Rahm Emanuel: C/D? (probably going to be a Chicago politics complaint thread too)

amazingly powerful family though

"though"

speaking of chicago politics, anyone want to weigh in on the latest from our representatives mark kirk and bobby rush? rahm sided with rush, for obvious reasons and also because he wants to curry favor (win-win for him!) but the fact that a lawmaker is suggesting mass roundup and incarceration of "gang members", that really freaks me out.

Mark Kirk's a piece of shit.

^^ trenchant political commentary

Any proposal that boils down to "round up brown people and stick them in prison" makes me too angry to be more eloquent.

marK KirK ifyouknowwhatImean

yes, he is repellent and awful
but he is an elected representative
where are we getting these clowns
and wtf are they thinking?

he'd be fun to kick in the nuts

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/05/31/two-parking-meter-deals-are-worse-than-one

I really don't believe that the city couldn't get out of that shitty parking meter deal. People break contracts all the time. Sometimes it comes with penalties, but the combined clout of all these bozos in city hall should be enough to keep those penalties to a manageable level. It's a lack of will more than anything else.

Also, seriously, if RE could get the city out from under that contract, he'd be heralded as a hero no matter how many public schools he closed. So obviously something deeply gross (even for Chicago) is going on here.

Also also, I really expected RE to be a lot more entertaining. When he won (don't blame me, I also voted for DeValle) I consoled myself with the thought that there would be lots of temper tantrums and hissy fits and other absurd bits of political theater for our amusement but nope. He's just a stealthy creep.

It's like Pat Quinn. He's just as crooked as Rod Blagojevich but without the amazing hair and hilarious public appearances. Fucking depressing.

Prediction: this Ventra bullshit is going to be as crappy for the city as the parking meter deal.

http://i.imgur.com/sBXbmT2.png

hahaha!

i'm still pissed about mark kirk and the people who voted for him

Hadn't heard about Kirk's gang plan. In the wake of his stroke and his subsequent support of gay marriage, I'd softened toward him, but yeah, that's dumb.

Is Mark Kirk up and running again, or he he locked away somewhere, issuing statements from the shadows?

He returned to the Senate earlier this year.

I wrote this dude off after his request for emergency dictatorial powers in advance of some g8 meeting or whatever was rebuffed

what i really really really want to know is what the fuck does mark kirk know about our judicial system that makes him think this is legal, much less a remotely good idea?
how out there is this guy?!

i'm still pissed about mark kirk and the people who voted for him

― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, May 31, 2013 1:43 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to be fair the democratic opponent was a joke

and also to be frank bobby rush is a useless blowhard these days.

a pox on pretty much every chicago politician.

Yeah I'm with you, but I'm just wondering what it will take for Chicago to demand less clowny representation/leadership.

I am a Jan (Schakowsky) fan. She's good. State rep Heather Steans also good iirc.

he shops at my sister's CVS, she said he's like 4 ft tall

I too am a major Jan Fan. She is straight up awesome.

Congressman Mike Quigley and State Rep. Anne Williams are also aces. Locally, Toni Preckwinkle seems to be doing the lord's work as Cook Count Board Prez and I hope she keeps it up. There were rumors she might run for mayor and I would actually go out and campaign for her (and not bc I want a city job, as I am done-zo with gov't work in this state/county/city. Barf).

I heard the Preckwinkle for mayor stuff too. The bossman at my former employer was buddy buddy with her.

Patrick FItzgerald got out while the getting was good I guess.

Jan's been in the house for a long-ass time, since the late 80s, iirc.

Schakowsky is my mom's district. she's good (except on Israel, which she coddles too much, but maybe she has to in order to retain Rogers Park Jewish vote?). i doubt she's interesting in running the city. i could see her running for senator, although her husband's political scandal would be an impediment.

although honestly who wants to be in the senate?

I'd give it a whirl.

http://www.wbez.org/news/take-peek-mayor-emanuel%E2%80%99s-tax-returns-107527

Tax returns!

