Aldercreatures Offended

The crop of articles in the Sun Times today regarding the recent aldermanic indictment are just to numerous to pass up. First, you have the charges detailed in this article:

• She allegedly directed $15,000 in illegal payoffs to the 20th Ward Women's Auxiliary. State records show the group was run by her mother and siblings.

Now if the Feds would just look into a bunch more aldercreatures who employ various cousins, siblings and parents in all sorts of off-shoot businesses, we might see the start of some real reform.

Next, an out and out denial by Troutman that she ever called aldercreatures "Ho's." She claims she just repeated the statement.

Then, Troutman's constituents bad mouthing her about never being around unless it's an election year:

• "She should've known. She shouldn't even spit on the floor. The feds were waiting for her to do anything. She fell for it. Sucker." Many neighborhood folks called Troutman "greedy" and said she's nearly invisible around the ward except during election time.

And finally, other aldercreatures expressing amazement and consternation that any voter could have a low opinion of them:

• "Am I offended by it? Yes. That kind of language is the lowest street kind of talk that you can find, and it's not appropos for an elected official -- a statesperson -- to be talking like that," said Ald. Danny Solis (25th), the City Council's president pro tem.
• License Committee chairman Eugene Schulter (47th) said Troutman "has no clue" and owes all of her colleagues an apology. "I'm offended at her treating us all with that kind of statement. It's outrageous. . . . It might be fitting for her and what she does, but it's certainly not fitting for what we do," scolder said. "We are honest people. Every so often you have a bad apple . . . I'm really glad the U attorney did what he did here."

As one of our more quick witted commentators said, at least you get something in return from a whore. All we get from these elected leeches is more pocket picking, nit picking, nanny state regulation on food, smoking and entertainment. They attend one meeting a month, sit in a ward office for maybe one day a week and run law offices and insurance brokerages the rest of the time. For $100,000 a year plus expenses? Whore is a generous description at best.