Chicago, IL
Nicole Lee selected by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to replace Patrick Daley Thompson as 11th Ward alderman
A proper announcement is anticipated Thursday afternoon. Lee will fill a emptiness left after the resignation of Patrick Daley Thompson, who resigned final month after his conviction on federal tax fraud costs.
Lee was born and raised in Chinatown and has a protracted historical past of group engagement.
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She presently works for United Airways because the director of World Social Influence Optimization.
She additionally has household connections to the Daley Administration. Her father Gene Lee was a deputy chief of employees for Mayor Daley. He pleaded responsible in 2014 to stealing $92,000 from a pair of Chinatown charities.
The eleventh Ward covers elements of Bridgeport, Pilsen, and 5 different neighborhoods
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