thank you for the documentary p.b.s. television channel station, now do one upon puerto-rican nationalism within the u.s.a., or hispanic nationalism, or indian nationalism for that matter, & with an upcoming mayoral election in play regardless of whether, or not i myself could possibly throw that being of my hat in the ring to run, or at least serve again as a judge of elections, or as a election coordinator, or poll watcher, &/or etcetera(not that i myself am 'jarrod', & you know like say, or how you say the white-boy in that vintage classic pop-culture cops, & robbers television show drama called by that being of it's name title of 'the-pretender', & with part of the opening story line to it being of some, or of such that goes something like this here, well so i paraphrase if not quote exactly, "there are pretenders among us, ... , a young male genius had escaped from a private, or confidential treatment facility with a highly classified status being of an operative sponsored, &/or likewise financed by the u.s. government, & the u.s. military, ..."), ...
thank you very much for the youtube video broadcast post, well so says the, or an anonymous 'little-brother'(namely mr. keith mullins of chicago, illinois u.s.a.) of former, or ex president barack hussein o'bama
Jane Byrne will always be dear to me. She awarded my father in 1980, Sgt. George Coleman Sr, with the Lambert Tree Award for bravery. She's in all his award pictures, so she's family ❤
In what way is Chicago "wonderful"? ..Just asking, because I'm from Cleveland. All we hear around the country, in the news media, is about the high crime rates, but never anything good.
@gregpresley1466 I'm from Chicago as I stated earlier don't believe everything you hear. You've probably heard negative stories from mainstream media most than likely because of black leadership. Everything revolves around Chicago. You should visit the CHI.😊
I remember seeing her on TV (prior to her election) discussing the relative merits of different types of street salt. She definitely had it down. Nice retrospective. I didn't know about Mayor Daley seeing her at all those events with JFK. That's got to be a unique entry point to Chicago politics.
Nice doc on the Mayor. She was the first mayor I remember, being 6 yo when she assumed office. I remember thinking that she actually lived in Cabrini like as a regular resident. Then my grandmother told me she was just doing that for the cameras. Of course I wasn’t into politics back then but I remember liking the lady. I thought it was cool we had a lady mayor. But then I also thought it was cool we had a black mayor which was my first time going to the Taste of Chicago.
You ain't miss it that much that's why you left, but I don't blame you. Our city is not the Chicago I remember one bit. There are neighborhoods that are unrecognizable due to gentrification and the crack era of the late 80's-90's. And as bad as they were, it's odd going up the Dan Ryan and no longer seeing the projects that dominated the skyline, from 21st to 55th. My God
Say what you want about Jane but Lightfoot pales in comparison. Let's be honest, Byrne had a much harder time and greater battles than Chicago's current mayor has, or will face
Absolutely. I worked on her campaigns in 1983 and 1987. I always admired her and her vision and hope for the city. People, especially the Chicago Tribune dogged her endlessly. I knew her and since we all have faults, I won't comment on anyone besides myself. So much of what downtown Chicago is is her legacy. Taste of Chicago started with Mayor Byrne. She loved Chicago and understood that as a woman, the first woman mayor, being fluffy or weak wouldn't get her anywhere. She understood the use of power from Mayor Daley. She wasn't a reformer as the liberals hoped for. She had a vision for the city. She knew that feelings would get hurt and people disillusioned. That never stopped her. The reason there is a train to Midway Airport and O'Hare Airport is due to Mayor Byrne. The North Loop redevelopment happened under her watch. I had a couple of "coffees" at my home for her when I lived in Chicago. I respected her "chin out" style and she never backed down from a fight. History is being kinder to her than the many were at the time of her administration. I was crushed in 1983 when dirty little Richie knew he was going to lose the 1983 primary badly. He refused to bow out because getting rid of Jane Byrne was more important than building Chicago for the 21st century. Dirty little Richie knew if Jane Byrne got reelected she would be a 20 year mayor and dirty little Richie couldn't have that. I never heard Mayor Byrne utter a racist word or taunt. She really was for One Chicago for All Chicago. May she rest in peace and be proud of her contributions that helped continue developing Chicago into a world class, first tier city.
By far my late dad’s favorite Chicago mayor. He went out of his way to attend her burial service when she passed. I wish he could’ve seen this one, along with the 2 great Daley docs that are on TH-cam.
Harold Washington’s critique of Byrne was spot-on. She had only herself to blame. A loose cannon herself, and one for a husband that she let play an active role in being the face of her administration, and her volatile temper and lack of poise are why she failed. She didn’t realize that with a term of x years, and lacking a huge base, she needed to work like crazy to form a base and work with people. instead she worked super hard to alienate people. recipe for failure.
It really takes me back to see her exiting her apartment building at the 39:43 mark. In 1981, I was in my early 30s and single, and rented a studio unit one floor above her in that building. A couple of times when I was leaving for work, she and her two bodyguards got on the elevator, and we rode down together, just the four of us. No one spoke, but I sure wanted to. I had little interest in politics at the time, but I thought she was pretty hot. Okay, inappropriate, but true.
