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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
^I'm curious what legal argument you think could be used to judicially forbid aldermen from representing what they perceive as their constituents' wishes.
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That's backwards. What legal argument makes a single alderman the sole arbitrator of what businesses are and are not allowed to operate?
Here are the business license application requirements (
https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/e...formation.html). There's nothing in there about neighborhood surveys, neighborhood approval, reelection campaign contributions, etc.
Here's the thing, there are plenty of retail vacancies. The way community wishes should be met is, if they don't see the businesses they want, people are free to start those businesses. And they're free to not patronize those they don't want.
If a business stays in business, by definition the community wants it.