"I think there has been more than ample evidence to demonstrate that a crime has been committed."
No, this was not a statement made by George W. Bush in regards to his cohort, Karl Rove. Nor was it regarding Ken Lay, or even Ollie North.
It was a statement made by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole, referring to the mail fraud charges against Robert Sorich and Patrick Slattery. They are being accused of implemented a corrupt scheme that gave city jobs to friends of the Chicago political machine.
This was the faulty catalyst for a price being put on the head of our Mayor, Richard Daley.
Cook County Republican Party Chairman Gary Skoien has put out a $10,000 reward to anyone who can lead to the indictment and conviction of Mayor Daley.
I have honestly not heard of such a bounty placed on one's head so publicly since that crazy zealot, Ayatollah Khomeni, put a price on the head of brilliant author Salman Rushdie in 1988. I was nine years old when this happened. It was a time when I was reading books where kings would put bounties on the heads of dragons, evil knights, and wizards. The sheriff would post "Wanted: Dead or Alive" over mug shots of prominent outlaws. Dastardly villains who tied dames to railroad tracks would also find the same kind of treatment. It fit in well with the schematic of my nine-year-old mind.
As a 26-year-old, college educated voter, it just does not compute. When one contributes money to a political party, they are theoritically giving money to a pool that will be used to promote the best possible candidate in a given election (who just happens to be a member of the donor's party). By contrast, this money is being used to oust a candidate of the opposition party.
Have the republicans finally conceded that they have no better candidate, or do they have loftier goals?
Being real, we all have to admit that the dems own dis town. If Daley is ousted, he will not be replaced with a republican. Daley's biggest enemies have been the "anti-machine" dems who see his power as a threat.
Let's take things back to my nine-year-old mind.
I had a conversation with a friend recently where we relayed stories of the other known as "the city" we knew when we were kids. He was raised in the city, moved out to the burbs in later childhood. My parents moved out of Rogers Park shortly before I was born.
The city of the seventies and eighties is not the same place it is now. Burn, Washington, and Sawyer all seemed to have the best intentions during their respective tenures. The city was a scary place. Many of my family members witnessed murders. I am not talking about in K-Town, Englewood, or Humboldt Park. I am talking about downtown, Rogers Park, and (gasp) Lincoln Park.
This made visitingthe city a frightening proposition. Of course, it made me intrigued and excited. From the time my first friend got his license, I spent many weekends in the city.
This was now the nineties. Daley had his seat for a few years at this point. I was going to concerts in areas that were quite sketchy at the time (Logan Square and Uptown mostly). I had never once felt threatened. There were ample police. The graffiti was not as prominent on the walls as in movies. There were hustlers and dealers pushing product, but they could be ignored easily.
Things were not as bad as my parents would describe in their "evil city."
This brings me back to Mr. Skoien, a resident of northwestern suburban Inverness. I would like to know how they keep the crime and homelessness so low in his neck-of-the-woods. How does their police force keep the Vice Lords and Black Disciples at bay? How are textbooks kept updated in the classrooms?
Maybe what works in your town won't work for us. Maybe what works for us will never work for you.
What he is doing is using unfair means to unseat a successful member of the opposition party to discredit the entire party. If we had a weaker dem mayor in Chicago, a would have weaker dem party in Illinois. When the city that works doesn't, it is bad for all Illinois dems.
Mr. Skoein, Those with million-dollar houses shouldn't thow stones.
Read me--I'm new
No, this was not a statement made by George W. Bush in regards to his cohort, Karl Rove. Nor was it regarding Ken Lay, or even Ollie North.
It was a statement made by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole, referring to the mail fraud charges against Robert Sorich and Patrick Slattery. They are being accused of implemented a corrupt scheme that gave city jobs to friends of the Chicago political machine.
This was the faulty catalyst for a price being put on the head of our Mayor, Richard Daley.
Cook County Republican Party Chairman Gary Skoien has put out a $10,000 reward to anyone who can lead to the indictment and conviction of Mayor Daley.
I have honestly not heard of such a bounty placed on one's head so publicly since that crazy zealot, Ayatollah Khomeni, put a price on the head of brilliant author Salman Rushdie in 1988. I was nine years old when this happened. It was a time when I was reading books where kings would put bounties on the heads of dragons, evil knights, and wizards. The sheriff would post "Wanted: Dead or Alive" over mug shots of prominent outlaws. Dastardly villains who tied dames to railroad tracks would also find the same kind of treatment. It fit in well with the schematic of my nine-year-old mind.
As a 26-year-old, college educated voter, it just does not compute. When one contributes money to a political party, they are theoritically giving money to a pool that will be used to promote the best possible candidate in a given election (who just happens to be a member of the donor's party). By contrast, this money is being used to oust a candidate of the opposition party.
Have the republicans finally conceded that they have no better candidate, or do they have loftier goals?
Being real, we all have to admit that the dems own dis town. If Daley is ousted, he will not be replaced with a republican. Daley's biggest enemies have been the "anti-machine" dems who see his power as a threat.
Let's take things back to my nine-year-old mind.
I had a conversation with a friend recently where we relayed stories of the other known as "the city" we knew when we were kids. He was raised in the city, moved out to the burbs in later childhood. My parents moved out of Rogers Park shortly before I was born.
The city of the seventies and eighties is not the same place it is now. Burn, Washington, and Sawyer all seemed to have the best intentions during their respective tenures. The city was a scary place. Many of my family members witnessed murders. I am not talking about in K-Town, Englewood, or Humboldt Park. I am talking about downtown, Rogers Park, and (gasp) Lincoln Park.
This made visitingthe city a frightening proposition. Of course, it made me intrigued and excited. From the time my first friend got his license, I spent many weekends in the city.
This was now the nineties. Daley had his seat for a few years at this point. I was going to concerts in areas that were quite sketchy at the time (Logan Square and Uptown mostly). I had never once felt threatened. There were ample police. The graffiti was not as prominent on the walls as in movies. There were hustlers and dealers pushing product, but they could be ignored easily.
Things were not as bad as my parents would describe in their "evil city."
This brings me back to Mr. Skoien, a resident of northwestern suburban Inverness. I would like to know how they keep the crime and homelessness so low in his neck-of-the-woods. How does their police force keep the Vice Lords and Black Disciples at bay? How are textbooks kept updated in the classrooms?
Maybe what works in your town won't work for us. Maybe what works for us will never work for you.
What he is doing is using unfair means to unseat a successful member of the opposition party to discredit the entire party. If we had a weaker dem mayor in Chicago, a would have weaker dem party in Illinois. When the city that works doesn't, it is bad for all Illinois dems.
Mr. Skoein, Those with million-dollar houses shouldn't thow stones.
Read me--I'm new
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