I think we need to stop looking for help outside of ourselves and start looking for help within our own people. It's not the government, is not politicians but it is ourselves that need to go to work, father our children, become successful by graduating and therefore giving back to our own community. We need to stop blaming others and start taking initiative
you dont make it to the top without a certain amount of ego and guts, she got as far as she could get without more support..and without being a man. she deserved better, she loved Chicago and it's people
In California too. Graft, today weed politics. I remember we got to stay home from school during that whole snowstorm when Jane Byrne was then elected.
Good video - the 80s and 90s was a different era. Gangs were organized and so was business. People think Chicago is worse now but look at the stats. We almost hit 1000 murders in 91. Chicagos been better but the internet makes us look bad. I was loaning friends on my block when I was a little kid, no tears either, we knew it was part of life and nobody wanted to show weakness.
So, there is this thing: THE SEINE (SANE) REPORT. You see, along with the snow buried cars on the streets of Chicago, the parking meters were buried right along side the cars. It was the Seine report that discovered parking meter revenues from the same parking meters that had been under 9 feet of snow. THIS was Mayor Bilandic's down fall. Just recalling.
@@richardburke5686Absolutely, I worked Chicago Fest that year and Jesse Jackson was upset with me for not boycotting the fest with them. 😢 it still breaks my heart when she gave Blacks a golden opportunity when she moved in to Cabrini Green and NO OTHER PROMINENT BLACKS joined her. 😢😢☹️😭🤬, I still tear up today over that one. She never turned her back on Black People, Black People turn their backs on her. Truly disgusting and shameful and heartbreaking. RIP MAYOR BYRNE.
@@Hattricks68 Reading your words reply took me back. Thank you. Mayor Byrne was Chicago, tough yet tender hearted, loved the city and EVERYBODY in it. Im a white man and I was proud to vote for a tough, competant, intelligent woman. I knew her pretty well. I knew he dedication for "ONE CHICAGO" for "ALL CHICAGO." I didnt understand why so black Chicagoans just hated her. We all have missteps. She knew who put her in the Mayor s chair in 1979. She never forgot that. I didnt like Harold Washington. I didnt like his ethics or pandering to a racial divide to get in office. I didnt vote for him in either primary. I reluctantly supported him in 1987. Vrodolyak was rotten. Who had the most to gain with Byrne and Washington out of the way? I think it s obvious. Dirty Little Richie became Mayor of Chicago for 20 years. He hated her and she him. He and I were speaking at a reception for after 1983, she called him a "goof." I called him something else. I would have preferred 20 years of Washington to 20 years if that "goof." Thank you so much for reaching out. Blessings to you and your family. RIP Mayor Jane M Byrne.
Very interesting documentary. She sounded like she was a very divisive person who helped to polarize the city and break promises. But like that guy said, those are the kinds of people who get statues and streets named after them.🤷
Becoming Mayor, of a major city, as the city of Chicago, was Not an easy task for either... Mayor, Jane Byrne, or Mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Both women, had major challenges and obstacles, facing them during their elected terms, in running a City, such as Chicago. Whether, in preference, one Mayor, over the other. Both women, have had their share of major challenges.
I watch this not because I wanted to but because I had to. I lived in Chicago during all three of these administrations. I remember when she moved into Cabrini greens I went to Cabrini greens once. I was robbed at gunpoint I wasn't there 5 minutes. People liked her in the beginning but later they didn't. I think obstacles were thrown in front of her because she was getting into people's business. Black suffered a lot during dailies administration. The vertical slums is exactly what it was piss in the hallways, roaches. Gun violence was ridiculous, as a black man and a child I had to leave Chicago I couldn't stay there I knew I would die. Chicago is a tough City it's a beautiful city Chicago is a city that administratively is run by blacks it's the best looking city in America make New York City look like a mouse trap. I appreciate mayor bryne she really cared about the city. She knew it from the ground up much like Trump. If we had her running for a woman president she would be worth every penny God bless you Jane God bless you. I understand more about you from this documentary. I'm proud that you are a woman and I'm proud that you love Chicago. I wish more of you were around God bless America God bless you. Thank you thank you for all the sacrifices that we don't know about. And God bless you 🙏
Most people don't know this, but Lori Lightfoot is the younger sister of Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. In fact, Gordon wrote the 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about Lori, as she is both a wreck and a sinking ship. True story...
We called her Baby Jane and she had problems. She came into prominence as Commissioner of weights and Measures, in which she oversaw the cab companies, and private buses licensed by the city. There is not enough room on this page to detail the corruption that went on. It was in place when she took over and was in place when she left. She knew nothing about the cab companies and never learned, The reason she got the comm. job was the former one got caught and went to prison. she was a heavy drinker and married an alcoholic. the stunt she pulled at Cabrini Green where she moved in for a while was laughable. She rolled in on Daley's coattails. Still, she was tough.
I think that she was impatient maybe not power she wanted things done fast and didn't realize that there was contemplates and that might have frustrated her I can't entirely agree with your statement but I can't disagree with it either because we don't have enough facts.
