Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday there is “always a level of NIMBY-ism” whenever you decide where to locate a mega-project, but she’s not about to let that local opposition stand in the way of a Chicago casino desperately needed to rescue police and fire pension funds from bankruptcy.
One day after Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), the mayor’s handpicked Budget Committee chairman, lined up against a Hard Rock casino as part of the proposed One Central development near Soldier Field, Lightfoot openly acknowledged that there are local opponents to all three of her casino finalist sites.
