Chicago Alderman Apologizes for Violating Coronavirus Rules, Allowing Diners in His Restaurant

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Imagine that.

A Chicago city legislator (“alderman”) breaking lockdown!

Lockdowns for thee, but not for me.

Chicago Alderman Apologizes for Violating Coronavirus Rules, Allowing Diners in His Restaurant​

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Warner Todd Huston

8 Dec 2020

Chicago Alderman Tom Tunney has apologized for an “error in judgment” after hosting diners inside his near Northside restaurant in violation of the city’s coronavirus rules.

The 44th Ward alderman faced criticism for allowing customers to eat inside his Lakeview Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont in violation of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s coronavirus ban on indoor dining in the Windy City.

Citizens on social media blew the whistle on the alderman for continuing to allow his closest customers to eat inside his establishment without requiring them to wear masks or to practice social distancing. On Monday, Tunney admitted to the rumors that he had not shut down his restaurant in obedience to the mayor’s shutdown orders. . . . .

Chicago Alderman Apologizes for Violating Coronavirus Rules

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Governor Pritzker (the same Governor Pritzker who’s wife traveled to Florida during an earlier “Pritzker Lockdown” had this to say . . . .

. . . Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also criticized Tunney, calling the alderman’s actions a “tremendous lapse in judgment.

“I also will say that elected officials should be setting an example, not creating the example that people may follow that will spread coronavirus. We have mitigations in place for a reason. We have asked everybody to follow them, and frankly, most restaurants and bars have followed them,” the governor said. . . .