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- Mayor Rahm invited Whitney Young’s state-champion boys basketball team to be honored at City Hall. Why not Young’s girls basketball champs?
On Wednesday, Mayor Emanuel brought Whitney Young’s boys basketball team to City Hall to take a bow in front of the aldermen and receive a resolution honoring their “star-studded team” for winning the state championship.
Geez, Mr. Mayor. For your sake, I hope you haven’t forgotten that women also get to vote.
Which caught Bobby Hull—the greatest Hawk ever—very much by surprise.
He followed up by inviting Young’s boys’ team in on Wednesday. The mayor might have got an inkling of his oversight when Alderman Bob Fioretti rose at the meeting to note that Young’s girls’ team had also won its state championship.
By the way, Mayor E., feel free to use this info in a resolution should you ever get around to honoring the Lady Dolphins.
If so, the timing’s curious. Young’s girls’ team won its championship on March 8—two weeks before Morgan Park and Young’s boys’ teams won on March 22.
