(Chicago Sun Times) — State Sen. James Meeks said Monday he has handed off day-to-day responsibility for operating his massive South Side church to his senior staff and would continue the arms-length relationship if he’s elected mayor. Last month, Meeks told the Chicago Sun-Times that he would not give up his ministry at Salem Missionary Baptist Church if he’s elected mayor and that his position was “non-negotiable.” He said he firmly believed he could run his 22,000-member church and serve as mayor at the same time and those voters who don’t think so “probably shouldn’t vote for me.”
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