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Originally Posted by ardecila
It should be a pretty smooth transition if his son is replacing him; Burnett Jr worked for Goldman Sachs so I doubt he will be hostile to developers. The ward boundaries are the same, so the incentives for him will be the same: Burnett Jr's voters will be poor Black communities on the West Side and he can afford to piss off West Loop NIMBYs so long as he keeps his base happy.
Burnett Sr's been pretty loyal to the mayor (the last 3 mayors really) so I imagine the mayor will respect his wishes to appoint the son unless voters decide to make a stink about it. Burnett Sr very carefully avoided scandal this whole time, despite a checkered past - he stuck up a bank as a kid from the projects, but turned his life around after some time in jail.
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West Loop NIMBYs really don't seem to be an effective force at all anymore, at least not anything close to how they were in the oughts. Hopefully it will stay that way.
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