The men wouldn’t let her succeed , even her own party. She was anti corruption as well & in those days in Chicago they weren’t having it. She ran so others can fly. & that casino idea? Other cities ran with it by the 90’s & did well as a result. Then as a result said Chicago couldn’t have a casino because it would draw all the customers from those smaller cities casinos … she had the answer all along.
First She backed Carter,but then backed Ted Kennedy.Reagan took Illinois and even Cook County abd other Democratic Strongholds.But Byrne and Later Washington had to eat crow when candidates they backed lost big time.
I agree. Chicago is an amazing place with a fascinating history. However, the city always had aggressive, strong leadership. Mayors set the tone for their administration and offer a vision for the city. Lori Lightfoot is a wonderful person with a good heart. She doesn't have the personal characteristics of strength, grit, determination, and an enthusiasm for leadership. The city is tanking. It's time fresh blood and perspective.
Lol... I had a t-shirt that said "Honkeyfest", bought by my older brother. On the back it said "Thanks Jessie " lol... I would wear it to my SECOND GRADE CLASS at my school on the Northside. Not a word said..
@@stevenhickey326 I'd say Lori is a little humbled, but, it never stays that way for long. It ll be "the white man s fault." No Lori, it's because you sucked!
I remember all this on news I was 10. I didn’t know she was Democrat. Sounds like she was a good woman and cared about people. But was sabotaged by her own party🤦♀️democrats. 🙏
she plays the, or a piano more, or less like i myself being of my person types as in fairly well, &, but then other than that i being of person of my same self have always kind of wondered what was up with that move into the cabrini public housing projects, & as to whether, or not she herself was supposedly carving out some, or such new territory for from well-to-do, to rich caucasians, or white preppys, or the baby-boomers, or much rather than instead of for hippies, or flower-children(formerly beatniks), or whether, or not she herself had really done that as a supposed, or so-called political strategy to establish urban renewal, & at the same time to supposedly curb the uprising, or increasing city violence brewing among the different street factions being of which was permeating that being of our own great metropolis even at that time, &/or to possibly compliment that being of a fictional plot being of which was the content of a vintage classic pop-culture hollywood, california motion-picture-production, movie-flick, or film called by that being of it's name title of 'the-warriors'(remember the movie-scene when that being of one of the movers, &/or shakers for this one particular clique was supposedly attempting to unite the many different street factions to possibly establish that being of a central committee headquarters being of which would supposedly supervise the different street-gangs whereas anyone of some, or of such would have to answer to it, & quite similar to that being of the five families being of which run that being of gangland, or hoodlum america for the different mafia families, or mob families when the gangstas, or hoodlums were more, much more honorable than how now they themselves are more like the less loyal neanderthals being of which make up the street animals of our day, in these modern times, & being of the likes who do not respect funeral processions, & will shoot at some, or such of anybody, &/or everybody attending a funeral of some, or of such of a local vicinity area neighborhood community rival street faction, or street gang two-bit-punk who has not really much class, or little class if any at all, & you know like say, or how you say being of the likes of some, or of such of the much more notorious ones like say for example chief o'keefe, young thug, &/or etcetera, & then have the police come in droves to deliver 'take-outs' more than the pizza delivery guy, hah-hah, heh-heh, & no offense is really meant to be possibly directed against any of the relatives, &/or friends being of the surviving family members of the young black male who was lighted up like some kind of a christmas tree by some, or such of our chicago's finest, not that all police officers, or cops are bad, & you know like say upon one of our city's interstate highways, & whereas the male suspect in question who was causing a commotion with the way that he himself was supposedly running up, & down that being of the same of the said in question, &/or the former, or previous mentioned was interrupting the traffic flow, & then was supposedly shot down in cold blood with sixteen rounds fired off into his physical body, & being that because he himself was supposedly upon a criminally illegal, or unlawful drug substance), crazy times we ourselves are living in reflecting the movie-flick scene, or rather the movie-flick scene reflection real life for the troubles of a major metropolitan city within the continental u.s.a./united-states-of-america, & with this global pandemic, & many other social plagues, & with proverbial neighbors from damn hell upon that being of the increase, & like the one being of whom i have to be bothered with now where i myself am at as a tenant in one of the rougher neighborhoods of a less preferred one being of which is an ethnic minority, &/or likewise more poverty-strickened, or more crime-ridden one, & thanks to a neighbor from damn hell male character having flipped the script upon me by getting me kicked to the curb as they say with the management of a building where i myself was previously at as a tenant in one of the more, much more preferred vicinity area neighborhood communities being of a multi-racial, &/or less poverty-strickened, or less crime-ridden one, & by how he himself had convinced the real estate administrative personnel a.k.a. property-owner/s, or landlord/s to just give me the paperwork document/s of something similar to an eviction notice being of a non-renewal of an apartment rental lease agreement notification memo, & being of which he himself should have received much rather than instead of me, & after i myself, or person of my same self as an individual had went through all of the proper policies, &/or procedures of protocol to state my grieviances to not only the management of the building, well whatever, or however said, or whatever they themselves are to be possibly called, &/or to address that being of the issue of the social injustice being of which he himself would daily, &/or nightly inflict against my person being of his two-cent power-plays as he himself would likewise disrespect my rights, &/or privileges to some, or such peace of mind as well as he himself would just continue to quite regularly violate that being of his own apartment rental lease agreement, &, but then nevertheless whereas my person had also taken that being of the liberty, or liberties, to address this one particular sort, or type of noise-maker, problem-neighbor being of a public-nuisance a.k.a. neighbor from damn hell male character to our chicago's finest being of the 'boys-in-blue' as i had reported him, or he himself, to the police a number of times, more than quite a few times with likewise little, or no avail, anyway though, or regardless whereas i myself take my hat off to this one particular former, or ex, &/or first woman mayor of the city of metropolitan chicago, illinois u.s.a. being of whom had paved the way for our first black woman mayor of the city of chicago(being of whom is a lesbian, & being of which is another historical fact), hip hop hooray to former, or ex mayor jane byrne, ...
