CHICAGO (CBS 2) -- One of Chicago's most colorful politicians, Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) is making another run for office.
CBS 2's Mike Parker reports on Stone's plans.
Stone, the oldest member of the City Council, is off and running again. Stone made his declaration Friday at a combination political rally and 79th birthday party in a Northwest Side restaurant.
"…And to make it nice and short and sweet, it is my intention to run for re election," he said to the crowd.
Stone is one of the old lions of the council. He has been the alderman of the 50th ward since 1973, when Richard Nixon was president. And Harold Washington was mayor when Stone blew his stack at then-Alderman, now Congressman, Luis Gutierrez during a 1986 council debate over taxes.
"So how dare you come in here and lecture us you little pipsqueak? Don't you come near me," Stone said to Gutierrez then.
It was not one of the council's proudest moments and Stone admits, not one of his either.
"Luis and I have mended our fences but the fact was if am a very emotional person," Stone said of that altercation.
Stone says he is proud of supporting Mayor Daley most of the time, and of new schools and parks in his ward, and the fact that, despite his age, he has been chosen Vice Mayor -- next in line behind Daley.
The late Ald. Vito Marzullo was the oldest man ever to serve on the council. He was 89 when he retired.
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