Ja’Mal Green says Lightfoot stopping youth center in retaliation for past criticism

The first public break came when Lightfoot proclaimed as a “done deal” a $95 million police and fire training academy that Green and others called a symbol of Rahm Emanuel’s misplaced spending priorities.

This week, he accused Lightfoot of holding up his plan to demolish Garrett Morgan Elementary School, 8407 S.

Before the project can move forward and seek federal, state or city capital development funds, the Chicago Board of Education must convey the shuttered school to the city.

PISSED: There’s a massive youth center being built on the south side of Chicago & Mayor Lightfoot told her staff to stop working on it cuz I’m apart of it.

“We’ve done a lot of good things to make it feel good in games, and then other games it hasn’t felt as great,” Kane said in his exit interview Tuesday.

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