What? She's not less of a person because she has a personality? And do you think nowadays it is? I got hunted because of mine. Maybe cuz I'm not a woman? Well I have a personality too. I know that's not right. Rock on rock eye.
Most people don't know this, but Lori Lightfoot is the younger sister of Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. In fact, Gordon wrote the 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about Lori, as she is both a wreck and a sinking ship. True story...
@@elijahbey3366 Now c’mon, Elijah! There’s truth and there’s fiction and your tall tale has collapsed under it’s own weight and is as odious as the stockyard’s most reliable product: Shyte.
What I took from watching this is the disenfranchised voters of Chicago continue to vote Democrat even though nothing ever changes. The true definition of insanity.
It'disgusting the way that young black man jump out in fron of her to say you'll be defeated. Like an animal. And the only reason she got defeated because the other guy was black. It's a shame that in a great city of Chicago black voters decide who will be mayor. This woman really tried to help them. Even though they need to be saved from themselves.
If u don't know what happened and u weren't there stop talking. Harold Washington was loved by all black and white he actually seemed to care to bad he couldn't live longer. I remember they announced his death while I was in school and on my way home that afternoon every body was honking their car horns and turning on their car lights in solidarity and mourning . Chicago could have definitely been a different place had he lived
What are you talking about? That should decide who the mayor is and they can ask whatever they want to. You need to be out in the country. Not the city.
Go further into Jane Byrne's story at www.wttw.com/janebyrne
thank you for the documentary p.b.s. television channel station, now do one upon puerto-rican nationalism within the u.s.a., or hispanic nationalism, or indian nationalism for that matter, & with an upcoming mayoral election in play regardless of whether, or not i myself could possibly throw that being of my hat in the ring to run, or at least serve again as a judge of elections, or as a election coordinator, or poll watcher, &/or etcetera(not that i myself am 'jarrod', & you know like say, or how you say the white-boy in that vintage classic pop-culture cops, & robbers television show drama called by that being of it's name title of 'the-pretender', & with part of the opening story line to it being of some, or of such that goes something like this here, well so i paraphrase if not quote exactly, "there are pretenders among us, ... , a young male genius had escaped from a private, or confidential treatment facility with a highly classified status being of an operative sponsored, &/or likewise financed by the u.s. government, & the u.s. military, ..."), ...
thank you very much for the youtube video broadcast post, well so says the, or an anonymous 'little-brother'(namely mr. keith mullins of chicago, illinois u.s.a.) of former, or ex president barack hussein o'bama
I liked Jan Byrne a lot! I worked hard for her reelection. Daley Jr, just hated her and wanted her out of the way.
Jane Byrne will always be dear to me. She awarded my father in 1980, Sgt. George Coleman Sr, with the Lambert Tree Award for bravery.
She's in all his award pictures, so she's family ❤
... CANNOT FAULT BRAVERY.... Greetings from Bradford West Yorkshire England 🏴🌄✌️
Chicago is a wonderful city. Mayor Byrne tried very hard. A great documentary.
In what way is Chicago "wonderful"? ..Just asking, because I'm from Cleveland. All we hear around the country, in the news media, is about the high crime rates, but never anything good.
It's a beautiful city. Don't believe everything you hear.
@@gregpresley1466 Do a bit more research. Hook up with Chicagoans to be escorted through wonderland. Ummm, make sure that's not a Winter wonderland 🤣
@gregpresley1466 I'm from Chicago as I stated earlier don't believe everything you hear. You've probably heard negative stories from mainstream media most than likely because of black leadership. Everything revolves around Chicago. You should visit the CHI.😊
Back to back history was made!! First woman then black man. This is DEFINITELY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS.
Then Daley's Struck back in 1989 With Son Richard M Daley
Great lady!ahead of her time,and wish we had more like her!
I remember seeing her on TV (prior to her election) discussing the relative merits of different types of street salt. She definitely had it down. Nice retrospective. I didn't know about Mayor Daley seeing her at all those events with JFK. That's got to be a unique entry point to Chicago politics.
Nice doc on the Mayor. She was the first mayor I remember, being 6 yo when she assumed office. I remember thinking that she actually lived in Cabrini like as a regular resident. Then my grandmother told me she was just doing that for the cameras. Of course I wasn’t into politics back then but I remember liking the lady. I thought it was cool we had a lady mayor. But then I also thought it was cool we had a black mayor which was my first time going to the Taste of Chicago.
