Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in office, but a clear majority of voters in a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll don't think he's done enough to revitalize the city's economy.
Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed gave a thumbs-down to the mayor's economic development efforts, compared to 28 percent who said they were satisfied.
Those findings may reflect the continued high jobless rate in Chicago, where U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics show unemployment was 10.4 percent in March. That's the same level as March 2011, though it's also a full percentage point less than the 11.4 percent rate when Emanuel took office in May 2011.
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