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Old Posted Mar 20, 2019, 9:37 PM
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preckwinkle has apparently picked up the much-coveted endorsement of todd stroger.

Is that a joke?
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preckwinkle has apparently picked up the much-coveted endorsement of todd stroger.

She would have been better served if the late John Stroger could have given the endorsement instead from the grave so everyone in his Billion dollar hospital could vote for her.
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Old Posted Mar 21, 2019, 10:06 AM
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I'm not supporting Preckwinkle, but I don't see why that is at all relevant. . . dirty laundry. . . move along. . .

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I agree. Unless there'sv direct abuse involved, it direct, proven dirty dealing between then, I don't think there actions of children of or parents of a candidate should be considered at all, nor gossipped about.
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^ I agree in part. However, while I don't think that the behavior of a parent says anything about a child, I do think that the behavior of a child says something about how they were raised by that parent. In this case, how he treats contractual obligations and duties with such disregard--especially in light of how Preckwinkle has already made it known that she supports rent control and opposes any amendments to the CRLTO. It suggests to me that her family doesn't take a lot of stock in the plight of landlords. That matters to me. and I'm sure I'm not alone.
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in more relevant endorsement news, preckwinkle has picked up the endorsement of chance the rapper.

his dad is preckwinkle's campaign chair.
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^ So the so-called "black vote" ( yeah we really need to get past this) is obviously getting split up; and with Lightfoot probably having a huge lead among Hispanics and Whites, this one's very likely in a bag.
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^ So the so-called "black vote" ( yeah we really need to get past this) is obviously getting split up; and with Lightfoot probably having a huge lead among Hispanics and Whites, this one's very likely in a bag.
it also doesn't help that preckwinkle's campaign has pulled all TV ads off the air.

that's not a sign of strong campaign with two weeks to go until election day.

typically, this is "big push" time, not retreat and restrategize time.
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it also doesn't help that preckwinkle's campaign has pulled all TV ads off the air.

that's not a sign of strong campaign with two weeks to go until election day.

typically, this is "big push" time, not retreat and restrategize time.
Her pulling of all TV ads is nothing short of a capitulation. She sees the writing on the wall and wants to save that sweet sweet campaign cash for reelection to board president.
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Preckwinkle is a racist piece of shit:

https://www-chicagotribune-com.cdn.a...323-story.html
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Preckwinkle is a racist piece of shit:

https://www-chicagotribune-com.cdn.a...323-story.html


Seems like a lot of black leaders revealed their true colors at that rally.

As an Asian man, I find it amazing. The "white guilt" folks just keep putting up with this nonsense. What a fantastic race-baiting scam these people have going on....
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It's the last gasp of a dying campaign. Preckwinkle's poll numbers are appalling outside of the African-American wards and even those are split at best. The current predictions I've seen show Preckwinkle winning 7 wards. Interestingly, many of the activists who actually did the ground work against police brutality like William Calloway are backing Lightfoot. While the entrenched politicians (like the Daleys ironically) are voting Preckwinkle.

Basically, Preckwinkle's campaign is entirely dependent at this point on middle-class African-American youths who are ideologically anti-police being scared into voting against Lightfoot. Because Preckwinkle can't offer any good reasons to vote FOR her. And it's only really effective in the isolated South Side wards. African-American neighborhoods on the West and Southwest who regularly interact with other neighborhoods are much more skeptical.

Change Research 2nd Ward: 67.9 to 20.4 for Light foot
GBA Strategies 40th Ward: 62 to 26 for Lightfoot

And of course, this excerpt of endorsements shows you which way the wind is blowing in their wards.

"In addition to Rush and White, Preckwinkle was joined by U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and aldermen Pat Dowell, 3rd; Sophia King, 4th; Walter Burnett, 27th; and Carrie Austin, 34th.

Lightfoot’s day included voting early in Logan Square and launching a canvass at her packed office in Austin alongside Ald. Emma Mitts, 37th, and later greeting voters on the South Side with Ald. Derrick Curtis, 18th."
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This kind of dog whistle nonsense from Chance the rapper is egregiously bad. Clearly what chicago needs is more geographic division and racial resentment. That's the path to a brighter future for our city

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Preckwinkle was introduced at the rally by Chance the Rapper, the first time the two shared a stage since the hip-hop star endorsed her candidacy Thursday.

“Her opponent was not elected by the South Side. Her opponent was not elected by the West Side,” Chance said of Lightfoot. “Her opponent was elected by the North Side, and there’s two of us and one of them, and we need to come out in droves and elect our next mayor of Chicago, President Toni Preckwinkle. Make some noise, Chicago!”
Desperation. Self respect lost.