I just love that City of Chicago. I miss dearly...❤️
You ain't miss it that much that's why you left, but I don't blame you. Our city is not the Chicago I remember one bit. There are neighborhoods that are unrecognizable due to gentrification and the crack era of the late 80's-90's. And as bad as they were, it's odd going up the Dan Ryan and no longer seeing the projects that dominated the skyline, from 21st to 55th. My God
Thank you for this film. It changed my perspective on Jane Byrne as a mayor.
Say what you want about Jane but Lightfoot pales in comparison. Let's be honest, Byrne had a much harder time and greater battles than Chicago's current mayor has, or will face
Amen 🙏
Lightfoot is a female? Could of fool me
Absolutely. I worked on her campaigns in 1983 and 1987. I always admired her and her vision and hope for the city. People, especially the Chicago Tribune dogged her endlessly. I knew her and since we all have faults, I won't comment on anyone besides myself. So much of what downtown Chicago is is her legacy. Taste of Chicago started with Mayor Byrne. She loved Chicago and understood that as a woman, the first woman mayor, being fluffy or weak wouldn't get her anywhere. She understood the use of power from Mayor Daley. She wasn't a reformer as the liberals hoped for. She had a vision for the city. She knew that feelings would get hurt and people disillusioned. That never stopped her. The reason there is a train to Midway Airport and O'Hare Airport is due to Mayor Byrne. The North Loop redevelopment happened under her watch. I had a couple of "coffees" at my home for her when I lived in Chicago. I respected her "chin out" style and she never backed down from a fight. History is being kinder to her than the many were at the time of her administration. I was crushed in 1983 when dirty little Richie knew he was going to lose the 1983 primary badly. He refused to bow out because getting rid of Jane Byrne was more important than building Chicago for the 21st century. Dirty little Richie knew if Jane Byrne got reelected she would be a 20 year mayor and dirty little Richie couldn't have that. I never heard Mayor Byrne utter a racist word or taunt. She really was for One Chicago for All Chicago. May she rest in peace and be proud of her contributions that helped continue developing Chicago into a world class, first tier city.
You should elaborate, so that you can actually prove your point.
@@kimjuanun4873Wipe your drool, champ.
Another stunningly good piece of history about a place. I've never been and really have no connection to. Really oddly compelling.
Lol! I lived there when she was mayor, I loved her! To say she wasn't afraid of anyone is kind of funny. Holy Toledo! Everybody was afraid of her!
By far my late dad’s favorite Chicago mayor. He went out of his way to attend her burial service when she passed. I wish he could’ve seen this one, along with the 2 great Daley docs that are on TH-cam.
I lived in Chicago during this era.. was a Great Town
My father, Sgt. George Coleman Sr. received the Lambert Tree Award from Mayor Byrne for bravery.
Harold Washington’s critique of Byrne was spot-on. She had only herself to blame. A loose cannon herself, and one for a husband that she let play an active role in being the face of her administration, and her volatile temper and lack of poise are why she failed. She didn’t realize that with a term of x years, and lacking a huge base, she needed to work like crazy to form a base and work with people. instead she worked super hard to alienate people. recipe for failure.
She was a great mayor and genuinely cared about people living in the projects. She loved Chicago !
Lol😂
Love to learn about Chicago great stories and history
It really takes me back to see her exiting her apartment building at the 39:43 mark. In 1981, I was in my early 30s and single, and rented a studio unit one floor above her in that building. A couple of times when I was leaving for work, she and her two bodyguards got on the elevator, and we rode down together, just the four of us. No one spoke, but I sure wanted to. I had little interest in politics at the time, but I thought she was pretty hot. Okay, inappropriate, but true.
You just know she was WILD in the SACK!!!!
You guys are hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!
She was so fucking hot 🔥
Thanks for the upload.
I had never heard of this mayor...
She was a fine woman had a lot of her courage.
There's a good reason for that...
I think we need to stop looking for help outside of ourselves and start looking for help within our own people. It's not the government, is not politicians but it is ourselves that need to go to work, father our children, become successful by graduating and therefore giving back to our own community. We need to stop blaming others and start taking initiative
Watching this seeing Ed Burke being a villain in the 70’s and now going to a federal prison is some long awaited justice.
you dont make it to the top without a certain amount of ego and guts, she got as far as she could get without more support..and without being a man.
she deserved better, she loved Chicago and it's people
Absolutely!
My great- grandfather in Mississippi was talking about Jane.
I kinda hate fact they didn’t show any clips of AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 191.
I saw her on that documentary about Cabrini greens when she moved into the dangerous projects for a lil while
In California too. Graft, today weed politics.
I remember we got to stay home from school during that whole snowstorm when Jane Byrne was then elected.
This was the beginning of the end of the Chicago I loved
Thank you.
Good video - the 80s and 90s was a different era. Gangs were organized and so was business. People think Chicago is worse now but look at the stats. We almost hit 1000 murders in 91. Chicagos been better but the internet makes us look bad. I was loaning friends on my block when I was a little kid, no tears either, we knew it was part of life and nobody wanted to show weakness.
