Mayoral challenger Roderick Sawyer said Friday he was cut out of the speaking program at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in his ward just days after accusing Mayor Lori Lightfoot of disrespecting the legacy of his father, former Mayor Eugene Sawyer.
Hours before the ceremonial opening of the Mahalia Jackson Court Public Outdoor Plaza in Chatham, Sawyer said he got a call from one of the organizers informing him that the mayor’s office had demanded that Lightfoot be “the only one who speaks.”
