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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4
True, still need to do the duty. And yeah, she's no Rahm when it comes to pro-business, but we can't win'em all I guess :/
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Honestly going after aldermanic prerogative and neutering the city council in that regard would be a huge boon for businesses, particularly small (like independent proprietors) businesses. It would remove a bureaucratic stumbling block and a hidden, extra layer of cost (corruption is expensive). And Lightfoot is fairly pragmatic, if there was an honest cost-benefit analysis and/or contractual guarantees (taxpayers recoup their investment with interest for entities that don't follow through) on the part of private entities seeking public funds or assets that the taxpayers come out on top of, she's not going to oppose that on ideological grounds. If a developer offers improvements to public infrastructure or goes above and beyond the legal requirements for affordable housing then there should be reasonable accommodations and set-asides on the part of the city.