aldermanic

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• Aldermen and city government have such life-and-death power over businesses that they can seemingly move mountains when you have a problem, provided the business involved doesn't have a hotter aldermanic or city hall connection than yours.

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• It also hurts small businesses that Chicago operates under a system called aldermanic privilege.

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• For me, the paramount emblem of clout in Chicago is aldermanic privilege.

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• " First up: aldermanic amendments to Soglin's capital budget, on tap for Monday's Board of Estimates meeting.

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• "We will be giving voters from about 10 wards notices that there are court cases pending in certain aldermanic contests.

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• Aldermanic Bike Camps

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• This includes curtailing aldermanic privilege, shrinking the overly large city council, and radically pruning regulations.

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• Moreno is relying on a rarely violated Chicago tradition known as aldermanic privilege, which dictates that City Council members defer to the opinion of the ward alderman on local issues.

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• Meanwhile, though there were spirited contests for aldermanic and school board seats in the suburban municipalities, there were few races of more than parochial significance on the landscape for Shelby County.

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• The city council proposed an increase in aldermanic funding to address community needs.

Synonyms

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aldermanly

vsaldermanic

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Having the formal, respected manner and appearance of a local official

relates to the office or official duties of a local council role

Compounds

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aldermanic meeting

• Formal

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A meeting where local elected officials discuss and decide city matters

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aldermanic duty

• Formal

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Things an elected local council member must do for the community

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aldermanic position

• Formal

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An elected local government role that a council member holds

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