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If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring???. Jane Byrne. Mayor 1979 – 1983 Accomplishments ChicagoFest (kind of) First Chicago mayor to recognize gay community – supported first Gay Pride Parade Lived in Cabrini Green to show impoverished living conditions to world - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring???
Jane Byrne• Mayor 1979 – 1983• Accomplishments
– ChicagoFest (kind of)– First Chicago mayor to recognize
gay community – supported first Gay Pride Parade
– Lived in Cabrini Green to show impoverished living conditions to world
– Banned handguns in Chicago– First (and to date, only) female
mayor of Chicago
Harold Washington• Elected 1983 and re-elected 1987 (died in 1987)• Lawyer from Chicago – previously served in Illinois House• Accomplishments
– coalition building between neighborhood groups, and special interest groups
– community development– providing services for neighborhoods including: street, curb,
and gutter rehabilitation– creation of the Ethics Commission– opening of government to Freedom of Information– more Minority Business Contracts
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