Original sentence: A "small number" of chairs and cubicles are being replaced.Always the paragon of class and virtue Eddie is.Burke (14th) is freshening up his third-floor suite at City Hall.Finance Committee Chairman Edward M.If the carpeting has holes and the paint is peeling, they live with it.New carpeting is being installed to eliminate the need to cover holes with duct tape.Not Chicago's most powerful alderman.Times Are Tough - Share the Pain.Unless of course, you're the aldercreature in charge of Finance, have half a dozen bodyguards making sergeant's pay over an imaginary threat from 20 years ago, and just voted yourself a 6% raise during a recession that the mayor says is causing him to lay off a few thousand people:.Walls are being re-painted.When times are tough, most people forget about remodeling