Overview
āGregory Pratt had a rare front-row seat to the passions, problems, peculiarities, hopes, disappointments, shenanigans, and pettiness in the drama and farce that was Lori Lightfootās uneasy tenure on the fifth floor at City Hall. What he delivers on these pages takes us backstage to give us a powerful, incisive portrait of the woman, the details of her mayoralty, and the many players who shared the stage.ā āRick Kogan, Chicago Tribune reporter and author of A Chicago TavernĀ
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Crime is up, schools have repeatedly shut down due to conflict between City Hall and the powerful teachersā union, and COVID-19 only deepened the entrenched poverty, institutional racism, and endless tug of war between the cityās haves and have nots.
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For four years, the person at the center of this storm was Lori Lightfoot. A groundbreaking figureāthe first Black, gay woman to be elected mayor of a major city and only the second female mayor of Chicagoāshe knew the city was at a critical turning point when she took office in 2019. But the once-in-a-lifetime challenges she ended up facing were beyond anything she or anyone else saw coming.
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Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt offers the first comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the tumultuous single term of Mayor Lightfoot and the chaos that roiled the city and City Hall as she fought to live up to her promises to change the cityās culture of corruption and villainy, reform its long-troubled police department, and make Chicago the safest big city in America.
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Some of Chicagoās problems can be explained by forces greater than the mayor: national polarization, long-standing cultural and racial tensions, our plague years. But some are the result of Lightfootās poor leadership at City Hall, a story that hasnāt been told in fullāuntil now.
This book title, The City Is Up for Grabs (How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis), ISBN: 9781641605991, by Gregory Royal Pratt, published by Chicago Review Press (April 2, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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