Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune
Chicago should open its arms to Wal-Mart just as the suburbs do, Mayor Richard Daley said today.
“These questions are not debated in the suburban area,” he said. “They are never even talked about.”
The mayor was responding to a failed attempt by Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, the influential Finance Committee chairman, to force the mega-retailer and other smaller operators to pay a higher minimum wage in the city if they receive any type of city subsidy.
