Mayor Rahm Emanuel made an admission on Tuesday: He “made a mistake” when he claimed that extraordinary security measures he proposed to handle protesters who descend on Chicago for the NATO and G-8 summits would be temporary and repealed after the events are over.
The mayor’s about-face apparently means the only thing temporary about the changes will be the power to purchase “goods, work or services” needed to host the May 15-22 event at McCormick Place without City Council approval.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Rahm Emanuel on duration of NATO-G8 rules: ‘I made a mistake. Real simple, okay.’
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
