Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, November 10, 2017. Have a great weekend, and Happy Veterans Day!
Despite plea from Chance the Rapper, City Council approves $95 million police training academy
The City Council voted in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for a $95 million police and fire training academy in West Garfield Park Wednesday despite a highly publicized plea from Chance the Rapper to consider other ways of spending the money, such as mental health clinics. The aldermen voted 48-1 in favor of building the academy. Emanuel left the City Council chamber during the Chance’s public comment, but the mayor said he respected the rapper’s opinion. “He’s a great artist in Chicago. He has a lot of talent. . . . Chance has put his resources and his success towards investing in arts education. You know how dear that is to me,” Emanuel said.”He has a view. He expressed it. He came to City Council. You can’t advocate for citizenship to be an active sport and then, when somebody is active, not be happy about it. He came here. That’s a good thing.” [Sun-Times]
