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Chicago Mayoral Candidate Slams 'Overnight Deals'
CHICAGO (AP) -- Congressman Danny Davis says he would stop the practice of what he calls "overnight deals" made by executive decision if he's elected mayor of Chicago.

Davis didn't mention the name of Mayor Richard M. Daley, who announced earlier this year that he wouldn't run for a seventh term.

But Davis made pointed references to Daley's style at a Monday news conference to announce his own agenda for reform. He criticized "overnight deals" that led to red light cameras and privatized parking meters.

Davis says he supports reasonable settlement offers in the remaining lawsuits against the city involving allegations of police torture. He says he would invoke an existing city ordinance to stop paying the legal fees of a former Chicago police lieutenant convicted of lying about the torture of suspects.

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