State of the city, 2013:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-spends-tax-dollars-on-sports-arena/Content?oid=9769374

God, I'd totaly run for Senate if ILX financed it.

what would be your platform?

Untrammeled sexual relations with Jake Gyllenhaal clones and compulsory Bryan Ferry listening parties

that might get you Ft Lauderdale

Brooklyn and San Francisco too.

Think I' ll try for a seat in three states.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-emanuel-locks-in-parking-meter-deal/Content?oid=9931786

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-most-yolo-congresman-on-facebook

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/16/rahm_emanuel_is_losing_control_of_his_city/

thread needs:

http://i.imgur.com/JduZ79i.jpg

thing is, if there's no well-organized opposition with a charismatic candidate (there isn't), rahm'll still be reelected.

fuuuuuuuuuuuck

note that i heartily approve of anti-rahm graffiti.

btw they closed my mom's old elementary school (she went there in the 1940s/50s)

they even sent in some folks to start stripping the WPA murals from the walls while class was still in session

someone posted this link to a comment that jon/via/chicago made on facebook about the school closings - it's probably the clearest and most damning refutation of the government's claims about why it closed schools: http://www.wbez.org/news/fact-check-chicago-school-closings-107216

thanks -- saving for next semester's "check your facts" lesson
if you can read the word "schools" and not hear Lind@ Lutt0n saying it, i envy you

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/07/01/illinois-appellate-court-tells-city-cough-up-public-records

i hope dumke has protected himself

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/teachers-fired-vienna-beef-gets-tif-subsidy/Content?oid=10294370

On June 11 Mayor Emanuel officially recommended giving about $5 million to Vienna Beef to move its hot dog factory from the north side to Bridgeport. The mayor hailed it as a shrewd investment that will keep at least 250 jobs in Chicago for the next 15 years.

I was gonna post that yesterday but it was so depressing I just stared at it and thought about what I would say if I ever ran into this guy.

I read "indicating" as "indicting" and got excited.

Emanuel: today, the time has come to make another tough choice, I’ve decided not to seek re-election. This has been the job of a lifetime.

— Becky Vevea (@beckyvevea) September 4, 2018

!!!!!

Holy. Shit.

Also: Fuck. Yes.

yesssssssssssss

https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-not-running-for-re-election-492400201.html

The mayor’s announcement takes place as Officer Jason Van Dyke’s trial begins in that case.

Emanuel said he and his wife decided to "write another chapter together" as their three children have left for college.

yes, now that the three children have left the house, it's time to spend more time at home

teenagers are awful, totally understand

Yom Kippur coming up, Rahm, it’s a good time to consider your misdeeds

Wow. But also the story of dude who quit being Chief of Staff to become fait accompli mayor of Chicago. If he's quitting even trying to be mayor of Chicago, no doubt he's got some massive money-making job waiting for him.

hardly surprising but definitely lolsy in the context of every online chicagoan gloating with joy today

The Rehabilitate Rahm Emanuel PR campaign begins. pic.twitter.com/4S7GpLc5Ze

— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) September 4, 2018

I guess you were a little too blitzed on Molsons to have noticed his pre-mayoral employment or this wouldn't have come as much of a surprise to you.

.....hence "hardly surprising" OL

Sorry, blitzed on Molsons rn.

lol

JUST IN: Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley plans to run for Chicago mayor, a spokesperson says. His brother and father once held the office. https://t.co/pOifiThtL3

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) September 14, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZZlQ4Tmrc

Notorious CPD commander Jon Burge dead at 70 https://t.co/LwENqn9niu pic.twitter.com/Ydqz6TALca

— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) September 19, 2018

enjoy being maggot food, motherfucker

if you gotta pee on a grave, his would be a good one to choose

Burge was convicted in 2010 for lying about torturing suspects. He was accused of leading the abuse and torture of hundreds of African-American suspects, some by use of a cattle prodder or suffocation by plastic, forcing confessions from dozens.