Entered Office 2003, in an independent rebellion against incumbent Vilma Colom, who was widely decried as Mell’s creature and an ill-tempered, unresponsive alderman
Previous Life Teenage knucklehead arrested for assorted misdemeanors; Park District employee; YMCA director
Modus Operandi Spends time fighting former allies on zoning issues, keeps low profile after voting against Daley initiatives like big-box minimum-wage ordinance
Prospects Will vote as an independent and get panned by constituents as a sellout