Two of Chicago’s leading champions for open and ethical government on Tuesday raised serious questions about the plan hatched by three of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s closest allies to increase the number of City Council committees from 19 to 28 and change the rules to declare the Council’s independence from the new mayor.
The Better Government Association and the League of Women Voters have long urged the City Council to shed its rubber-stamp reputation and establish its own rules, committee lineups and chairs, taking back the power they have ceded to the mayor.