Burke and Verdolyak were crooked, even back then.
She moved in cabrni green projects for 3 days and was gone.some say she was never there just looked like she was there
So, there is this thing: THE SEINE (SANE) REPORT.
You see, along with the snow buried cars on the streets of Chicago, the parking meters were buried right along side the cars.
It was the Seine report that discovered parking meter revenues from the same parking meters that had been under 9 feet of snow.
THIS was Mayor Bilandic's down fall.
Just recalling.
I remember when she moved into Cabrini Green. She only stayed for about a week as I recall. She couldn't get out there fast enough. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I don't blame her
I was in Love with Jane Byrne. 😂 absolutely!
Me too. I knew her pretty well. I was proud to support her and she did a great job!
@@richardburke5686 ABSOLUTELY, she didn’t have a feminist bone in her body, She was all WOMAN!!!
@@Solitaryman70 I knew her pretty well. I respected her and worked my a$$ off in 1983 and 1987. If she would have won reelection, WOW!
@@richardburke5686Absolutely, I worked Chicago Fest that year and Jesse Jackson was upset with me for not boycotting the fest with them. 😢 it still breaks my heart when she gave Blacks a golden opportunity when she moved in to Cabrini Green and NO OTHER PROMINENT BLACKS joined her. 😢😢☹️😭🤬, I still tear up today over that one. She never turned her back on Black People, Black People turn their backs on her. Truly disgusting and shameful and heartbreaking. RIP MAYOR BYRNE.
@@Hattricks68 Reading your words reply took me back. Thank you. Mayor Byrne was Chicago, tough yet tender hearted, loved the city and EVERYBODY in it. Im a white man and I was proud to vote for a tough, competant, intelligent woman. I knew her pretty well. I knew he dedication for "ONE CHICAGO" for "ALL CHICAGO." I didnt understand why so black Chicagoans just hated her. We all have missteps. She knew who put her in the Mayor s chair in 1979. She never forgot that. I didnt like Harold Washington. I didnt like his ethics or pandering to a racial divide to get in office. I didnt vote for him in either primary. I reluctantly supported him in 1987. Vrodolyak was rotten. Who had the most to gain with Byrne and Washington out of the way? I think it s obvious. Dirty Little Richie became Mayor of Chicago for 20 years. He hated her and she him. He and I were speaking at a reception for after 1983, she called him a "goof." I called him something else. I would have preferred 20 years of Washington to 20 years if that "goof." Thank you so much for reaching out. Blessings to you and your family. RIP Mayor Jane M Byrne.
Very interesting documentary. She sounded like she was a very divisive person who helped to polarize the city and break promises. But like that guy said, those are the kinds of people who get statues and streets named after them.🤷
Chicago must be a very difficult city to run.
Must be something in the water here i am also from chicago illinois
There’s no flavor like the Chicago Flavor!
And I’ve been to every State including Canada 🇨🇦.
The Jimmy Carter of Chicago, both in over their heads.
Becoming Mayor, of a major city, as the city of Chicago, was Not an easy task for either...
Mayor, Jane Byrne,
or Mayor, Lori Lightfoot.
Both women, had major challenges and obstacles,
facing them during their elected terms, in running a City, such as Chicago.
Whether, in preference, one Mayor, over the other.
Both women, have had their
share of major challenges.
Burke and Vrdoliak lol they controlled the purse strings in Chicago and nobody was able to get rid of them until over 40 years later
Ha. That's "my mom" .
Badass person.
Ain't gonna get a 'Lightfoot" interchange,
Man, even back then she was dealing with a teachers union strike and other ones as well.. Nothing new under the sun.
The Reincarnation of Jane Byrne; WGN’s BRONAGH TUMULTY ❤❤❤!!! 🥰😍
One of the best mayor's ever, who was the first woman to be a mayor of a major city.
I watch this not because I wanted to but because I had to. I lived in Chicago during all three of these administrations. I remember when she moved into Cabrini greens I went to Cabrini greens once. I was robbed at gunpoint I wasn't there 5 minutes. People liked her in the beginning but later they didn't. I think obstacles were thrown in front of her because she was getting into people's business. Black suffered a lot during dailies administration. The vertical slums is exactly what it was piss in the hallways, roaches. Gun violence was ridiculous, as a black man and a child I had to leave Chicago I couldn't stay there I knew I would die. Chicago is a tough City it's a beautiful city Chicago is a city that administratively is run by blacks it's the best looking city in America make New York City look like a mouse trap. I appreciate mayor bryne she really cared about the city. She knew it from the ground up much like Trump. If we had her running for a woman president she would be worth every penny God bless you Jane God bless you. I understand more about you from this documentary. I'm proud that you are a woman and I'm proud that you love Chicago. I wish more of you were around God bless America God bless you. Thank you thank you for all the sacrifices that we don't know about. And God bless you 🙏
I wonder if she would still be a Democrat
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@@kylejimmerson9985 the money..all about that.
Got to love America.
