SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WE UNDERSTAND HE'S IN FAIR CONDITION. MAYOR JOHNSON TOOK A VICTORY LAP TODAY, CALLING THIS WEEK'S CHICAGOC THE BEST POLITICAL CONVENTION IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. HE EVEN GOT CHOKED UP A LITTLE BIT, TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CITY DISPLAYED ITSELF TO THE WORLD. POLITICAL REPORTER PARIS SCHUTZ HAS MORE ON THE DNC AFTERMATH PARIS TERRANCE AND SYLVIA, THE CITY SHINED ON ITS TURN ON THE WORLD STAGE, ACCORDING TO MAYOR JOHNSON. HE WAS EMOTIONAL TODAY AND BEAMED WITH PRIDE AS HE OFFERED THIS POSTMORTEM ON THE NOW OVER DNC. THEY SAID CHICAGO READY? IS CHICAGO READY FOR THIS CONVENTION? WE HEARD IT ALL. CHICAGOANS HEARD IT ALL. BUT BEING CHICAGOANS, WE STUCK TO THE GRIND AND WE KEPT AT WORK. AND TODAY, AFTER PULLING OFF THE BEST CONVENTION THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN, NOT ONLY CAN WE CLAIM THAT WE ARE THE BEST FREAKIN CITY IN THE WORLD, WE ALSO GET TO CLAIM IN A VERY EMPHATIC WAY AND THE WORDS OF SKY TOWN'S OWN ANGEL REESE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SAY NOW? AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE UNITED CENTER LAST NIGHT. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC MOMENTS IN THAT ARENA'S 30 YEAR EXISTENCE AS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. CAPSTONE TO RAZZLE DAZZLE AFFAIR WITH MUSICIANS, CELEBRITIES AND ROOF RAISING SPEECHES BY THE LIKES OF THE OBAMAS VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TIM WALZ AND FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. AMONG MANY ILLINOISANS LIKE FORMER ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN ADAM KINZINGER AND THE EYES OF THE WORLD WERE FOCUSED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, WHERE RESIDENTS ADAPTED THEIR LIVES TO ACCOMMODATE SECURITY AND PARKING. AS YOU HEARD, 27TH WARD ALDERMAN WALTER BURNETT LAST NIGHT CAUGHT UP WITH ME AND PRAISED THE WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAYS HIS COMMUNITY WILL NOW BE REWARDED FOR ITS SACRIFICE. YES, IT'S GOING TO BE SOME SADNESS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING. I THINK THAT SOME FOLKS WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN REFERENCE FOR ALL OF THE YOU KNOW, INCONVENIENCE THAT HAPPENED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'LL SEE. THAT'S TO COME. BUT THIS AFTERGLOW IS GOING TO BE SHORT LIVED. NEXT WEEK, IT'S BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, WHERE THE MAYOR IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE HIS BUDGET DEFICIT FOR THE COMING Y