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Author:
Pratt, Gregory Royal, author.
Title:
The City is Up For Grabs : How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis / Gregory Royal Pratt.
Publisher:
Chicago Review Press,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xv, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Lightfoot, Lori E.
Mayors--Chicago.--Chicago.
Political corruption--Chicago.--Chicago.
Police administration--Chicago.--Chicago.
Maires--Chicago.--Chicago.
Corruption (Politique)--Chicago.--Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--21st century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--21st century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Administration--21e siècle.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Checkers -- The breach -- "Sixteen shots and a coverup" -- Slaying Goliath -- Pirate booty -- Butcher paper -- Bring in the light -- "I support Bozo" -- "Trained seals" -- Early successes -- Accountability Mondays -- "All is not forgotten" -- La La Land -- "Stay home, save lives" -- Pop the weasel -- "The city is up for grabs" -- Bigger than the Italians -- "My name is Anjanette Young" -- A city in crisis -- "Adults in the room" -- "Not a gimme" -- "False prophet" -- Epilogue: Breaking up with the mayor.
Summary:
The first comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the tumultuous single term of Mayor Lightfoot and the chaos that roiled the city and City Hall as she fought to live up to her promises to change the city's culture of corruption and villainy, reform its long-troubled police department, and make Chicago the safest big city in America. -- adapted from jacket
ISBN:
1641605995
9781641605991
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1385449549
LCCN:
2023950462
Locations:
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

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