Editorial: Brandon Johnson should not horse-trade for public safety
Anyone who believes city government can function without deal-making is a fool. Ever since the first City Hall in the Saloon Building at Lake and Clark streets, favors have been exchanged for political support. Sometimes tacitly, sometimes with an embarrassing paper trail. Mayors need votes for agendas and aldermen, 50 of them, need attention for their wards’ pressing needs. But if there is ...