City Council chooses Ald. Villegas as Zoning chair in latest blow to Mayor Johnson

City Council chooses Ald. Villegas as Zoning chair in latest blow to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson – Chicago Sun-Times

“It certainly is another example of the Council stepping up and sort of rescuing an item to fill a void of what’s not happening on the Fifth Floor [mayor’s office] that’s consistent with what took place with the budget,” said Ald. Marty Quinn.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas Named Zoning Chair After Months-Long Impasse

CITY HALL — In a last-minute twist after hours of behind-the-scenes lobbying during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, alderpeople named Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) as the permanent chair of the city’s powerful zoning committee. Villegas will take over the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards from vice chair Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th), who had been running it on a temporary basis but declined to host meetings in recent months un…

City Council chooses Ald. Villegas as Zoning chair in latest blow to Mayor Johnson

Gilbert Villegas (36th) and new Economic Development Chair Derrick Curtis (18th) are Johnson critics who were part of the renegade City Council majority that approved an alternative budget over the mayor’s strenuous objections.