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Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Thursday, February 14, 2019 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Harvest Trump Bible to take Chapel pastor out ‘serious MacDonald fired for conduct ‘harmful to’ look’ Chicago-area church By Patrick M. O’Connell President plays coy and Morgan Greene on border deal — but Chicago Tribune still claims victory James MacDonald, the sen- By Jill Colvin, Alan Fram ior pastor and founding mem- and Catherine Lucey ber of Harvest Bible Chapel, Associated Press has been fired, the church announced early Wednesday WASHINGTON — Even be- morning. The announcement fore seeing a final deal or comes nearly one month after agreeing to sign it, President church elders said MacDonald, Donald Trump labored on a popular preacher who at- Wednesday to frame the con- tracted thousands of gressional agreement on bor- worshippers to his network of der security as a political win, churches in Chicago and the never mind that it contains only suburbs each weekend, was a fraction of the billions for a taking an “indefinite sabbati- “great, powerful wall” that he’s cal.” been demanding for months. A statement by church Trump is expected to grudg- elders cited “conduct that the ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE ingly accept the agreement, Elders believe is contrary and Grace Bauer and her grandfather attend Wednesday’s memorial for her father in Chicago. which would avert another harmful to the best interests of government shutdown and the church” as the reason for give him what Republicans MacDonald’s immediate ter- have been describing as a mination, effective Tuesday. “down payment” on his signa- The decision to remove ture campaign pledge. MacDonald as senior pastor of He said Wednesday that he’s one of the Chicago area’s most Anniversary still waiting on lawmakers to prominent evangelical Chris- present him with final legisla- tian churches “accelerated” on tive language before making a Tuesday, elders said, when decision. But he’s not waiting “highly inappropriate record- to declare victory, contending ed comments made by Pastor at the White House on MacDonald were given to the Wednesday that a wall “is media and reported.” They also of a tragedy being built as we speak.” cited “other conduct under Work on a first barrier ex- consideration.” tension — 14 miles in Texas’ Rio The move was made with Slain police Cmdr. Bauer is remembered a year later Grande Valley — starts this “heavy hearts,” the statement month, approved by Congress said. By Madeline Buckley | Chicago Tribune been indicted on 56 felony a year ago along with money to MacDonald’s leadership has counts, including murder and renovate and strengthen some been under scrutiny for weeks. It’s difficult for Jason Ziegler to walk past the Thompson gun charges. existing fencing. Since the pastor stepped away Center, even a year after Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was Just before 2 p.m. Wednes- But that’s a far cry from the from his everyday church du- day, around the time Bauer vast wall he promised during ties on Jan. 16, a series of text shot and killed at the bottom of a stairwell there. was killed, dispatchers read a his campaign that would “go up messages and audio recordings Ziegler works nearby, and the prominent Loop building is remembrance over the police so fast your head will spin.” impossible to miss, but he still bypasses Randolph Street radio. He told a law enforcement Turn to Harvest, Page 8 Bauer was the highest-rank- group Wednesday, “It’s going to sometimes when walking in the area. ing police officer to be killed in be a great, powerful wall. The “It’s hard to avoid,” he said. the line of duty in decades. The wall is very, very on its way.” But Ziegler returned to the government center Wednesday shooting resulted in a federal White House officials cau- afternoon for a memorial for Bauer, a friend who was killed Feb. conviction for an unlicensed tioned that they had yet to see gun dealer and spurred legisla- final legislative language, 13, 2018. tion that gives the state more which was still being worked oversight over Illinois gun out Wednesday. Bauer was downtown gled with him. dealers. His death also was the Trump has a history of meeting with aldermen when The confrontation contin- first of a string of losses that balking at deals after signaling he responded to a radio call on ued to the bottom of the stairs, marked a difficult year for the he was on board. But barring a fleeing suspect. He chased where police say Legghette department. any major changes or late Shomari Legghette, 44, to the took out a handgun and fired additions, he was expected to top of a stairwell and strug- seven shots. Legghette has Turn to Bauer, Page 