[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

With rahm and mcarthy splitting the white vote, I see this as the first very real opportunity for a latino candidate to possibly win the mayors office. Neither rahm nor mcarthy are going to get much love from the black community, so with the right latino candidate with enough crossover appeal, it could really happen.

Good lord, I hope not a Chuy Garcia, “stop the gentrification”, “I hate white people”, “keep the nearly empty schools open because it keeps teachers employed” type. No thanks.

We either let the rebirth of the center city continue or we let he whole shithouse go down (quoting Jim Morrison here).