This is hilarious, the mayor lying to the aldercreatures. And the aldercreatures are surprised about it:
Chicago Public libraries will close all day Mondays — instead of Monday and Friday mornings as promised — stunning and infuriating aldermen who thought they had an agreement with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
“That’s not what was proposed or voted on. It’s completely contrary. We need to sit down quickly and get back to the original agreement, which was keep those libraries open” every day, said Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd), who led the charge against the library cuts.
The mayor’s plan to reduce library hours and impose draconian job cuts that would impact library services at all hours fast emerged as the most controversial element of the mayor’s 2012 budget.
We're still convinced this is a feint of some sort. Get everyone all up in arms over library cuts, and then he's going to back door something really big. And the aldercreatures, who were so good at rolling over to get their bellies rubbed by Shortshanks, are going to bring their own lube to Rahm's "that's-not-my-belly!" rub.