The more things change... the more they STAY THE SAME... good luck Chicago... 🇺🇸
Was a Great Documentary until you showed LORI LIGHTHEADED.... 💯
I met at the opening of TASTE OF CHICAGO I FOUND HER A GREAT LADY
If you don't know anything. That's great. Because you get to dig your teeth into everything.
0:34 My Hero!
Most people don't know this, but Lori Lightfoot is the younger sister of Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. In fact, Gordon wrote the 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about Lori, as she is both a wreck and a sinking ship. True story...
I SALUTE YOU mayor Byme,
The real axis of evil the two Eds 😂😂
And now Ed Burke is under investigation. The irony.
We called her Baby Jane and she had problems. She came into prominence as Commissioner of weights and Measures, in which she oversaw the cab companies, and private buses licensed by the city. There is not enough room on this page to detail the corruption that went on. It was in place when she took over and was in place when she left. She knew nothing about the cab companies and never learned, The reason she got the comm. job was the former one got caught and went to prison. she was a heavy drinker and married an alcoholic. the stunt she pulled at Cabrini Green where she moved in for a while was laughable. She rolled in on Daley's coattails. Still, she was tough.
She tried and l belive she meant well for people but power got to her head
I think that she was impatient maybe not power she wanted things done fast and didn't realize that there was contemplates and that might have frustrated her I can't entirely agree with your statement but I can't disagree with it either because we don't have enough facts.
Like any politician get what you want then f everyone
The men wouldn’t let her succeed , even her own party. She was anti corruption as well & in those days in Chicago they weren’t having it. She ran so others can fly. & that casino idea? Other cities ran with it by the 90’s & did well as a result. Then as a result said Chicago couldn’t have a casino because it would draw all the customers from those smaller cities casinos … she had the answer all along.
First She backed Carter,but then backed Ted Kennedy.Reagan took Illinois and even Cook County abd other Democratic Strongholds.But Byrne and Later Washington had to eat crow when candidates they backed lost big time.
Jane did the "you people" routine at 42:40.
2:30 👍🏼
Whomever made this shouldn't put lightfoot the wrost mayor of chicago.
Amazing mayor ! RIP. One of a couple Democrat politicians I respect
She got the snow plowed
"Honkeyfest" 1982?! Now that they have one of their own in power, Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago has never been in worse condition.
I agree. Chicago is an amazing place with a fascinating history. However, the city always had aggressive, strong leadership. Mayors set the tone for their administration and offer a vision for the city. Lori Lightfoot is a wonderful person with a good heart. She doesn't have the personal characteristics of strength, grit, determination, and an enthusiasm for leadership. The city is tanking. It's time fresh blood and perspective.
Lol...
I had a t-shirt that said "Honkeyfest", bought by my older brother. On the back it said "Thanks Jessie " lol...
I would wear it to my SECOND GRADE CLASS at my school on the Northside.
Not a word said..
@@stevenhickey326 I'd say Lori is a little humbled, but, it never stays that way for long. It ll be "the white man s fault." No Lori, it's because you sucked!
All true 100% Lightfoot doesn't do anything. MAYOR BURNS is what important to her is faith,family,country.
I remember all this on news I was 10. I didn’t know she was Democrat. Sounds like she was a good woman and cared about people. But was sabotaged by her own party🤦♀️democrats. 🙏
she plays the, or a piano more, or less like i myself being of my person types as in fairly well, &, but then other than that i being of person of my same self have always kind of wondered what was up with that move into the cabrini public housing projects, & as to whether, or not she herself was supposedly carving out some, or such new territory for from well-to-do, to rich caucasians, or white preppys, or the baby-boomers, or much rather than instead of for hippies, or flower-children(formerly beatniks), or whether, or not she herself had really done that as a supposed, or so-called political strategy to establish urban renewal, & at the same time to supposedly curb the uprising, or increasing city violence brewing among the different street factions being of which was permeating that being of our own great metropolis even at that time, &/or to possibly compliment that being of a fictional plot being of which was the content of a vintage classic pop-culture hollywood, california motion-picture-production, movie-flick, or film called by that being of it's name title of 'the-warriors'(remember the movie-scene when that being of one of the movers, &/or shakers for this one particular clique was supposedly attempting to unite the many different street factions to possibly establish that being of a central committee headquarters being of which would supposedly supervise the different street-gangs whereas anyone of some, or of such would have to answer to it, & quite similar to that being of the five families being of which run that being of gangland, or hoodlum america for the different mafia families, or mob families when the gangstas, or hoodlums were more, much more honorable than how now they themselves are more like the less loyal neanderthals being of which make up the street animals of our day, in these modern times, & being of the likes who do not respect funeral processions, & will shoot at some, or such of anybody, &/or everybody attending a funeral of some, or of such of a local vicinity area neighborhood community rival street faction, or street gang two-bit-punk who has not really much class, or little class if any at all, & you know like say, or how you say being of the likes of some, or of such of the much more notorious ones like say for example chief o'keefe, young thug, &/or etcetera, & then have the police come in droves to deliver 'take-outs' more than the pizza delivery guy, hah-hah, heh-heh, & no offense is really meant to be possibly directed against any of the relatives, &/or friends being of the surviving family members