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A Chicago alderman says a proposal for a potentially permanent liquor sale curfew will be “dead on arrival at City Council” if the mayor doesn’t pull the.
Chicago's liquor sale curfew, which was first implemented during the coronavirus pandemic, could become permanent for some business owners under a new proposal from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to require liquor, grocery and convenience stores to cut off liquor sales at 10 p.m. is “not written in stone,” a top mayoral aide said Thursday, opening the door to pushing back the deadline or eliminating it entirely.
“The hours that are in this package that is an introduction. … This is a starting point. … This is not a closed door. This is not a done deal,” Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner Rosa Escareno told the Sun-Times.
“I’m not gonna predict where we land. But it’s definitely gonna be a dialogue and a conversation. … I want to hear the businesses. I embrace what they’re telling me. … But we have to make the issues that our residents are bringing us … central to this conversation.”