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Former alderman recalls buying Mayor Henry Meyer’s house and early council years
Summary
In an interview, a former alderman recounted purchasing Mayor Henry Meyer’s Booth Street home for the remaining mortgage, described disagreements with the mayor over open housing, and praised fellow council member Orville Pitts as articulate and bright.
In an interview, an unidentified former alderman recalled buying former Mayor Henry Meyer’s house on Booth Street "for exactly what was left on the mortgage," and described working with city leaders and council colleagues during decades of service.
The interviewee, identified in the transcript only as "Speaker 2," said Meyer served as the city's chief executive from 1960 to 1988 and that the speaker purchased Meyer’s home while serving as an alderman. "He finally sold it to me, for exactly what was left on the mortgage," Speaker 2 said, describing negotiations about neighborhood location (Lake Drive vs. North…
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