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Article: Daley believes time short for foie gras law.

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May 15, 2007
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Byline: Mickey Ciokajlo

May 15--Mayor Richard Daley, who has ridiculed the City Council's move last year to outlaw the liver delicacy foie gras, predicted Monday that aldermen will move to repeal the ban soon.

"They're going to do it maybe next meeting or the following meeting," Daley told reporters Monday.

Ald. Edward Burke (14th) used a parliamentary move to make it possible for aldermen to vote on the repeal Monday during the final session of the current council.

Although no aldermen called for a vote, Burke's maneuver angered Ald. Ed Smith (28th), chairman of the Health Committee where an ordinance to repeal the foie-gras ban ...

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