Mayor Lori Lighfoot tapped Monique Scott to replace her brother, Michael Scott, Jr. as the 24th Ward alderperson. If confirmed by the City Council, she will have a leg up to run for a full term in the 2023 municipal election.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot tapped Monique Scott on Monday to fill the 24th Ward seat on the Chicago City Council left vacant by the resignation of her brother, Ald. Michael Scott, Jr.Lightfoot announced her decision in a statement released late on Monday, the first observance of Juneteenth as a city, state and federal holiday. That statement made no mention of Monique Scott’s connection to former Ald. Scott, who was one of Lightfoot’s most reliable allies on the City Council.
Lightfoot said Monique Scott was recommended by the committee she created to consider the 19 applications the city recieved to replace former Ald. Scott,, a television and movie studio in the 24th Ward. The members of the committee included Brenda Palms Barber, CEO of the North Lawndale Employment Network; Sheila McNary, CEO Advanced Care Services; and Marcus Betts, assistant vice chancellor for External Engagement at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
says she worked as a volunteer for her brother’s campaign. Former Ald. Scott was first elected to the City Council in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019. Rules Committee Chair Ald. Michelle Harris called Monique Scott “the obvious choice to lead North Lawndale, a community she’s lived in for her entire life.”
Like Monique Scott, Lee has deep ties to her ward’s political operation. Her father, Gene Lee, served as a deputy chief of staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley. In 2014, Gene Lee was convicted of stealing more than $90,000 from a charity that worked to help children and teens in Chinatown. The charges he faced did not involve his duties as one of Daley’s top aides.
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