Photo via the AP
DALEY NEWS
The mayor spent his friday at the city council meeting. The Trib has the play-by-play, but let’s take a look at a few of the bigger items.
After gambling $86 million on the Michael Reese site and losing big, the mayor is no long in a gambling mood, shooting down an aldermanic request to build a casino on the site.
“I don’t know why…everybody is going around thinking casinos [are] the answer to all the problems of society….That whole re-development project was for both affordable housing and market-rate housing for the citizens in the long run. It was not to be used whatsoever for any type of gaming,” Daley said.
For once the mayor is talking some sense.
The council passed the so-called abortion protest bubble law, which would grant those entering an abortion clinic an eight-foot buffer from crazy-ass protestors. Really? Only eight fucking feet? Their spittle can travel a full 10 yards.Their braying moans of righteousness can rupture eardrums at 100 paces. And thanks to modern photography, the radiation of their hatred can curdle blood at any distance.
I personally enforce a 50–yard buffer around myself, at minimum, for all such lunatic protestors.
Said the mayor:
“There has to be some civility left in our society. Everybody has the
right to demonstrate and picket. But, to use words and other things to
frighten people going in to seek assistance — that is another question.”
Dammit! That's twice today that man has made sense. What's going on?
The mayor also said today that he will increase police presence in response to the beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert. However, many are criticizing the mayor and former CPS head Arne Duncan, blaming Duncan’s Renaissance 2010 program and the way it shifted neighborhood boundaries. Jesse Jackson called for the city to change school boundaries in order to stanch the gang violence that has claimed 57 kids so far this year.
DALEY CHATTER
The pointless speculation about Mayor Daley’s future in the wake of the Olympics defeat continue. Showing up late to the party is the Associated Press, which filed a particularly pointless and vapid article today. Their lede:
A Daley has run Chicago and its all-powerful Democratic political machine for 41 of the last 54 years, and despite a recent spate of bad publicity for the nation's third-largest city, Mayor Richard M. Daley shows no sign of relinquishing his throne.
So the big news is that … nothing has changed? Daley’s been doing whatever he wants and crushing his political opposition for 20 years now, what makes anyone think the loss of the Olympics will be enough to do him in for good?
That’s all, folks. Have a great weekend!
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Has anyone noticed that the 19th Ward "Service Office" is located at 19thwarddemocrats.com. It also has links to contribute to the "19th Ward". The ward (or the Democrats) also publish a newspaper that they sell ad space. Where does that money go? The ward democrats or the Ward office? Are ward offices supposed to go into business for themselves?
I think there is a conflict of interest here.
Furthermore, the Democratic Committeeman (O'Shea) is also listed on the site. If the Democratic Committeeman is on the "Ward" site shouldn't the Republican Committeeman also be on the site - if there is one.
It looks like the 19th Ward can't differentiate between the Ward Office and the 19th Ward Democrats Office.
What if you are a Republican or an Independent, or you never voted in your life but you pay city taxes. Shouldn’t the constituents of the 19th Ward be able to request city or ward services without having to go through the 19th Ward Democrats?
I did not know that. I agree it makes no sense. Perhaps there's no non-Democratic politicians in the 19th ward to speak of?
You should post the link to the 19th ward site to the main Windy Citizen: http://windycitizen.com/submit
I bet folks would have something to say about it.
Have you given this a lot of thought, 19th Ward?
Politicians have learned to place a firewall between taxpayer financed ward services & political activity.
At least the 19th Ward appears to have reflagged their Ward Office as a "Service Office." That's a good first step in the right direction.
The next step is to have one person serve as alderman & the second person act as Ward Committeeman for the Regular Democratic Organization.
Thirdly, RDO political activities should be confined to a separate office.
Opposition candidates may help things along or others may choose to join the 19th Ward RDO & reform things from the inside.
You may try a variety of means to redress your grievances, but the 19th Ward RDO is one of the most powerful such groups in the City of Chicago.
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