Ald. Leslie Hairston announced Friday that she will not run for re-election to represent South Shore on the Chicago City Council in 2023, ending her career as an elected official after 24 years.
Ald. Leslie Hairston announced Friday that she will not run for re-election to represent South Shore on the Chicago City Council in 2023, ending her career as an elected official after 24 years.
Only three other current members of the City Council have served as long or longer than Hairston. Ald. Anthony Beale was also elected to the City Council in 1999. Hairston was just one of five alderpeople to vote against the deal backed by former Mayor Richard M. Daley to lease Chicago’s parking meters spots to a private firm for 75 years in return for a one-time payment of nearly $1.2 billion.
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