of the young black male who was lighted up like some kind of a christmas tree by some, or such of our chicago's finest, not that all police officers, or cops are bad, & you know like say upon one of our city's interstate highways, & whereas the male suspect in question who was causing a commotion with the way that he himself was supposedly running up, & down that being of the same of the said in question, &/or the former, or previous mentioned was interrupting the traffic flow, & then was supposedly shot down in cold blood with sixteen rounds fired off into his physical body, & being that because he himself was supposedly upon a criminally illegal, or unlawful drug substance), crazy times we ourselves are living in reflecting the movie-flick scene, or rather the movie-flick scene reflection real life for the troubles of a major metropolitan city within the continental u.s.a./united-states-of-america, & with this global pandemic, & many other social plagues, & with proverbial neighbors from damn hell upon that being of the increase, & like the one being of whom i have to be bothered with now where i myself am at as a tenant in one of the rougher neighborhoods of a less preferred one being of which is an ethnic minority, &/or likewise more poverty-strickened, or more crime-ridden one, & thanks to a neighbor from damn hell male character having flipped the script upon me by getting me kicked to the curb as they say with the management of a building where i myself was previously at as a tenant in one of the more, much more preferred vicinity area neighborhood communities being of a multi-racial, &/or less poverty-strickened, or less crime-ridden one, & by how he himself had convinced the real estate administrative personnel a.k.a. property-owner/s, or landlord/s to just give me the paperwork document/s of something similar to an eviction notice being of a non-renewal of an apartment rental lease agreement notification memo, & being of which he himself should have received much rather than instead of me, & after i myself, or person of my same self as an individual had went through all of the proper policies, &/or procedures of protocol to state my grieviances to not only the management of the building, well whatever, or however said, or whatever they themselves are to be possibly called, &/or to address that being of the issue of the social injustice being of which he himself would daily, &/or nightly inflict against my person being of his two-cent power-plays as he himself would likewise disrespect my rights, &/or privileges to some, or such peace of mind as well as he himself would just continue to quite regularly violate that being of his own apartment rental lease agreement, &, but then nevertheless whereas my person had also taken that being of the liberty, or liberties, to address this one particular sort, or type of noise-maker, problem-neighbor being of a public-nuisance a.k.a. neighbor from damn hell male character to our chicago's finest being of the 'boys-in-blue' as i had reported him, or he himself, to the police a number of times, more than quite a few times with likewise little, or no avail, anyway though, or regardless whereas i myself take my hat off to this one particular former, or ex, &/or first woman mayor of the city of metropolitan chicago, illinois u.s.a. being of whom had paved the way for our first black woman mayor of the city of chicago(being of whom is a lesbian, & being of which is another historical fact), hip hop hooray to former, or ex mayor jane byrne, ...
Nick wa DJ for Jane Byrne at the street fair.
How's My Polskis? What's up Vlad?!
I have no comment...
She was the original Hillary with no Bill
Gay is who ever loves you back!
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👍🏿hello 🌍
What? She's not less of a person because she has a personality? And do you think nowadays it is? I got hunted because of mine. Maybe cuz I'm not a woman? Well I have a personality too. I know that's not right. Rock on rock eye.
Misdemeanor 💪🏿🫡💯❤️
I have a college buddy who grew up in Chicago and he said that Byrne was a complete disaster as mayor.
Hmm, living in Chicago under Mayor Byrne was less than pleasant. This is an unbalanced view.
Unfortunately she was not a very good mayor
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The Democrat machine..
The original template on how to destroy an American city.
Nobody is worrying about what Lightfoot is wearing. They're just trying to figure out how such a hideous beast walks on two legs.
Most people don't know this, but Lori Lightfoot is the younger sister of Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. In fact, Gordon wrote the 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about Lori, as she is both a wreck and a sinking ship. True story...
@@elijahbey3366 Now c’mon, Elijah! There’s truth and there’s fiction and your tall tale has collapsed under it’s own weight and is as odious as the stockyard’s most reliable product: Shyte.
@@tundrawomansays694 IT'S TRUE!!! 😂😂
I think your questions are both insulting, and stupid.
🤮 Cabrini-Green--1.
Jane Byrne--0.
What I took from watching this is the disenfranchised voters of Chicago continue to vote Democrat even though nothing ever changes. The true definition of insanity.
It'disgusting the way that young black man jump out in fron of her to say you'll be defeated. Like an animal. And the only reason she got defeated because the other guy was black. It's a shame that in a great city of Chicago black voters decide who will be mayor. This woman really tried to help them. Even though they need to be saved from themselves.
Wow! Racist, loud and stupid!
She got defeated because HW was smart and articulate, understood politics and represented all. Research him on a credible site.
If u don't know what happened and u weren't there stop talking. Harold Washington was loved by all black and white he actually seemed to care to bad he couldn't live longer. I remember they announced his death while I was in school and on my way home that afternoon every body was honking their car horns and turning on their car lights in solidarity and mourning . Chicago could have definitely been a different place had he lived
What are you talking about? That should decide who the mayor is and they can ask whatever they want to. You need to be out in the country. Not the city.
old hack carol marin.....dan proft got her number