To the Victor Go the Spoils, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Olympic Bomb

This Chicago neighbor is filled with a deep and abiding sense of sarcasm at the prospect of tomorrows Run Off ( a somehow apt way of describing aldermanic races and sewers).
So here it goes:
2nd Ward - I suspect demographics and DPD like gerrymandering of the ward conspire to make Fioretti a foregone conclusion. But who cares? Its not like he'll really have control of the ward.
3rd Ward and 16th - A twofer! Alderman Dorothy Tillman seems to be vying with Alderman Coleman for over the top performance in a Drama of their own creation. Even if they win, which I don't believe will happen, they're still both losers (in the High School sense, ya know - forefinger and thumb to the forehead). Both ignored their constituents for so long that one of the few ways of guaranteeing votes was to give jobs to family members. Both are desperate and God only knows what they will resort to tomorrow.
15th Ward - I'd go with a Jewel employee any day in a race in a regular neighborhood like the 15th ward. Ms. Simmons Stovall would do better in the rarefied environs of Beverly than West Englewood and Chicago Lawn. Here's hoping Ms. Foulkes can have her cake and eat it too.
18th Ward - The only mystery here is what job or favor is Paul Stewart holding out for.
24th Ward - Come on guys! The South Side is pouring money into Chandlers opposition. That'll work real nice - that's a better gambit for getting the incumbent elected than whining about union influence. I can see it now, West Side neighbor opens door to South Side organization election worker "Your from where and ya work for who? Uh huh - ya sure I'll vote for whoever you want."
32nd Ward - The only excitement I expect from this preening ward is a duck waddling around yelling "Matlak!"
35th Ward - Now here is a "Battle Royale" separated by a mere consonant! Will Richard "Top of the Desk this Morning to ya" Mell prevail? Or will newly minted City Clerk Del Valle maintain his hold in the continuing proxy battle with Mell. You say Colom , I say Colon, Lets call the whole thing off.
43rd Ward - Do I care? Do I really, really care? There's so much money, self interest and liquor swilling around this ward that Alberto Gonzalez could be Alderman and what difference would it make?
49th Ward - For the Swift Boat veterans to creep their way into an aldermanic campaign in Chicago just makes me feel tingly all over! I expect incumbent Alderman Joe Moore to redeem himself and duck innards everywhere.
50th Ward - Alderman Stone is cagey. Instead of whining about unions, he highlighted all the union support he has in his literature. Except for the most important union. The one whose leaders he testified for as a favor - Laborers 1001. The guys who were part of the "Outfit". So that gives you an idea of who Ald. Stones buddies are and why you should expect a classic Down and Dirty fight in the 50th Ward. Good Luck Ms. Dolar.