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

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

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

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

  2. 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

  3. 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

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