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Ald. Fioretti has cancer, won't run for mayor
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| Last Edited | ev Nov 02, 2010 11:02am |
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| Author | BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Monday, November 1, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After a tonsillectomy, Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) has been diagnosed with cancer, forcing him to abandon his plan to run for mayor, his top aides told associates on Monday.
Fioretti has scheduled a news conference Tuesday to announce the surprise diagnosis that will force him to begin a two-month treatment plan that will make it impossible for him to run for mayor.
nstead, Fioretti plans to seek re-election as alderman.
The 57-year-old alderman could not be reached for comment on Monday. His chief of staff refused to confirm the cancer diagnosis.
Last month, Fioretti postponed his formal entry into the mayor’s race because his doctors had advised him to have an emergency tonsillectomy.
He described the procedure as routine and said he planned to be out of action for only five days after downing large quantities of chicken soup.
“It’s just an inflammation of one tonsil and they said, ‘We had better take it out now—especially as we’re gonna be campaigning and going out, door-to-door throughout the city’ …Both of my doctors said, ‘Take it out now when you have a chance and before it gets too late in the campaign,’ ” Fioretti said at the time.
Noting that he has a knack for getting under Mayor Daley’s skin, Fioretti even joked about losing his voice at the worst possible time.
“Some people in City Hall may think it’s good. The people may not. But some people may think it’s very good — probably on Five especially,” Fioretti said, referring to Daley’s office on the fifth-floor of City Hall. |
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