Meanwhile:http://www.chicagonow.com/kelly-truth-squad/2014/11/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-violate-sec-pay-to-play-rules-with-pension-cash/
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Friday, 14 November 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
Female population of Chicago/America - 51%/51%Black population of Chicago/America - 32%/12.6%Jewish population of Chicago/America - 1.1%/2.2% or less
― benbbag, Saturday, 15 November 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
xp I posted that link on fb because somewhere along the way I picked up a Rahm insider friend, B3cky C@rr0ll and I hoped she'd bite. She did, calling the writer a far right tea partier and the article a bunch of BS, so I said I didn't know anything about the writer (I don't) and asked if the report it was based on is false (http://www.ibtimes.com/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-accepted-campaign-contributions-financial-firms-managing-1723396). She hasn't yet responded.
― dan m, Saturday, 15 November 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
(btw she is the head of Rahm's superpac: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140620/BLOGS02/140629984/emanuel-backers-form-super-pac-to-raise-millions)
― dan m, Saturday, 15 November 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link
So get this, it turns out *making* the donations is legally questionable, but *accepting* them is not. So, according to Rahm's PR hack, everything's cool.
― dan m, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
man i saw her post on fb and she sure needs to use a lot of words to justify his behaviorsmh
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
I didn't even bother responding to her after a while, there's nothing there but spin.
― dan m, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Considered saying "You've made more of a comment here than anyone from your camp has in the media, maybe I should fwd this to B3n J0ravsky?" but didn't feel like it was worth it.
― dan m, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah she's like a full laundromat
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
just forward it to the reader
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
saw him in a coffeeshop this evening, should have thrown a shoe
― 1staethyr, Friday, 12 December 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
You'd probably make the paper!
― Jeff, Friday, 12 December 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
Bummer that Amara Enyia dropped out of the race. No chance in hell of winning but I liked her better than Fioretti.
― Jeff, Friday, 12 December 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
For local election news I recommend signing up for the free aldertrack newsletter http://eepurl.com/4ZXcH. I also paid 10 bucks to get their aldermanic election guide, which is updated daily.
― Jeff, Friday, 12 December 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
http://www.guysdrinkingbeer.com/lagunitas-political-contributions
― Jeff, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
Not Rahm but
http://chicagoist.com/2015/01/12/rauner_names_cabinet_team_meeks_to.php
― dan m, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
At least the Blankenhorn appointment to IDOT director will probably kill the Illana Expressway.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
The important stuff.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150113/BLOGS03/150109858/my-coffee-with-the-mayor
― Jeff, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
That's about the level of reporting I expect from Crain's.
― dan m, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
“I hear about places and if I'm in the neighborhood, I'll try it,” he told me during our coffee meeting at Star Lounge in Humboldt Park. "By 'places' I mean schools, and by 'try it' I mean close them."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link
lol
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
"But not if there are a lot of white people in the neighborhood," Emanuel clarified. "I wouldn't do that to my constituents," he chuckled.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
A cleverer version of "What's on your iPod?"
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
http://inthesetimes.com/article/17533/how_to_sell_off_a_city
http://inthesetimes.com/images/uploads/InTheseTimesPrivatizationUnderRahm.png
― #defecategate (dan m), Friday, 23 January 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
DISGUSTING
I ran into a coworker/friend last night who encouraged anyone interested in removing this pustule from the mayor's office to volunteer for Chuy Garcia. He gave me some compelling reasons, one of which is that Garcia's experience working with the city goes back to Harold Washington's administration, so he has a lot of experience. I dunno. I'm sure he's not ideal but he's better than gd Goldman Sachs owning our preschools.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 23 January 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
chuy garcia is great, a few friends are working for his campaign
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 23 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Works for me. I volunteered to make calls or knock on doors.
― carl agatha, Friday, 23 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
That graphic makes me angry in the pit of my stomach.
― carl agatha, Friday, 23 January 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
illinois, you're in for it
http://www.salon.com/2015/01/28/illinois_new_gop_governor_declares_war_on_labor/
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 30 January 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
i.e. welcome to my world
What, you got a problem?
http://abc7chicago.com/news/mayors-motorcade-caught-running-red-lights---again-/496698/
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 30 January 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
Got my vote by mail thing today! I've never done this, will make voting much more likely for me.
― Jeff, Sunday, 1 February 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
enjoyable article about the career and life of Chuy Garcia http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/jesus-chuy-garcia-rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayor-race-karen-lewis/Content?oid=16255514worth reading even if you don't have a Chicago zip code (hell plenty of Rahm's rich friends/campaign supporters don't have Chicago zip codes either and they are very literally invested in this mayoral race)
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Finally unfriended my Rahm shill friend on fb when she started deriding the League of Women Voters.
― dan m, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
omgwhat's her damage?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
"spin"
lmao she's a PR hack
― dan m, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
i guess i really don't understand the headspace those people occupy whatsoevertheir pov is just so, i dunno, bleak? like people are just creatures who can be manipulated this way or that way and whatever happens next who cares.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
The best was when she was doing communications for CPS... or just using it: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/tensions-between-cps-fired-ceo-jean-claude-brizard-and-becky-carroll/Content?oid=7932019
― dan m, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, February 5, 2015 5:09 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think people like Dan's friend are true believers. Which is also pretty bleak.
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
true
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
true believers are the ones who are the most strident defenders of the worst shit that they'd be the first to leak to the papers if an opponent did it
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
although i have seen true believers of one sort turn into true believers of a very different sortthose who truly don't care what happens to people scare me slightly more than believers
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
I think this person truly believes in whomever is paying her.
― dan m, Thursday, 5 February 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
it's so depressing to think that chuy garcia has little chance. i'm stuck up here in wisconsin, but y'all should campaign for him for reals.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
every time we come close to moving back to chicago and are forced to push the date i'm disappointed but also i don't know what the hell i am or would be getting myself into with this asshole running things, and i presume he will win another couple terms before he decides to quit or before there's a candidate who can take him down.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:39 (nine years ago) link
oh, most places have assholes running things, no? chicago is just a very big place.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
l.a. is run by very ineffective assholes, mostly, though i guess eric garcetti is a bit of a minor emanuel in a lot of ways. rahm just seems like a very, very effective and deeply entrenched asshole.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
I had dinner with some of my former state govt colleagues who had insider info on how Rauner is running things. Short answer: the same exact cronyism as every previous governor (specific example: appointing all of his people to the key political patronage jobs with a 40% raise while giving speeches about eliminating govt waste) but he's also working on getting rid of the union from the inside by telling employees they could have merit bonuses if it weren't for that darn union.
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:15 (nine years ago) link
Tribune endorsed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-mayor-endorsement-rahm-emanuel-edit-0208-20150206-story.html#page=1
― Jeff, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
reducing the political process to sighs and lols doesn't really work for me, but here is a lol to balance it outhttp://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150206/downtown/mayoral-candidate-willie-wilsons-city-club-speech-was-stuff-of-legends
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 6 February 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link