CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot said some of her recent verbal clashes with some aldermen may be partly due to her nature, and partly due to the attitudes of some of them.
Mayor Lightfoot does not have a "rubber stamp" City Council and some members seem to clash with her often. But the Mayor suggested some came ready to fight.
"There are those who have come into office believing that their responsibility is to be an activist, to be a social media influencer," Lightfoot said.
One Chicago alderwoman, who’s a frequent critic of Lori Lightfoot, said she can he hard to work with sometimes, because she alleged the Mayor is a one-woman show, ready to do things on her own.
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Mayor Lightfoot said we in the media overstate such flare ups. But, she said, perhaps because she was a trial lawyer, she has a high tolerance for dissent and occasional conflict and doesn’t cower from it.
"And I think that is surprising to many and confounding to others," Lightfoot said. "But we try to engage with the aldermen."
Still, she said, she reaches out to and briefs all the aldermen on her policy decisions, more than her predecessors.
"People complaining unfortunately comes with the territory, but what I know is, there is no other mayor, in my memory going back several mayors, that has done more to try and engage members of the City Council; but I can't force them to come to meetings, I can't force them to read their emails," Lightfoot said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is the guest on our At Issue program this weekend and you can hear more Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
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