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This morning, the Chicago City Council considers a resolution against war with Iran and in favor of real diplomacy. I'll be following the proceedings here. The meeting started at 10 AM Central.

The proceedings are streamed on the web.
mms://chicago-city-council.wm.llnwd.net/chicago_city_council

10:16 At the moment the Council is "debating" a resolution praising a recently passed Chicago resident who owned a barbecue restaurant. My spin: this is good for us. I think it would be hard for anyone to argue that the Council doesn't have time to consider the resolution against war with Iran.

10:35: Currently considering resolution honoring Eugene Pincham. Here’s the MSNBC obituary.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23945335/

12:55: Council still discussing other items. Michael Lynn of the Chicago No War on Iran Coalition says there is speculation that the vote might be deferred until June - apparently, two members of the council can defer a vote for a month (but they can only do this once.) We won't know until it comes up on the agenda.

1:00 My positive spin if they postpone the vote: another bite at the apple. Another round of press coverage. Here's the snarky but not 100% awful Chicago Tribune story from yesterday:

City may oppose Iran invasion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-new_iran_resolutionmay14,0,...

1:30 pm. Still has not come up on the agenda. Consensus of the activists seems to be that they expect that it will be deferred. Question remains: will it just be deferred for a month, or will it be deferred longer. Our understanding is that to be deferred more than a month, Alderman Moore would have to agree.

2:11. The vote was deferred until June.