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The 2015 Chicago mayoral and aldermanic elections are a mere 37 months – or about 1,125 days – away. But a smart and ambitious politician does not let the proverbial grass grow under his or her feet.
Catalyzed by the city council’s ward redraw, which passed with 41 votes on Jan. 19, aldermanic contests are underway in many wards, and one displaced alderman is poised to run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
In the 38th Ward, Alderman Tim Cullerton (38th) will face a tough 2015 challenge...Read the full story »
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On Chicago’s South Side, there is an environmental activist named Naomi Davis who preaches the gospel of “Grannynomics” to the African-American community.
Based on the lifestyle of Davis’s grandmother — the wife of a Mississippi sharecropper — Grannynomics teaches adherents to grow their own food and generate the energy for their homes. It’s a localist movement designed to appeal to a community that is suffering due to an educational system that doesn’t serve them, anti-drug...Read the full story »
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Last week the state of Indiana became the first of the so called rust belt states to pass “Right to work” legislation and it looks as though Governor Daniels will sign it soon. Yes Republican Governors and legislators have gone on attack against unions; because the unions have openly declared war on the Republican Party. I want to point out that 40% of union members vote Republican and if the GOP plays it’s cards right they could and should break the skilled trades away from the labor movement...Read the full story »
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They Chicago Way:
Three Contractors..at the White House.
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Montana. All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.
The Montana contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. “Well,” he says…, “I figure the job will run about $900. That’s $400 for materials, $400...Read the full story »
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Proposed Campaign ad for Anita Alvarez.
On the screen, we see an unattractive, overweight, middle age woman. THe woman begins to speak: “Hi, you may not know me, but I am Mayor Daley’s sister, Mary Vanecko. My son, RJ, slugged a young man who was one foot shorter and 60 pounds lighter than he was, resulting in his death. When citizens tried to get justice for the dead man, only one woman came to our aid–Anita Alvarez. That’s right, Anita Alvarez stood by our family. She helped...Read the full story »
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Were Bernard T. Barton, Jr. (AKA: John Thomas), Dan Mahru and Dan Frawley used by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to keep tabs on Tony Rezko’s associations with senior Chicagoland politicians, rather than help build a criminal case against Tony?
Considering they weren’t called as witnesses in any trial, considering how long – a decade – it took for Barton to be sentenced, how long it’s taking for Mahru and Frawley to be sentenced, plus how no evidence, from any transcript, of any...Read the full story »