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    Legal recreational cannabis sales will begin Jan. 1 as planned in Chicago, despite a wild, angry debate in City Council

    by John Byrne and Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune Dec 18, 2019 6 minutes

    CHICAGO - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday beat back an attempt by black aldermen to stall the start of recreational marijuana sales in Chicago for six months, setting the stage for the city's legal cannabis bonanza to start Jan. 1.

    Aldermen angered by the lack of minority ownership in the cannabis distribution and retail business on Tuesday advanced an ordinance to the full City Council floor to ban recreational sales in the city till July 1. The City Council voted 29-19 to defeat the proposal following an intense and often heated debate.

    Heading into Wednesday's meeting, Black Caucus Chairman Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, had expressed confidence he had the 26 votes necessary to pass his plan.

    Mayoral staffers were pressing hard for aldermen to consider opposing the delay because of a series of pledges they said Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration made to increase diversity in the market.

    Wednesday's showdown was the culmination of a monthslong

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