Dart or Meeks?
It's Chicago's first open-seat mayoral election in more than 60 years, and the field is wide open.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and state Sen. James Meeks might have the early bragging rights as the nominal front-runners -- but even they don't have all that much to brag about.
Dart and Meeks were the only candidates to score in the double-digits in a new poll prepared exclusively for the Chicago Sun-Times.
It has to be a complete outsider at this point. Someone who can un-bury what has been hidden the past 20-plus years. Chicago is never going to get closure (or reform) if we keep electing insiders, race baiters, ward heelers and the like.
At this point in time, our choices are poor. We can only hope some dark horse candidate with no baggage appears on the horizon.
At this point in time, our choices are poor. We can only hope some dark horse candidate with no baggage appears on the horizon.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
87 Comments:
paul vallas? where are u
Total BS!
Where are the results from the Chicago Sun Times Poll at???
Dart is a Machine Creation/SHITBAG
Meeks is a Jackson Creation/SHITBAG EXTORTIONIST
Who gives a FUCK SCC!
You have warned these Sheep for years and this is what they want and seek?
They are about as IGNORANT & UNEDUCATED as a 3 year old.
FUCK THEM, lets us who have waged war, sit back and watch the GREAT CHICAGO BURN!!!
They deserve this for their blissful ignorance!
I know its tempting for everyone to start naming their "guy" as the best option for mayor, but, hey, shouldn't we wait to see who intends to run first?
The one to pity is the next Mayor. All the chickens are coming home to roost at the same time and some very hard and wildly unpopular choices will have to be made. It is almost a certainty that the next Mayor will be a one termer and that does not fit either Dart or Meeks characters...
Dumb or Dumber?
Here is a complete sleeper with little poitical experience, but a boatload of $$$.
Desiree Rogers. She was recently an aide/social scheduler for the Obamas at the White House. She's married to John Rogers who is in charge of Ariel Investments--a huge mutual fund company downtown. They have more money than Bayer has aspirin; also, the media loves her.
Tom Dart is a TOTAL EMBARASSMENT TO THIS CITY!!!!!!!!
With all of this crime going on in this city, people geting shot, he goes national by holding cats in front of an abandoned building.
PLEASE................ not to IDIOT DART----- If people want to pay for a quick one on craigs list----SO WHAT!!!! YOU ARE NOT ASSISTING US IN HANDELING CRIME IN THIS CITY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO!!!
YOU ARE JUST LIKE WEIS.....A NON-EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICER NEVER BEEN!!!!!
You just pose for photos like you did when the FBI told you and your flunkie sheriffs to go home at the cemetery. But you stayed. And you dug up graves for PUBLICITY ONLY!!!!!!!!!
TOM DART IS PHONY!!!!!!!!!
NEVER VOTE FOR TOM DART!!!!!
Retired Chicago Fed of Labor President Dennis Gannon?
John Nothern,
Please signup to speak and lets get this organized. I will buy you a case of Heineken, Becks and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin. I can't afford Dom Perignon, but I will throw in a few Monte Cristo's.
Here is the platform to transform the CPD and you are the catalyst of transformation:
Always remain true blue brother!
Next Public Meeting of the Police Board: 16 September 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
August 26, 2010
The next public meeting of the Police Board is scheduled for Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 6:30 p.m., Chicago Police Headquarters, 3510 South Michigan Avenue (note the early start time).
Members of the public are invited to attend and address questions or comments to the Board. The Superintendent of Police and the Chief Administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority also attend the meeting.
Prior sign-up is required of those wishing to address the Board; contact the Board’s office by 4:30 p.m. of the day before the meeting to add your name to the list of speakers.
In addition to receiving input from the community, the Board reports on disciplinary actions and other matters, and receives a report from the Superintendent.
A bit off-topic: Rev. Wright was on tv today, spouting how it's unimportant who the next mayor will be, 'our youth are dying out here'.
He went on to say the mayoral candidates had better bring to the table some plan to end the killing.
No one can raise your children, Mr. Wright. If their parents, and the community, raise children to have no respect for life, and no sense of self-worth or self-respect, how can a mayor, or a police force, instill that in them? How do we telepathically know who will shoot over imaginary insults and imaginary turf infractions?
Your community, Mr. Wright, needs to take responsibility for proper child-rearing.
