1/ City Council members spent Monday questioning @ChiPubSchools’ re-opening plan. Let’s get into it (and other public meetings #CHIdocumenters are covering this week)! 🧵 2/ @ChiCouncil Committee on Education & Child Development hearing on CPS' calculation that benefits of in-person classes for PreK + special ed students outweigh #COVID19 risk / Mon, Jan 11, 9:30am 🐤 @MegannHorstead 📝 @PortalatinA chicago.documenters.org/assignments/co…

https://twitter.com/MegannHorstead/status/1348663020663300102

1/ While we wouldn’t do last year over again, #CHIdocumenters saw a lot happen in open meetings, local government and activism. So, before we put it behind us, here’s the story of 2020 through our eyes 2/ Back in January ‘20 #CHIdocumenters documented all meetings in person and had to navigate all that came with that...There's no one right way to run an open meeting but this setup wasn’t exactly "public-facing” / @rogueclown

https://twitter.com/rogueclown/status/1217840087263780866

1/ #CHIdocumenters here with a thread on the local government meetings we’re covering this week because, you know, democracy

https://twitter.com/hdbacklund/status/1324746017384923142

2/ City Council #Chi2021Budget hearings continue… / Mon, Nov 9, 9am 🐤 @HannahFaris1 📝 @catbecket

https://twitter.com/HannahFaris1/status/1325816000613412864

1/ Throwback to early 2019: Mayor Emanuel’s tenure was winding down, plans for the $95 million cop academy rammed thru City Council & officials promised to put Peach’s & @culvers in the parking lot. Update on that last thing + lots more happening in public meetings this week 🍔 2/ City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development had a brief, 13 min meeting to update the collective bargaining agreement the Teamsters Local Union No. 700 / Mon, Oct 19, 10am 🐤 @ecullnan 📝 @KailCohen chicago.documenters.org/meetings/commi…