Another one bites the dust: Ald. Reboyras chooses retirement over difficult reelection campaign

Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th), speaking at a news conference earlier this month at which city officials discussed how they were accommodating migrants who had been bused to Chicago from Texas by that state’s governor. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Another week, another member of the Chicago City Council who’s “tired of this” and not running for reelection.

Former Public Safety Committee Chair Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th), one of the police union’s staunchest supporters, is the eighth council member to choose retirement over a difficult reelection campaign.