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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

City Council ‘not a good place to work these days,’ Tunney says of mass exodus

A Chicago City Council meeting in May. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

There’s a parade of resignations and retirements from the Chicago City Council because it’s “not a good place to work these days,” a key member of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s leadership team — who may join the exodus himself — said Thursday.

Zoning Committee Chairman Tom Tunney (44th) told the Sun-Times he plans to take some time off during the council’s August recess before deciding whether to call it quits after five terms — and run the Ann Sather restaurants he owns — or whether to run for mayor himself.

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