Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

New Book on Mayor Daley Offers Timely Lessons on Making Government Work

By Robin Johnson

Published November 20, 2024 at 11:00 PM CST

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Forrest Claypool, discusses his new book, The Daley Show: Inside the
Transformative Reign of Chicago's Richard M. Daley, and takes listeners
through the successes and failures of Chicago's longest-serving mayor.
Claypool, originally from downstate Illinois, played a key inside role
as Daley's chief of staff and mayoral appointee to run Chicago's parks,
transit, and schools and offers a unique perspective on Chicago's
comeback under the mayor's leadership.

Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

Robin Johnson

Robin A. Johnson is a governmental relations, public policy and political consultant. He is an expert on government reform issues and has consulted with numerous local governments on consolidation/merger, public-private partnerships and full-cost accounting of public services. Robin has also helped candidates win elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, state legislature, judiciary and local government. Robin served as a consultant to the Office of Statewide Performance Review in the Illinois Governor’s Office and is former director of the Illinois Center for Competitive Government, a partnership between the Illinois Comptroller’s Office and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Prior to that, he was Director of the Local Government Affairs Division of the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. Robin served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) in 1999-2000.

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