ARTS POLICY: Really? We're Important?
So sayeth Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: A few months after his May inauguration, Emanuel said, he decided that he would work out of the mayor's so-called ceremonial office " and not the relatively plain office in the back that he has turned into "kids study hall" for his children after school " and he would make it a showcase for Chicago art and furniture. He said he especially liked the idea of promoting Chicago arti…