Emanuel To Host Phone, Facebook Chats
CHICAGO (CBS) -- You might call this week "Ask the Mayor Week" in Chicago.
As WBBM Newsradio 780's Bernie Tafoya reports, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be taking questions from the public on Monday and Thursday.
Emanuel is taking phone calls from the public starting at 6 p.m. Monday. On Thursday at 1:30 p.m., he will answer questions via Facebook chat.
Questions for Thursday can be submitted on the City of Chicago Web site.
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Dozens of questions have been submitted already. One person wants to know what the mayor can do about loud motorcycles in the neighborhood, while another asks what the mayor can do to clean up eyesore buildings and graffiti along the Chicago Transit Authority Orange Line.
For the phone chat Monday night, the number to call is (800) 398-9397.
CBS 2 asked Chicagoans last week how they thought Mayor Emanuel was doing. See what they said.
