Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, September 14, 2017.
Emanuel’s right-hand man steps down, talks Rahm in 2019
Mike Rendina is stepping down from his position as a senior adviser to Mayor Rahm Emanuel to take an unnamed job in the private sector, freeing him up to work part-time on the 2019 mayoral campaign, the Sun-Times reports. Emanuel hasn’t announced his candidacy yet, but Rendina said be “shocked” if Emanuel doesn’t enter and win the race. “I see every day his fight,” Rendina said. “We have a governor who is constantly attacking Chicago. We have a president who’s constantly attacking Chicago. And I cannot see him stepping down from the challenge. And I can’t see anyone else out there better suited to defend and move our city forward.” [Sun-Times]
