Suspending the City Council’s rules to allow the Latino Caucus to substitute and place before Chicago voters a revised map negotiated with CHANGE Illinois would set a “dangerous precedent” and only protect indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th), two mayoral allies said Monday.
Finance Committee Chairman Scott Waguespack (32nd) and Ethics Committee Chair Michele Smith (43rd) joined forces in a pre-emptive strike aimed at heading off a vote on a new ward map at Wednesday’s council meeting that could pave the way for an eleventh-hour switcheroo by the Latino Caucus and CHANGE Illinois.