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Court kept Rahm “We believe the Emanuel on the bal- debate format that lot Thursday, it was includes the lead- as if the protracted ing candidates is controversy over his more conducive to a substantive residency had never discussion of the happened. issues confronting The weeks-long the city,” Kern said legal drama wasn’t in a statement. Chicago mayoral candidates Rahm Emanuel (from left), Gery Chico, Carol Moseley Braun and Miguel del Valle prepare for the start of a de- much more than a In two Tribune bate at WGN’s studios Thursday. CHRIS SWEDA/TRIBUNE speed bump dur- polls, Walls was at ing the hour-long 2 percent and Van the state Supreme Court’s judgment. “I’m Park District and the City Colleges of Chi- themselves to keep Emanuel from getting exchange co-spon- Pelt-Watkins was talking about the issues that affect real Chica- cago, said each time he was asked to serve, “I the 50 percent-plus-one on Feb. 22 that would sored by the Chica- at 1 percent. goans and the ruling today doesn’t affect that stepped up, and never has there been a sug- end the contest and eliminate the need for an go Tribune and the one way or the other,” she said. gestion that I did everything but pursue the April 5 runoff among the top two vote-getters. City Club of Chicago Instead, Braun used the debate to attack public interest in each of those jobs.” Emanuel had established himself as the and broadcast on WGN-TV. Emanuel, a former top Clinton White House Braun defended her ability to handle the clear front-runner in a Tribune/WGN poll “I do think that what’s facing the city is a strategist and President Obama’s former city’s finances despite the troubled finances conducted Jan. 15-19 that showed him with real debate, not about my residency, but about chief of staff, and Daley administration trou- of her organic food company and being late the support of 44 percent of city voters, com- what the residents of the city of Chicago care bleshooter Gery Chico for having gone “from paying property taxes on her Hyde Park home pared with 21 percent for Braun, 16 percent about, which is the challenges on our schools one government appointment to another” five of the past six times. “I was creating jobs for Chico and 7 percent for del Valle. Another and making sure they are strong, the streets that helped them to profit as private citizens. in the inner city with an organic triple-bot- 9 percent of voters were undecided. are safe and our economic finances are ones “There’s a difference to public service when tom-line company at the height of the reces- Del Valle, who has raised the least amount that we can attract the businesses,” Emanuel it is for the benefit of the public versus public sion,” she said. She noted she was not the only of campaign cash among major contenders, said during the debate. service when it inures to the benefit of your one to pay property taxes late. Emanuel ac- criticized the multimillion-dollar campaigns With the legal cloud over the mayoral own private pocketbook,” said Braun, who knowledged his property taxes were paid late of Emanuel and Chico. “We’ve added pay-to- ballot lifted by the courts, former U.S. Sen. was awarded an ambassadorship to New Zea- once after he moved to Washington in 2009 influence—influence the decisions that are Carol Moseley Braun was the clear aggressor. land by President Clinton following her re- to join the Obama administration. going to be made at City Hall.” Though she had loudly questioned the legal- election loss for the Senate. Chico, Braun and City Clerk Miguel del “If [voters] want a mayor beholden to spe- ity of Emanuel’s residency, Braun said during Chico, who also did stints as head of the Valle each sought to shake voter confidence cial interests and big money, I’m not their the debate that as a lawyer that she accepted Chicago Board of Education, the Chicago in the front-runner as they try to position guy,” del Valle said. 7 R E D SOUND BITES EY E l F R Supreme Notable quotables from Thursday’s developments. TRIBUNE IDA Y , J A N “Emanuel’s U Court A R residency drama Y 2 8 , has made this 2 0 puts 11 election into a circus instead of a serious Emanuel debate about the future of Chicago. With less than 30 back on days to go until election day, there is no time to waste. ballot Game on.” —Gery Chico “The voters deserved the right to make the choice of who should be mayor. And I think what the Supreme Court said was basi cally, in short, that the voters Rahm Emanuel will make the decision who CHRIS SWEDA/TRIBUNE Chicago Tribune who should be mayor,” Emanuel said after slapping backs should be mayor.” The ballot roller coaster for Rahm Emanuel finally stopped and shaking hands with commuters at the Clark and Lake “L” —Rahm Emanuel Thursday with the former White House chief of staff very stop near his downtown headquarters. much in the race for mayor and the Illinois Supreme Court The abrupt end to the legal challenge came two hours be- emphatically rejecting a contentious challenge to his Chi- fore the first live televised debate between Emanuel and the “It’s time to be cago residency. three other major candidates vying to replace retiring Mayor sensitive to Within minutes of the high court ruling, Emanuel was Daley: City Clerk Miguel del Valle, former U.S. Sen. Carol back shaking hands with voters, taking a congratulatory call Moseley Braun and Gery Chico, a former top Daley aide and what’s happening from his old boss, President Obama, and working to recap- Chicago schools chief. Indeed, the residency controversy ture an aura of invincibility he had tried hard to project until was the first question that came up at the debate, sponsored out in the an appellate court ruling threatened to boot him from