The Mayor of Chicago keeps changing the rules to benefit whichever city councilman he wants for a given district. He’s created two different sets of criteria to benefit the candidates he wants in the 27th and 35th districts.

 
Here’s more from WTTW:

A three-member committee of 27th Ward residents will advise Mayor Brandon Johnson on who should replace former Ald. Walter Burnett on the Chicago City Council.

Burnett, who represented parts of the West Side and the West Loop for 30 years on the Chicago City Council, retired July 31. Burnett is a candidate to lead the Chicago Housing Authority.

Burnett told WTTW News that he hopes his 29-year-old son, Walter “Red” Burnett, will replace him on the City Council.

Applicants to serve as 27th Ward alderperson must have lived in the ward for at least a year and “be a valued, public servant who has demonstrated their commitment to their community” and “must be able to passionately advocate on behalf of 27th Ward residents, according to the mayor’s office.

That would give the younger Burnett a leg up in the next election — and ensure the continuation of a political dynasty that includes Burnett’s older son, state Rep. Jawaharial “Omar” Williams (D-Chicago).

When Johnson solicited applications from those interested in replacing former Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa (35th Ward), his office required aspiring alderpeople to have five years of experience in “government or public service, with a strong understanding of city departments, municipal operations and the City Council process.”

Red Burnett told Block Club Chicago that he moved back to Chicago in 2022 after living in New York for a decade.

The mayor’s office offered no explanation for the different evaluation criteria.

So one has to have government experience and the other doesn’t. Chicago is a joke. Johnson needs his butt kicked to the curb by voters.