- Mick Dumke
- Congressman Bobby Rush convened a roomful of heavy hitters who promised to bring “hope and healing” to scarred neighborhoods.
The reporters were told to wait outside the meeting room. The suggestion was that something big was happening in there.
But others—including Mayor Rahm Emanuel—regularly respond by holding press conferences, often to blame political opponents and propose tougher laws.
The other officials expressed similar ambitions. The mayor promised that the group would work on revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood and “bringing back what has slipped away.” He then left for another event.
“We were not in here pointing fingers,” he said. “We were holding hands.”
