Fran Spielman interviews Brendan Reilly on recreational weed in downtown Chicago

Lori Lightfoot’s plan would cap the number of dispensaries at “three or four” and keep the lid in place “until minority-owned businesses and new market-entrants are ready to come and compete,” the alderman said.

By Sun-Times staff

Ald. Brendan Reilly is interviewed by reporter Fran Spielman Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) floated a compromise aimed at persuading Mayor Lori Lightfoot to relax her proposed “downtown exclusion zone” and allow the sale of recreational weed in the Loop.

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