Need a business person. Someone who started a business and grew it without government help. I do not know who, but that is my idea of a mayor.
meeks??? not in this lifetime
We hated Cline we got J fed , We hated Daley 1000% more who will we get?
Who is this "outsider" running for mayor? Christopher Cooper, USMC, ex cop, likes Concealed Carry, want's J-Fled gone, who is he?
Does anyone have any info on this guy? Or even seen him around?
http://www.christophercooperformayor2011.org/
I agree, poor choices... and I hope someone will have some business experience to get the budget done...
Did you hear the latest? They are asking Carol Mosely Braun to run. Heard it on WBBM 780 this morning.
Didn't she leave her senate seat with some baggage???? Sorry but I don't see her as a leader.
Is Chicago a vast wasteland when it comes to political leaders??
Who has a lot of money to run in this race? Maybe we need someone totally outside of politics.
Business leader? Celebrity? Too bad Trump lives in NYC. He has the right amount of celebrity, leadership, moxy, and bucks to give anyone a good race. Say what you want about him, I think he could handle all the factions.
With most of the candidates so far, Detroit here we come.
FACE IT,WE'RE FUCKED.
Gannon is a useless , he folded at every round of union negotiation with the mayor. Gannon is a bigger piece of shit than our current mayor
Lady Blaggo or Stroger will both be available soon.
"Dart or Meeks?"
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Neither!
Anonymous said...
paul vallas? where are u
9/11/2010 12:09:00 AM
Too late, you need to live here for one year prior to the election.
Vallas lives in New Orleans last I heard.
David Hoffman. NOW what are you waiting for?
HOFFMAN FOR MAYOR 2011
We hated Cline we got J fed , We hated Daley 1000% more who will we get?
You keep forgetting, as bad as Daley was, any replacement will never be any worse. The next mayors will not have his power or influence, although guys like Meeks, Dart. and Emanuel will be just as evil if not more so.
I say Desiree Rogers or David Hoffman.
Mayor Meeks = Superintendent Ernie Brown.
Imagine the chaos as the Pimp Supreme runs this outfit...
Rev. Wright was on tv today, spouting how it's unimportant who the next mayor will be, 'our youth are dying out here'
Is this the same Rev Wright that spouted out "g-d damn America?" That one?
The one that cheated on his spouse with a church secretary?
The same one that hates whites and worries about Chicago inner city crime but lives out in Tinley Park?
The one Obama won't touch with a ten foot pole? THAT Rev Wright?
DITKA for MAYOR!
I still want Alderman Ray Suarez. Who is the one always seen on TV with Mayor Daley? Suarez of course.
Anonymous said...
"...It is almost a certainty that the next Mayor will be a one termer and that does not fit either Dart or Meeks characters..."
9/11/2010 12:20:00 AM
The next mayor MUST have an 'I don't give a f*ck' attitude in order to "save" Chicago, and the ONLY way to do that is to plan on being the bad guy. Unfortunately, many jobs, programs, funds, accounts and unnecessary expenditures of all types will need to be slashed from the city's budget and that can't be done if you are looking to appease the voters for a second term in office.
Be careful what you ask for.
The last time we got an outsider, dark horse, we were saddled with... JFled.
OT No Justice; No Police said...
Boycott F.O.P. next Wednesday. NO SHOW at headquarters. Pack the next meeting on Sept. 21.
City Hall.
9/09/2010 10:49:00 PM
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It's AssHats like you that J-Fed and Daley LOVE.
By doing this you have effectively divided the Patrolmen ranks. J-Fed will use this as a Victory and show it is just a FEW disgruntled officers making noise.
The march is set, show up or keep your mouth shut about J-Fed, Daley and the department in general.
You are probably one of those Officers that J-Fed gave a Gold Brick to!!!!!
Whinny Bitch!!!!!!!
P.S.
I do agree with marching on the Hall on the 21st. but in the mean time I will be there on the 15th to show solidarity.
Signed:
Bob Roman
OT ~ Has Shanks lost his mind?
Daley: Let's reverse the Chicago River again!
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/09/daley-lets-put-flow-of-chicago-river-back-into-lake.html
Sorry, but didn't we just hear there is a $655 million shortfall in our budget for this year?
MEEKS had a bill set up to TAX OUR PENSIONS!!!!!!
FUCK HIM!!!
May he burn in hell!
(.. or the 005th District. Same thing)
AUNT BEA Update...
