
Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
(CBS) — Even with a tight budget, Mayor Rahm Emanuel seems willing to let Chicago aldermen continue to each control more than a million dollars a year to be spent in their neighborhoods, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
If you didn’t know, every year each ward receives $1.3 million to address what aldermen feel are needs in their communities. It is called the aldermanic menu and Mayor Emanuel is comfortable with it.
“You call it menu money, I see this is aldermen meeting the needs of their community and residents,” Emanuel said.