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11 alderpersons call special meeting to pressure Lightfoot to revise COVID mandate for city employees

By FOX 32 News
Published  March 15, 2022 9:49pm CDT
Lori Lightfoot
FOX 32 Chicago

Lightfoot will not attend City Council's vaccine mandate meeting

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she will not be attending Wednesday's special City Council meeting on the city's vaccine mandate as she will be out of town.

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she will not be attending Wednesday's special City Council meeting on the vaccine mandate as she will be out of town

Eleven alderpersons called a special meeting in an effort to pressure the mayor to revise the mandate that requires all city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The deadline to get the first dose was Sunday.

City data shows more than 20 percent of Chicago police officers are not complying with the mandate.

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Lightfoot is calling the meeting a stunt and released a letter, reading in part:

"We have lost over 7,500 Chicagoans over the course of the pandemic, and the only way to stem the tide is increasing the number of people who are fully vaccinated. I, for one, will not participate in any more political stunts, but my administration will continue to be transparent and collaborative... as we have been throughout the pandemic."