The secret meetings have begun!
A while back Aunt Bea was in a little hot water for trying to organize her own (support group) Hispanic Organization.
Now that J-Fed has been dealt a devastating blow, Aunt Bea said "I need to start now" referring to her push for Superintendent.
Aunt Bea is trying to build a power base of support rom the Hispanic Exempts. Putting the "arm" on the Brass she helped put in place. From there her plan is to have all Hispanic officers contact their friends who are Alderman and Reverends and try to force her appointment.
She already told a few "I put you there and I can have you removed!"
Look for some damaging info about J-Feds reign being leaked sometime in the near future. The info will go to certain Alderman who will be running for Mayor, but not linked to the "Hispanic coalition."
Aunt Bea did they teach you this counter espionage stuff in bar tender school?
Stay tuned, more to follow.....
I'm not worried about Meeks. He'll get approximately 0% of the white vote, which means at best he could make a lost a runoff. Even wishy-washy "lakefront liberals" will run from that race-baiting asshole. If the black community wants a serious chance, they'd better unite behind someone palatable to the white libs like Sandi Jackson.
I'm not sure if I fear Dart more or Rahm-bo. Either one is going to keep most of the machine up and running.
Christopher Cooper for mayor ! Former marine and police officer. Supports 2nd amendment, adding more police , etc etc.
meeks sounds good--- no more movers because he claims the police are profiling people of color--- meeks for mayor, no more police enforcement of any laws and people just do whatever they want---
Desiree Rogers. She was recently an aide/social scheduler for the Obamas at the White House. She's married to John Rogers who is in charge of Ariel Investments--a huge mutual fund company downtown. They have more money than Bayer has aspirin; also, the media loves her.
9/11/2010 12:32:00 AM
Just another Ivy League elitist who benefited from affirmative action. While head of North Shore Gas, the company was sued for inflating gas prices which resulted in refunds to consumers of 100 million. They were also fined over a million and a half for safety issues.
Yeah she would be a great choice. And she is divorced from John Rogers.
I used to be disgusted, now I'm just amused. Let the chaos begin.
009 midnights
HEARD DART ONLY HAS 3%, MEEKS A NON-ISSUE. ED BURKE, THE JERK, IS LEADING SO FAR. THE CIRCUS NEEDS A NEW CLOWN.
I like what I am reading so far on Christopher Cooper. I want to learn more.
Did I hear this right? soon to be LT. RH was at the press conference yesterday.. was asked why he wasnt at Lt's class in the academy, he said Howard let me go while on break...how long of a break do you get in Lt's training?
what about thr rev sgt tyrone jordan. he would be a good politician. he has ties to the west and south side ministers, Beavers, the carouthers. wouldn't he make a good candidate for mayor? well maybe not, his people failed to make him a meritorious LT.
We hated Cline we got J fed , We hated Daley 1000% more who will we get?
Whose we? he was without a doubt, the best Supe we had in my 17 yrs on this job; and no I didn't work in his office etc. I was a grunt patrolman and then a grunt Sgt.
God please don't let it be meeks, or any of those snakeoil storefront revs. For all of you that wished Daley gone, I hope you know what might be in store.
Republican!!!
I don't see anyone in the foreground anyway that would do much moe than preside over a faster sink into Detroitness for Chicago.
I don't see any way that any one person will make a difference in Chicago. It is just too far gone.
It would take a huge revolt by the voters and too many of them have a lot at stake in the way the system is now.
Is there even a remote chance that an honest and decent person could win an election in Chicago? Has it even happened in the last 3 decades?
The, supposedly Reverend , Wright should sell his BENTLEY and donate the money to the community he is soooooo concerned about.
A BENTLEY! This old crook must have really fleeced his flock!
Come to the realization that the CPD cannot control or even sway a city wide election alone. The winner needs 51%. Study the candidates, see how they can help you and vote for your choice. Hope everyone can stick together and with the rest of the City voters elect someone who respects the CPD and what you do and knows what you are capable of doing.
Where is David Hoffman??
I agree with Paul Vallas.Not a career politician who totally revamped the pathetic CPS system when he was here in Chicago and became too popular so Dickhead Daley got rid of him for another Puppet(Duncan).Vallas almost upset Blago for Gov.primary in '02 in his only run at office>We need someone like Paul Vallas with new ideas and not another Machine of Rev.candidate...
