Gossip diva Deb Peterson has the scoop: Mayor Francis Slay is heading south.
Peterson reported this morning that Slay and First Lady Kim have put their Lindenwood Park home on the market - the broker is brother Tom Slay, natch - and are moving near Carondelet Park to the new Boulevard Heights development, the former site of the school district’s old greenhouse and nursery.
But Slay’s move is more than just an empty nester finding a new tree.
The mayor is leaving the 23rd Ward - where his family has deep political roots - and heading into what is, for a lifelong Democrat, enemy territory.
Slay’s new home is in the 12th Ward, represented by Alderman Fred Heitert - the Board of Aldermen’s only Republican.
Heitert: The mayor’s new alderman