If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring???

Jane Byrne• Mayor 1979 – 1983• Accomplishments

– ChicagoFest (kind of)– First Chicago mayor to recognize

gay community – supported first Gay Pride Parade

– Lived in Cabrini Green to show impoverished living conditions to world

– Banned handguns in Chicago– First (and to date, only) female

mayor of Chicago

Harold Washington• Elected 1983 and re-elected 1987 (died in 1987)• Lawyer from Chicago – previously served in Illinois House• Accomplishments

– coalition building between neighborhood groups, and special interest groups

– community development– providing services for neighborhoods including: street, curb,

and gutter rehabilitation– creation of the Ethics Commission– opening of government to Freedom of Information– more Minority Business Contracts