10 acquiesce, according to White House officials and other Re- publicans close to the White “Paul embodied integrity. Paul was also one House who spoke on condition who enjoyed a good laugh.” of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE — The Rev. Dan Brandt, Chicago police chaplain and pastor of Cmdr. Paul Bauer’s church the matter publicly. James MacDonald, pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, first Turn to Border, Page 13 stepped away from his every- day duties earlier this year. TRIBUNE EDITORIAL For O’Hare revamp, Editorial board secrecy is by design endorses Bill Daley for mayor A peek inside hush-hush contest to pick architect addition to the Milwaukee Art Page 17 Museum, and Chicago’s Jeanne Gang, best known for her curva- ceous Aqua Tower. At stake: A prestigious com- mission worth millions of dollars TOM SKILLING’S in fees and the right to reshape WEATHER Blair Kamin the core of the nation’s busiest High 43 Cityscapes airport. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Low 10 The secretive deliberations Among the proposals for the O’Hare Airport expansion is one by San- The shades were drawn last hinted at what was to come: A tiago Calatrava, seen on display at the Chicago Architecture Center. Complete forecast month when a glittering array of selection process cloaked in on back of A+E architects presented their plans confidentiality, leaving the public the winner will be announced. being run by procurement,” for the massive O’Hare Interna- in the dark about such critical Call it the Great O’Hare Emanuel texted me Tuesday, $2.50 city and suburbs, tional Airport expansion in a issues as whether their plans can Guessing Game. referring to the city’s Department $3.00 elsewhere high-ceilinged downtown lec- be built on budget and how well Even Mayor Rahm Emanuel, of Procurement Services, which 171st year No. 45 ture hall. Other glass walls that (or not) the designs would serve who has made choosing the handles the awarding of con- © Chicago Tribune would have let people peek in the airlines and travelers. It has expansion architect a priority tracts. A spokeswoman for the were papered over. also led to rampant speculation, before he leaves office in May, department says that the winner The architects included especially among the five com- insists he doesn’t know when will be announced before April 1. Zurich-based Santiago Calatrava, peting architectural teams, about he’ll announce the winner. designer of the bird-shaped who might get the job and when “I literally have no idea. This is Turn to Kamin, Page 9 VALENTINE’S DAY IS TODAY! OUR STORES ARE OPEN LATE 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, February 14, 2019 TED ALJIBE/GETTY John Kass Don’t believe her if she says don’t waste the money VINTAGE PHOTOS OF CHICAGO In her supreme wisdom, Betty said understand. I don’t want the woman waste it,’ ” said Pat. “But then Lori The @vintagetribune I might not want to write about poli- to die either. asked me what I was getting Marilyn Instagram, a photogra- tics today. If I want death and depression, we for Valentine’s Day.” phy account produced by “Just once. Take a break. It’s Valen- might as well watch “Manchester by Lori was a Chicago Fire Depart- the photo editors of the tine’s Day,” she said. “Does it always the Sea” again. ment paramedic chief. And she was Chicago Tribune, has have to be politics, politics, politics?” It’s just as bad when the dog dies in Pat’s best friend. been mining the ar- She knows that every four years, a movie. Maybe worse. But when the “Lori says, ‘What are you getting chives. These are the there’s an election in Chicago. man dies in a love story, or the wom- Marilyn?’ And I said ‘Nothing. We’ve images that would have And in the political world, the fangs an, you ask yourself, OK, great, what’s been married so long, she doesn’t been posted had Insta- come out. The political weasels stand the point now? want anything.’ gram existed in, say, up on their hind legs and begin to Just imagine if in the classic Valen- “And Lori says, and I’ll never forget 1932. This book is an sing. Legions of trolls, liars, back- tine’s Day rom-com “Notting Hill” this, she says, ‘You go get Marilyn inspired portrait of one stabbers and one-eyed jacks all begin that Hugh Grant has a heart attack some flowers right now or I’ll kick of the world’s great grabbing at something. just as Julia Roberts says, “I’m just a you in your (special purposes) so hard metropolises, told through the lenses of the countless But I love politics in the city of girl, standing in front of a boy, asking you’ll be crying for a month.’ ” feet-on-the-street photographers from the city’s home- tribes, all of them fighting over what’s him to love her.” Naturally, knowing that Lori would town paper.