June 12, 2019
Alderman Pat Dowell (3rd) is the new chairman of the City Council’s budget committee thus making her one of City Hall’s most powerful black women. Photo credit: Courtesy of Alderman Pat Dowell
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MAYOR MAKES SOUTH SIDE ALDERMAN A CITY HALL BOSS
She may not be the most powerful black woman at City Hall but with her recent appointment as chairman of the City Council’s budget committee, South Side Alderman Pat Dowell (3rd) is among the new political bosses downtown. Next to the finance committee, which is considered by many City Hall insiders as the most powerful city committee, Dowell takes the helm of the second most powerful committee.