Johnson’s Unity Plan to switch up council committee leadership is an early key test of the new mayor’s strength and savvy.
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson speaks during a policing, public safety and public trust forum on May 3, 2023, at Malcom X College in Chicago.
Northwest Side Ald. Scott Waguespack is the highest-profile loser in Johnson’s proposed council shake-up. He stands to get deposed from his plum Finance Committee chairmanship in favor of South Side Ald. Pat Dowell,in the mayoral race and has long wanted to helm Finance. Waguespack’s potential removal from Finance signals the leftward shift the council has taken over the last 15 years, a development that is expected to continue with Johnson, who ran on a progressive reform agenda, as mayor.
But the definition of progressive within the council is changing, he said. “I think there’s a different brand of — what Carlos represents — and he’ll tell you is socialism.”The new City Council will vote on its organization May 24, so there’s a chance the situation could still change in another deal that rounds up a majority of votes on the 50-member body.
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