Entered Office Appointed by Daley in 1996 to replace Ambrosio Medrano, who went to federal prison during Silver Shovel scandal
Previous Life Rabble-rousing community activist
Backed Daley Flip-flopped on the big-box minimum-wage ordinance to support the mayor’s veto, after which Daley poured money and support into his campaign
Lucky Breaks Before the February 2007 election, Thaddeus Wilson, Howard Brookins’s former law partner and the election board hearing officer, dismissed campaign challenges against Solis’s nominating petition, and at the 11th hour the state supreme court (including justice Anne Burke) threw Medrano off the ballot.
Prospects Dreams of running for Congress but will remain Daley’s lapdog in the City Council
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