I liked Dart of all of the media promoted candidates, BUT then I see in the news that he is close to the fruitcake edwierdo burke and madigan. Sorry Tom, you should have kept it a secret.
FUCK DART AND THE 19TH WARD
Meeks is a gang lover. Rahm is worse or same as daley. Dart is machine made but screwed all of his machine buddies as sheriff. Think dart worse of the lesser evil
They are about as IGNORANT & UNEDUCATED as a 3 year old.
+++++
Hey! Stop insulting my 3yo! She's a smart kid!
Dart??????????????????
Hope you folks are ready to see you're new boss standing in front of the camera's holding puppies or saving the prostitutes. His real focus is on getting his mug on the television. Watch for all the lawyers that he will put in charge of everything. You think Daley was quick to throw you under the bus....wait until ya get this guy.
Bernie Epton....Before its too late!
Chris Cooper tried to make a living suing the Chicago police.
Anonymous said...
Gannon is a useless , he folded at every round of union negotiation with the mayor. Gannon is a bigger piece of shit than our current mayor
9/11/2010 06:09:00 AM
Those labor leaders, other than police & fire, owe their large pensions to the city, (mayor daley) and thus are beholden to him. What do you expect when the union leaders get their big bump in pension benefits courtesy of management?
This is still Chicago. It's gonna come down to ethnicity. It always does. Any white candidate will be reduced to hoping multiple black and or hispanic candidates split the vote.
And before someone makes the predictable "We should run a Republican" suggestion, again I remind you, this is Chicago. A Republican aint got a snowball's chance in hell.
I like the idea of a thourough, comprehensive forensic audit, which has been suggested by the alderman who really opposed the parking meter deal.
Who knows how much fraud, waste and abuse occurred on the current mayor's watch?
If we get anyone from the Machine we are fucked again !!!!
Are there any Honest Politicians in Chicago that have no ties to the daley Crime Family ??????
The Honorable Mayor David Hoffmann
sounds good
Speaking of politicians, I got to observe some paranoid behavior from Size 44 Short himself today.
He made himself present at the German Day Parade (Von Steuben) and was perched up in the reviewing stand. As each group in the parade passed they would stop to salute him, sometimes singing whatever passes for the Democratic Party's version of the Horst Wessel Lied. (Maybe the Jody Weisel Lied...different pronunciation of Lied from the Fritz verson by the way) However, when the German American Police Association got to the reviewing stands Shanks withdrew to the back of the reviewing stand, putting a screen of meat shield in between him and the police. It was like he was afraid of something.
Just an observation.
HOFFMAN, HOFFMAN, HOFFMAN!!!!! Our best bet. He's not a fkn politician.....
He was interviewed yesterday and he said he is considering it.
Personally, I would like to see former alderman Dorothy Tillman throw her hat in the ring.
What's Ed Kelly doing? The Shaw brothers? Vanneko? The choices are fucking endless.
Any support for Vrdolyak out there? Betty Loren Maltese is also a free woman now and has mayoral experience.
Roland Burris should be available after his senate seat is decided. Maybe he would be interested. That would make about 9 pensions for him.
Yeh and now you made LT. Ray, sit your ass down and shut up.
I'm behind christopher cooper 100% so far.
"Anonymous said...
Personally, I would like to see former alderman Dorothy Tillman throw her hat in the ring.
9/11/2010 05:51:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What's Ed Kelly doing? The Shaw brothers? Vanneko? The choices are fucking endless.
9/11/2010 05:55:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Any support for Vrdolyak out there? Betty Loren Maltese is also a free woman now and has mayoral experience.
9/11/2010 06:00:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Roland Burris should be available after his senate seat is decided. Maybe he would be interested. That would make about 9 pensions for him.
9/11/2010 07:44:00 PM"
mocking bird, mocking bird, where for art thou, mocking bird?
Anonymous said...
Desiree Rogers. She was recently an aide/social scheduler for the Obamas at the White House. She's married to John Rogers who is in charge of Ariel Investments--a huge mutual fund company downtown. They have more money than Bayer has aspirin; also, the media loves her.
9/11/2010 12:32:00 AM
Much of the vast amount of money Ariel has is OURS! Daley gave Ariel a huge chunk of City Deferred Compensation business. Daley made a very rich man out of John Rogers.
