Its nice to see that the 18th is still up for grabs. Apparently the wards family feud hasn't quite been settled yet. Perhaps Mr. Stewart is holding out for better plum pickings.
Word on the street is that the 11th might be giving a hand to Ald. Shirley Coleman to fend off her challenge in the 16th. I will be saying a prayer that one day the Back of the Yards will have one alderman instead of the half dozen or so that appear to have jurisdiction there. Hey we could do a Berlin style airlift!
Any bets on how long it'll take the Stone camp to get down and dirty with opponent Naisy Dolar. Stone's last strong challenge from Hank Rubin led to accusations that Mr. Rubin, who is Jewish, was antisemitic. If the Stone family wants to hold onto this fiefdom they doubtless will concoct another such whisper campaign. Or maybe this time they'll take credit for their words.
Alderman Joe in the Fightin' 49th is doing his best to waddle to victory. Although the contentiousness amongst the various groups (or persons with too much time on their hands, like me) makes it seems like east Rogers Park is to liberal pontiffs (or pundits if you like) as Pilsen is to community activists. There just ain't nobody that's happy there.
More ward wallowing to follow.
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By the way, can you airlift us some garbage cans in the 16th? Ald. Coleman never got me any, though there were some guys out patching potholes last week in a pathetic bid to appear to be providing city services.
50th: You don't think Stone (read: Noonan) spraypainting his own office with anti-Semitic slogans written in Dolar's native Tagalog is down and dirty enough? Granted, half the old crony's family and friends count on him for their livelihood, so it will get worse.
49th: This model of diversity is getting turned on its head; Gordon signs sit mostly behind fenced-off single-family residences while Moore has strong showings in big apartment buildings. I have to say that Don Gordon's folks have been saying some not-so-savory things about the African-American community; calling North of Howard "the jungle" and handing out bananas at El stops is, if nothing worse, in very poor taste.
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