The idea behind the #whatifchicago panel was to invite the city into the discussion.
To respond to the suggestions were Chicago Police Department’s Superintendent, Garry McCarthy, Annette Nance-Holt, Chicago Firefighter, David Hemenway, Ph.D, Nina Vinik, Senior Program Officer of The Joyce Foundation and Michael Skolnik, Political Director to Hip-Hop pioneer, Russell Simmons and the Co-President of GlobalGrind.com.
At the end of the panel only about a four suggestions, that were given through twitter, were responded to.
Here is what Michael Skolnik said during the panel.