Claudia Morell

“Politics is a cold, hard, dirty game, and if you don’t want to play it, get the fuck out.” — Mayor Harold Washington* (*as quoted by Lu Palmer in @grivlin’s Fire on the Prairie. )

Spoke too soon. Here comes the sun.

No sun but still beautiful.Chicago lakefront. Unparalleled.

@cpatel17 Fullerton entrance of the lake.

@claudiamorell Where is this shot taken from?

Chicago. Just fcking beautiful.

Missed opening day but it’s a beautiful day to spend at Wrigley

Sometimes I forget to appreciate how beautiful Chicago sunrises can be

The only backpack I own … this is how adult life is going so far 😂 😂

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke is back with a beard and is plotting his revenge.

First time at soldier field and why the Bears would ever want to leave is beyond me because WTF this place is beautiful

Checking this off my list

@chicagobars Sorry I see you already pulled the trigger on the excel license 😅

@claudiamorell Ty!

Hey spreadsheet nerds (I mean that affectionately), if a government agency gives you a spreadsheet too large for Google Sheets or Mac Numbers to open how do you parse it to sort the data? Difficulty: No, I'm not buying an Excel equipped Windows laptop to see one spreadsheet.

@FrankCalabrese I know. And apparently he just left recently without any kind of announcement

@claudiamorell Charles was there for a long time

Chicago board of elections has only had THREE executive directors in the last 50 years. WOW The last one apparently ghosted, or as Ald. Lopez said “left like a thief in the night” the new one has been with the agency for 30+ years starting with a Daley summer program . (Also Wow)

@FrankCalabrese Charles Holiday

@claudiamorell What's the story with the guy who ghosted? Lance Gough?

Yea….it’s how he got the seat in the first place.

RT @chicagobars: Just once when an Alderperson says "I think you know where I'm coming from" to a City department head at budget hearings c…

Even by her famous "pull no punches" standard this is one hell of a line from Treasurer Maria Pappas about County's property tax tech vendor. "You know, this is just like being in a drug addiction center and watching a vendor who can't get off cocaine. That's how bad it is,”

I haven’t lived in New York in 11 years and Yolanda is my mom. Next Vote, your voter database needs some work….🧐

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas says property tax bills contain serious errors linked to Tyler Technologies — delaying payments for months. Meanwhile, the Clerk’s Office gets a $3M boost to modernize election systems before the 2026 midterms. 🗳️ Via @claudiamorell @tylertech @CookCountyTreas @themariapappas #PropertyTax #Illinois #Elections2026 thedailyline.com/pappas-error-p…