In a special address, Mayor Emanuel told Chicago aldermen that what happened the day Laquan McDonald was shot by Jason Van Dyke should never have occurred.
So together, you know, with aldermen support and the mayor's...mayor's office support, we were able to do this, no one thought anyone could ever put a retail location here.
I told you to write a non-committal letter to the aldermen--an ambiguous letter--a letter that should avoid, as far as possible, all real consideration and discussion of the water-lot question.
Sharp's enemies had succeeded in precipitating a legislative investigation under the very capable leadership of Roscoe Conkling, who had little difficulty in showing that Sharp had purchased his aldermen for $500,000 cash.
The aldermen voted in favor of Sharp because cash was not only a more valuable commodity than the bonds but, to use Alderman Fullgraff's own words — " less easily traced" .