the by the Tribune and The City Club. neighborhoods in the city Feb. 22 contest. Chico, for one, appeared to nod to that reality after Thurs- The debate over whether Emanuel was qualified to run day’s ruling. “Emanuel’s residency drama has made this elec- of Chicago.” began the moment he resigned his Washington post and re- tion into a circus instead of a serious debate about the future —Miguel del Valle turned to Chicago in September, only to find the tenant in of Chicago,” Chico said in a statement. “With less than 30 his Lakeview house was unwilling to let him move back in. It days to go until election day, there is no time to waste. Game ended in a flurry of legal activity this week that rendered the on.” “I’m talking about episode all but meaningless. The residency challenge was spearheaded by Chicago But the months-long legal fight did serve to lavish free attorney Burt Odelson, who declined comment following the issues that af publicity on a candidacy that needed no extra help, given the ruling. Odelson’s case centered around the decision by fect real Chicago Emanuel’s huge lead in fundraising and his two-to-one edge Emanuel, a North Side congressman until late 2008, to rent over the next closest rival in a recent Tribune/WGN-TV his home when he left for Washington to serve as a top aide ans and the ruling poll. to President Obama. “The voters deserved the right to make the choice of who City law says mayoral candidates must reside in Chicago today doesn’t affect that one should be mayor. And I think what the Supreme Court said for at least one year prior to the election and Emanuel didn’t way or the other.” was basically, in short, that the voters will make the decision return until September. —Carol Moseley Braun 8 E Y E D RE Get even closer with a free l 011 2 AndroidTM-powered phone. 8, 2 Y R A U N Activate a pair of these phones, switch to U.S.Cellular A ® J AY, and get a $100 credit per line for a total of $200. 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George A Y Ryan went home from , J the hospital Thursday, A N but her condition is still U A considered “very grave,” R Y according to Ryan’s 2 8 attorney, former Gov. , 2 James Thompson. 011 No breakthrough in O’Hare talks The top executives from United and American Airlines met Thursday in Washington with Illinois’ two senators over the carriers’ dispute with the city over how to com- plete the massive expan- sion project at O’Hare, but no breakthrough was reported. Teen wounded in Englewood shooting A 17-year-old boy was seriously wounded Thursday morning during an exchange of gunfire with someone in a car in Englewood. He was reported in serious condition. The police pension board ruled Thursday to allow former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge to keep his $3,039.03 monthly pension. JOSÈ M. OSORIO/TRIBUNE BOARD: BURGE No injuries reported in Bucktown blaze An extra-alarm fire TO KEEP PENSION broke out Wednesday night at a vacant Bucktown building, causing traffic prob- lems in the area. No injuries were reported at the 2-alarm fire on Chicago Tribune with things he did when he was on the job. He pension benefits,” he said. the 1800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will con- was retired 10 years when they convicted him. ... But Flint Taylor, an attorney who has repre- which started around tinue receiving his pension despite being convict- It wasn’t on charges of what he did when he was sented several of Burge’s alleged victims, called 9 p.m., officials said. ed of lying about alleged torture of criminal sus- a police officer. It was on a lie that he made in the decision outrageous. pects, the police pension board ruled Thursday. front of a civil jury.” “To say that he should still be paid is mind Guest to helm Four of the eight board members voted to al- Shields added, “This question all comes down boggling,” Taylor said. “It is a total slap in the Groupon low Burge to keep his pension of $3,039.03 per to one issue: Did Jon Burge have any law en- face to the entire city and particularly the Afri- commercial month, saying his conviction was not directly re- forcement duties when he was accused of this can-American community.” Christopher Guest—the lated to his job as a police officer. Five votes were perjury? In 2003, he did not.” Burge was long suspected of torturing men mockumentary direc- needed to eliminate Burge’s pension. Burge was convicted of perjury and ob- into false confessions and was fired from the Po- tor behind “Waiting for The four board members who voted for Burge struction of justice. Though he wasn’t directly lice Department in 1993 over the alleged torture Guffman” and “Best to keep his pension are current or former offi- charged with torture, prosecutors had to prove of convicted cop killer Andrew Wilson. He be- in Show”—will direct cers elected by Chicago police: Kenneth Hauser, those allegations to substantiate the charges. gan collecting his pension about four years later. Groupon’s spots for the Michael Lazzaro, James Maloney and Michael Thomas J. Pleines, general counsel for the Fra- In 2008, the U.S. attorney’s office brought Feb. 6 Super Bowl broad- cast, a rep for Guest has Shields. The four who voted against Burge were ternal Order of Police who represented Burge, perjury and obstruction charges against Burge appointed by Mayor Daley. insisted the ruling was “the right one.” for denying the abuse in a 2003 civil lawsuit. A confirmed. TRIBUNE Hauser, president of the pension board, said “The board members followed the law, and federal jury convicted him in June of lying under Burge’s federal conviction “had nothing to do we’re very grateful that Jon Burge will retain his oath about the abuse. 10 E Y E D E R l 011 2 8, 2 Y R A U N A J Y, A D RI F