- Mayoral contender Rahm Emanuel suggested powerful Ald. Ed Burke will have to give up his police detail and might also lose his chairmanship of the City Council Finance Committee to move Chicago forward in the coming years.
Emanuel's comments about Burke, who is supporting Gery Chico for mayor, came during a sometimes feisty debate Monday. Miguel del Valle and Carol Moseley Braun joined the two in discussing pension reform, their abilities to lead and what mistakes longtime Mayor Richard Daley has made.
But it was the topic of Burke, the longtime 14th Ward alderman, and his security detail that broke new ground a week before the election.
This sounds kind of like some outsider coming into the police department and completely gutting the command staff, losing decades, even hundreds of years of police experience. On one hand, it's kind of short sighted. On the other, it's entertaining as hell.
In this case, the entertainment value wins out.
In this case, the entertainment value wins out.