for the proposals expressed misgivings in the wake of a Crain's Chicago Business report on the hidden, dual role played by Taft law, a firm that advised Lightfoot during negotiations with Bally's.

Neither the public nor the City Council were told Taft Law also works for Bally's at its Quad Cities Casino and Hotel in downstate Rock Island."I don't like seeking articles the night before a meeting calling out conflicts of interest or potential ones that we should have known," said Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward.Several more approvals are needed, including from the Illinois Gaming Board, before a planned temporary casino would open at 600 N. Wabash next year.

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Can we all agree to vote this dumpster fire out, she’s not a leader, she’s not a builder

She sounds unfit

I L O V E D that! Her eyes were bugging out!

She is incompetent she run the city right into the ground with all her policies especially with policing She couldn’t find her ass if she had both hands on it

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