The good news is that most black voters in chicago are intelligent enough to see right through this us vs. them charade. Harold never resorted to "side-ism". He didn't have too. He was a real leader.
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The Prekwinkle campaign is a complete joke at this point. It is pandering to black racists and public employee unions. Can't wait to see Prekwinkle humiliated in the runoff.
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The Prekwinkle campaign is a complete joke at this point. It is pandering to black racists and public employee unions. Can't wait to see Prekwinkle humiliated in the runoff.
Could not agree more!
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The Prekwinkle campaign is a complete joke at this point. It is pandering to black racists and public employee unions. Can't wait to see Prekwinkle humiliated in the runoff.
Yeah, Preckwinkle is almost shaping up to be the dying gasp of the machine and old school Chicago ethnic tribalism. Hope she gets sent packing extra hard to be an exclamation point on the death of these tired ideas.

I'm phone banking for Lightfoot all day Wednesday and canvassing for her on Saturday and Sunday. I'll be driving home the above points to everyone I talk to. No more division, no more corruption, a new United Chicago.
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https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg...eckwinkle-good

Fantastic interview with Lightfoot. Feeling very good that I voted for her now. Some highlights from the interview:

Lightfoot ruled out a “LaSalle Street” tax on financial transactions that she said would just drive CME and other trading firms out of town, a return of the employer head tax, or a commuter tax on suburban residents who work in the city. The latter would end up subjecting Chicagoans who work out of town to higher taxes, she said. She also said she opposes a city income tax, and said any possible hike in the property tax would have to wait for Fritz Kaegi, the new county assessor, to implement his reform plans.

In other points of interest, Lightfoot:

Opposes rent control. The solution to Chicago’s big shortage of affordable housing is to build more units for low-income people in more neighborhoods, and imposing rent control would not help with that, she said.

Strongly suggested that newly hired city workers would have to get reduced pensions, with benefits below even the levels already imposed on workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. But Lightfoot said she would not move them to a 401(k)-style program, saying that would bankrupt the current pension system, which counts on income from new workers.
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Lightfoot ruled out a “LaSalle Street” tax on financial transactions that she said would just drive CME and other trading firms out of town, ...
About fucking time. This is one homegrown industry that we need the City to be supporting and promoting the fuck out of.

And just one correction. CME, Cboe are exchanges. Trading firms among others trade at the exchanges. Lose the exchanges and this city's financial reputation is toast.
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This kind of dog whistle nonsense from Chance the rapper is egregiously bad. Clearly what chicago needs is more geographic division and racial resentment. That's the path to a brighter future for our city

Desperation. Self respect lost.

The good news is that most black voters in chicago are intelligent enough to see right through this us vs. them charade. Harold never resorted to "side-ism". He didn't have too. He was a real leader.
I hope that Chance just doesn't quite follow politics or have time to really think through the politics that get handed to him. Because he's obviously young and hopeful and wants to do good things, but if he's getting corralled into old-school machine politics, he won't have the kind of positive impact I'm sure he would like to have.

Anyway, really, really glad Lightfoot is not buying into the idea that a "Lasalle Street Tax" is constructive. As someone who basically moved to Chicago because of the exchanges here, I would hate to see the exchanges driven out of town. I just have never understood how anyone over the age of 30 could entertain the thought of taxing trades at exchanges unilaterally. If literally every exchange in the world (yes, the world) decided to implement a per-trade tax I actually think that would be a good thing. But it MUST be global, it cannot be done on an individual basis or you just drive all the business from taxed exchanges to untaxed exchanges. Global taxation reduces purely speculative trades which is probably a good thing for the markets. Unilateral taxation just adds an unproductive layer of complexity to trades with no actual benefit.

I always feel weird advocating for exchanges because I am really more of a socialist in the big picture, but I also believe in the value of markets. Just not in unfettered, laissez-faire markets.

At any rate, Preckwinkle ends up looking like the kind of socialist who's into it only because it buys her power and control, while Lightfoot ends up looking like the kind of capitalist who also believes that targeted regulation also creates freer, more efficient markets that ultimately decentralize power - which is something everyone pays lip service too, but few understand how to make it happen.
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I hope that Chance just doesn't quite follow politics or have time to really think through the politics that get handed to him. Because he's obviously young and hopeful and wants to do good things, but if he's getting corralled into old-school machine politics, he won't have the kind of positive impact I'm sure he would like to have.
Lori has the (begrudging) support of the police/fire community, so to somebody like Chance she is radioactive. It's literally that simple.

I guess I might see things his way if my skin color allowed cops to treat me like Laquan McDonald. Hard to be concerned about insider vs outsider, machine vs reformer or other finer points of politics when you're literally scared for your life going out on the street. The reality is more nuanced of course, but to many young black voters it seems crystal clear that they should not use their vote to support the police.
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Yeah, but Chance attacked Rahm loudly and endlessly despite his dad’s job. I don’t think he’s backing Preckwinkle this time purely out of loyalty to the old man...
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