At a time when historic political tensions between Black and Hispanic Chicagoans have been exacerbated by the migrant crisis, Mayor Brandon Johnson had no choice but to cut loose his most powerful City Council ally.
Not even six months into the Johnson administration, Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) had become a liability the mayor could not afford — not with his $16.6 billion budget pending and the migrant crisis still threatening to blow a $200 million-plus hole in it.
