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- Alyx Pattison, a candidate for alderman in the Second Ward, says the parking meter was a horrible idea, though it made her former law firm a good chunk of money.
Nobody likes the parking meter deal—especially at election time. Six and a half years after the City Council signed off on former mayor Richard M. Daley’s plan to sell off the metered parking system, candidates are still campaigning against it.
“Over 600 lawyers work at Katten,” she says. “For me to know what everyone is working on at any one time is kind of silly. And even if I did, it wouldn’t change the way I feel about the privatization of assets. I think it’s irresponsible and reckless.”
This isn’t the first time Pattison has taken flak for a flyer. In January she was called out by the Fraternal Order of Police for a mailer in which she was pictured talking with a police officer—only it was actually one of her staffers dressed up like a cop. Impersonating a police officer is illegal.
Still, Pattison says she would take Sawyer’s proposed ordinance a step further by pushing for public hearings before any asset selloffs are approved.
