Emanuel To Launch Unprecedented Humility Initiative

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• Mayor Emanuel was caught laughing at his own joke yesterday at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning. But that likely won’t happen again as the mayor leads Chicago on a major new humility campaign.

“Chicago Is Waiting to See if Runoff Battle Has Humbled Rahm Emanuel,” this morning’s New York Times reports.

The source observed that a shortage of humility has long been a trait of Chicago mayors—it didn’t begin with Emanuel. But he allowed that the city’s humility deficit has reached a critical level under Emanuel. “We’ve been kicking the can down the road on humility for too long, but that’s finally going to change,” the source said.