Good afternoon! I’ll be continuing live reporting of the City of Chicago City Council Budget Hearings for the 2026 budget. Coverage is on behalf of @chidocumenters #chidocumenters
The committee in recess for a lunch break until 1.30p

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@CHIdocumenters Some odd audio on the live feed from City Council. With the recess screen in place, we could hear (and this isn't a joke) "who let the dogs out" music ... and then voices saying "whoa, I've never been up here before."

It sounds like staff mistakenly forget to turn off a mic.

On my way to cover a @cta Board of Directors meeting for @CHIdocumenters Taking the CTA to get there. Fingers crossed. Fair report… made it via CTA slightly faster than estimated trip time.

However arriving to a packed out board room. Staff originally told me I could not come in. This is still subcommittee meeting scheduled prior to full board meeting.

Happy Thursday! Today I'll be live tweeting the April meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission—a committee originally established in 1909 to implement the Burnham Plan for Chicago. It's scheduled to begin at 10a.
@CHIdocumenters #documenters @CHIdocumenters These days the commission reviews of proposals that involve Planned Developments (PDs), the Lakefront Protection Ordinance, Planned Manufacturing Districts (PMDs), Industrial Corridors and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts.

These can be hours-long meetings.

Good Morning! Today at 11a I’ll be live-tweeting the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards at Chicago City Council. #chidocumenters @CHIdocumenters The Zoning committee was formerly headed by Ald Carlos Rosa, who resigned Nov 2023 after allegations of bullying Ald. Emma Mitts as the mayor’s floor leader.

Good Morning! *cough* re-engaging here on Twitter today Feb 5 at 11a to cover the Chicago City Council Committee on Police & Fire chaired by Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th Ward). @CHIdocumenters #chidocumenters @CHIdocumenters The agenda for this meeting can be found here. The agenda includes an ordinance proposal from Ald. @MattMartinChi to study police deployment: what neighborhoods and when officers are deployed …storagev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachm…

Good Morning! I am live-tweeting from Chicago City Hall today —covering Committee on Transportation and Public Way for #ChiDocumenters @CHIdocumenters This is the City Council committee that oversees the Chicago Transit Authority (@cta)—our favorite L trains—as well as street naming and things like approving a business if it wants to use a sidewalk.

Read this. I want to make some observations about these kinds of stories. I have long experience with Christian leadership that disappoints or abuses in more intimate church & community settings. christianitytoday.com/news/2020/febr… via @CTmagazine @CTmagazine I always liked @STimmis book Total Church, and thought it described missional communities that lived more vibrantly than your average evangelical “show up on Sunday and watch a screen.” Closer relationships and strong sense of gospel mission. I was raised on this kind of ministry