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[Leveled]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

So Burger King might just bring down Burke and Crap-winkle?

Oh hell yeah, I’m totally eating a Whopper Jr tommorrow

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[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Kenmore

Lol cute.

Rosa will run for any position that is open and then just endorse someone to score BS political points with a real politician. I doubt he us even reelected. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved to Burke's ward so he can run for that seat instead of his own.

[the urban politician]

^ I don't mind the guy on the right. I may not agree with him on everything, but he's legit and genuine, IMO.

The guy on the left is a bonafide Douche Weasel who needs to get. His. Racist. Ass. Far. Away. From here.

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ Rosa's staff have repeatedly made anti-semetic and racist comments on social media and in public meetings. His Chief of Staff literally complained about "white people moving in" at the public meeting about his moronic Milwaukee Ave downzoning.

That's a particularly interesting phenomenon because I believe it actually opens him up to being sued under Federal Fair Housing laws if he ever actually gets anything passed (since, despite all the airplay he gets on Block Club and Ben Jarvorsky's program, he's done literally nothing since being elected). Just as Trump's "Muslim Ban" was struck down because his comments cannot be separated from the intent of the law. I.E. if he says "I'm going to pass a law to ban Muslims" and then later passes a law that looks an awful lot like a law to ban Muslims, then he can't claim "this is just to keep out potential terrorists from these counties, see we even included North Korea". The same I believe applies for Rosa who can't go around saying "we need laws to keep the white people out" and then pass a law that looks a lot like "law to keep out white people" and claim "Well it's only a zoning change" or whatever.

I find it particularly interesting because, as a licensed Broker, I am explicitly forbidden from even mentioning a protected class even in a private situation. I can expose myself to fines or loss of license if I even so much as mention race or religion or familial status. One wonders how an alderman like Rosa who race baits constantly and sets housing policy in his ward hasn't been sued for violating those same state and federal laws?

[the urban politician]

Bill Daley looking all the more appealing, he proposes to shrink the number of Alderman to 15. An excerpt from today’s Chicago Tribune:

So, not only is Daley proposing reducing the number of Chicago’s aldermen, but also stripping away some of their unchecked powers. He said many mayors — including his brother Richard M. Daley, Harold Washington and Rahm Emanuel — have taken steps to strengthen city ethics along the way, but more fundamental changes are needed.

“Now, we have this latest scandal on top of years of scandals, I think it’s time in the 21st century that we fundamentally look at the way we’re structured and the way we do things,” Daley said. “Surely, Emanuel, Rich and Harold Washington all pledged to bring a cleaner government, but some of the things I’m proposing now are stepping back and saying, ‘Wait a minute. Maybe we need to change the way government works, change the system in order to get the results the public wants.’”

So on top of shrinking the City Council, Daley said he would put an end to the tradition of aldermanic privilege, which gives an alderman final say over any building and zoning decisions in his or her ward. In addition, Daley proposes limiting aldermen to three terms in office, making alderman a full-time job by prohibiting outside income, and banning immediate family members of aldermen from doing business with the city.

Daley also would give the inspector general’s office the same oversight over the City Council that it has with the mayor, and he would require city agencies to publicly report every time an alderman contacts their office, including the purpose.

[Vlajos]

^ was about to post this. I may have to support Daley at this point.

[Steely Dan]

a proposed 70% reduction in alder-monsters!

he has my vote!

[Baronvonellis]

Yes, yes, yes to all of that!!! ^

[maru2501]

yeah let's end machine politics by electing a Daley!

:babyeat:

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by maru2501

yeah let's end machine politics by electing a Daley!

:babyeat:

Not only this, but there is always a tiny little chance ( ) that he's just making empty campaign promises to win. You know, a rarity among politicians.....

[Baronvonellis]

Now your making my head explode haha!

[Vlajos]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...108-story.html

More CTU garbage:

"We will bargain hard starting this month for an agreement that provides the resources we need to fund the schools our students deserve — a goal that Preckwinkle has pledged to support and that voters overwhelmingly share.”

CTU, please remember that CPS has lost 10s of 1,000s of students over the last few years. Not an additional dime should be needed to fund education. We already spend far more than many major US cities on a per student basis.

Signed,

A CPS parent

[ChickeNES]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

(since, despite all the airplay he gets on Block Club and Ben Jarvorsky's program, he's done literally nothing since being elected)

Not anymore, they fired his ass

[VKChaz]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Not only this, but there is always a tiny little chance ( ) that he's just making empty campaign promises to win. You know, a rarity among politicians.....

As the article states, it isn't even clear how this would be done. State legislature? Referendum? On that note, the state could benefit from an improved citizen-based referendum process. Not necessarily to the extreme used in California, but a better vehicle to enable citizens to enact change directly.

[tjp]

Anyone watch the mayoral forum? ... I forgot it was tonight.

[the urban politician]

Preckwinkle says her plan to end the gang database is because it’s largely comprised of black and brown people

.....Just like the vast majority of people who are involved in gang activity in this city.

So Buttwinkle is basically a racist. The only reason she opposes the gang database is because of the color of the people who are on it, and it happens to be the color she wants to protect. If the gang database were made up of 80% white people, her actions suggest that she would have no problem with it.

[SIGSEGV]

I dunno, it's kind of like the no-fly list, an opaque thing that people can get on without their knowledge and it makes their life miserable. I wouldn't be surprised if CPD didn't use the utmost discretion when deciding who is on it...

I agree that a gang list would be a useful tool if it were properly maintained and accurate, or even some sort of probabilistic model (e.g. "the urban politician has a 0.5% chance of being associated with gang activity"), but it could be that it has turned into a tool to harass people.

[the urban politician]

^ How do you know this, though?

Preckwinkle stated her reason for opposing the database being that it consists of "black and brown people"

Doesn't sound like somebody who is serious about fighting crime. Sounds more like she wants to impede our ability to investigate gang networks.

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ How do you know this, though?

Preckwinkle stated her reason for opposing the database being that it consists of "black and brown people"

Doesn't sound like somebody who is serious about fighting crime. Sounds more like she wants to impede our ability to investigate gang networks.

Here's what she actually said, the "black and brown" part of the quote is not attributed to her:

Preckwinkle says her plan to end the gang database is because it’s largely comprised of black and brown people though there’s “no criteria for how to get on it and many don’t know if they’re on it and there’s no way to get off of it.”

“It’s part of the culpability of the Police Department,” Preckwinkle said. “People don’t know how they got there and it’s used to damage their lives. That’s a real challenge to police-community relations.”

[maru2501]

the problem is you could get on it because police would go around at a shooting scene and take IDs from people just standing there watching. It scooped up neighborhood people.

ICE has been using it as a reason for deportation proceedings