The once-a-decade political power struggle triggered by the need to redraw Chicago’s ward boundaries to accommodate the U.S. Census is over — at least for the time being.
The City Council did its part on Monday, voting 43 to 7 to approve a compromise ward map — even as the leader of the council’s Latino Caucus, angered by his ward’s new boundaries, accused some members of his caucus of being back-stabbing snakes — and one of those members fired back, accusing him of jumping ship.
