Emanuel sworn in as Chicago's new mayor

Source: AP

CHICAGO – Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was sworn in Monday as Chicago's first new mayor in two decades, a historic power shift in a city where the retiring Richard M. Daley was the only mayor a whole generation of Chicagoans have ever known.

Emanuel was sworn in during a morning inauguration ceremony at the popular downtown Millennium Park, one of the signature accomplishments in Daley's efforts to transform the city. Emanuel later planned to head over to City Hall and, for the first time since he was elected in February, walk into the fifth-floor office that was Daley's lair for 22 years.

"We must face the truth," Emanuel said in his inaugural speech. "It is time to take on the challenges that threaten the very future of our city: the quality of our schools, the safety of our streets, the cost and effectiveness of city government, and the urgent need to create the jobs of the future right here in Chicago."

"The decisions we make in the next two or three years will determine what Chicago will look like in the next 20 or 30."

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However, it is Chicago.

I expect to see you nowhere around the campaign trail in '12.

Just remember that if you Work for a Living,
Rahm is NOT your friend.

:toast:

he is horrible for education
is he gonna crack down on pot like they do in new york? under daley pot was a very very low priority for an once or less within the city limits, i hope it stays like that, mostly i think it is because the judges throw out cases for less than an ounce to free up space for real cases so i dont think this guy will try to lean on the judges but he is a "new dem" after all.

we shall see

bunch of new faces, mostly people powered campaigns. lot of old fossils replaced with humans who can stay awake.
it's a great time to be a chicagoan.
congratulations to all our new overlords.