 On December 16 , 1987 , Shiller was among the supporters of the 1988 City budget , proposed by Washington in late 1987 and passed 29 @-@ 19 under Mayor Eugene Sawyer after Washington 's death in office . Shiller was among opponents of Sawyer 's 1989 budget , approved 34 @-@ 13 on December 7 , 1988 . In January , 1988 , Shiller was named one of " 88 People to Watch " by Chicago Tribune staff . Shiller was Mayor Richard M. Daley 's staunchest opponent in City Council votes in the last three months of 1989 , in Daley 's first year of his first term . 
