After 23 years, South Side Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) announced her retirement Friday, part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the City Council.
“For more than 30 years, I have held jobs serving the public and it’s time for me to look at the next chapter of my life,” Hairston, 61, was quoted as saying in a statement issued late on a summer Friday afternoon, the traditional burial ground for bad or surprising news.
