Bill Conway

She also, uh...

Johnson also rejected her demand that he fire Jason Lee, the senior mayoral advisor, the most, uh, powerful advisor to Mayor Johnson, for refusing to cooperate with her investigation of an alleged quid pro quo threat that he made, Lee made, uh, allegedly to thirty-fourth Ward Alderman Bill Conway.

The relationship between Johnson and Witzberg was so fraught, minimizing any chance that the mayor would appo-reappoint her, and so she didn't seek another term.

Do you agree with Deborah Witzberg's assessment of Mayor Johnson and his administration? How has it been for you so far?

Mayor Brandon Johnson said the measure would cause extra bureaucracy within the city government and make it harder for them to do things.

Um, but Alderman Bill Conway from the 34th board said the goal of the measure is to require broader support for the city before borrowing and spending, uh, And building up debt over many decades like they have.

Specifically, Conway said that the debt load in the city is a silent killer on their budget.

And they're going to be spending about $2 billion on debt service next year.

Data centers actually can be very, very good neighbors.

But that doesn't stop people like Alderman Bill Conway talking about data centers, saying that they're spiking utility bills, polluting air, and draining water.

What hogwash.

I mean, complete utter nonsense.

You know, the mayor is calling for a year-long moratorium.

Alderman Bill Conway is pushing zoning changes that would make it more difficult to build new data centers.

What are you going to be watching for as officials try to, you know, kind of parse out what guardrails ought to be put in place?

I think everyone's pretty united when it comes to some form of regulation, especially in city limits.

Chicago doesn't have that many data centers compared to other areas, but still 40 data centers in city limits is something to follow along.

And when it comes to water use, when it comes to noise, want to make sure that that's in line.

and particularly with the mayor essentially instituting a moratorium until there can be a more of a regulatory body and then parallel with that you have bill conway uh particularly looking at what he describes as a data center popping up on the sale that did that more or less skirted around uh the the public comment and being able to weigh in on it want to see how all of that uh plays out because i think everyone especially in the past couple of years from people barely hearing about data centers.

So, now, every city, you hear about it.

The moratorium will give all of us the time that's necessary to make sure that best practices can be established.

Alderman Bill Conway has proposed his own restrictions, including requiring data centers to go through community review.

He says the current rules are too loose, but data center advocates say tougher regulations could cost union jobs and discourage clean energy investment.

A number of things that people have complained about, energy, water, all those things, they're already being regulated in the market as it is.

ABC 7 went to 13 of the spots today, shattered glass still on the ground.

Tonight, the ward's alderman, Bill Conway, telling Eyewitness News he is in close contact with the First District as they investigate these incidents, writing that he encourages all neighbors to report suspicious activity to 911.

Yeah, I know it can be tough out here, so, but it's not all right to steal from other people.

And police now reminding drivers to park in well-lit areas and to keep valuable items locked away.