Dec Primary author of Chicago Town Meeting, proposal for a weekly televised public forums integrating features of the traditional New England Town Meeting and the modern TV talk show.
Not much interest in this idea at WTTW-Chicago Public TV (1992)
Oprah has a full plate too (1993)
WBEZ has hired an education reporter!
Alderman Mary Ann Smith, 49th Ward, had a good suggestion
Sep 19 Chicago Sun-Times OpEd "What Should We Do to Upgrade Schools?" has a brief account of Mayor Daley's remarks to the Youth Aldermen.
2014 My Full Account of Mayor Richard M. Daley's March 12 1992 remarks to fifty YMCA Youth Alderman at the Bismark Hotel, Chicago