I got kicked out of funds I had held for years and was offered a so-called Ariel Funds equivalent some years ago. Few paid attention. Fewer still knew of the connections.
Anonymous NinthWard said...
Rev. Wright was on tv today, spouting how it's unimportant who the next mayor will be, 'our youth are dying out here'
Is this the same Rev Wright that spouted out "g-d damn America?" That one?
The one that cheated on his spouse with a church secretary?
The same one that hates whites and worries about Chicago inner city crime but lives out in Tinley Park?
The one Obama won't touch with a ten foot pole? THAT Rev Wright?
9/11/2010 07:36:00 AM
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Yes he is the same one. He lives in the exclusive Odyssey Golf community in Tinley Park with a few neighbors who market kilograms of Cocaine. Remember the recent DEA bust in the same hood. This dupe and the dopers have ruined another hood. This one has homes from a million $ and up...
Being a Rev is a good paying job. I wonder if his flock is doing as well?
Another success story regarding one of Rock Yobamas pals.
I agree with rev tyrone jordan for mayor. he is a rich real estate mogul. he can match daley's millions.
Hey meeks likes the police so much he hugged phat Phil couple years ago. Maybe he would hug all the officers.
Gee, after 20+ years of Little King Richie and a total of over about 50 years of him and his dad, why are we in such a hell-fire hurry to anoint a new king..I mean mayor.
This is the first time in most of our lifetimes that we have areal choice as to the political, and economic direction of this city and also the state.
LKR has driven business out of the city.
We need to get a wide slate of candidates and hear what each one bring to the table as to his vision and ideas.
What will he/she do to bring business into the city? What kind of relationship with the legislature? Or the downstate faction? (Downstate hates Chicago)
Will he/she continue to push the gun fight?
We can not allow some one younger to come in and take over the Daley Crime machine. If we do that there is no reason to get rid of Daley. And we don't want someone that will just be keeping the seat warm for (God forbid) a 3rd generations of Daley.
Lets not make the same mistake the county made with Obama: A little flash and no substance. Lets find out everything about all the candidates.
Frankly, I don't like any of the names being mentioned, especially anyone connected with the current democrat regime. They are all more of the same old.
Who is this "outsider" running for mayor? Christopher Cooper, USMC, ex cop, likes Concealed Carry, want's J-Fled gone, who is he?
Does anyone have any info on this guy? Or even seen him around?
http://www.christophercooperformayor2011.org/
9/11/2010 02:46:00 AM
kinda seems like a race-baiter that gets kids who should be thrown into boot camp back into their high schools....that's what I gathered from his website.
Burk will get it and hold it for Emanuell when he is done in DC. Word
What about John Garido?
Hey meeks likes the police so much he hugged phat Phil couple years ago. Maybe he would hug all the officers.
9/11/2010 10:12:00 PM
Lie, lie, lie! No mere human can hug the huge and round Phat Phil. It is like trying to hug a redwood tree!
Anonymous said...
Personally, I would like to see former alderman Dorothy Tillman throw her hat in the ring.
9/11/2010 05:51:00 PM
ROTFLMAO!
Anonymous said...
Here is a complete sleeper with little poitical experience, but a boatload of $$$.
Desiree Rogers. She was recently an aide/social scheduler for the Obamas at the White House. She's married to John Rogers who is in charge of Ariel Investments--a huge mutual fund company downtown. They have more money than Bayer has aspirin; also, the media loves her.
9/11/2010 12:32:00 AM
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She was married to John Rodgers. They have been divorce for some years now.
What about John Garido?
9/12/2010 09:22:00 AM
If you ever met Johnny, you wouldn't have put this on the blog. Think "unsuccessful Alderman Burke" type: arrogant, self important, know it all, got his degree on the Companies time while his partners did his work.....You get it?
Are you people not watching the same circus I am? I say the next mayor has to be the worst possible mayor- that way it all burns to the ground and we can start with a whole new crime family! WHO FUCKING CARES!!!!
Re: Meeks
Meeks lives in South Holland, IL. He can't run for mayor, unless he pretends to live in an apartment or boarded up house (i.e. Iola McGowan vs. Danny Davis, 29th Ward Alderman, 1983).
Re: Dart
I remember a Chicago Defender ad, with then State Representative Dart, Monique Davis and Mary Flowers, calling Maria Pappas racist for daring to run against John Stroger (for Cook County President, 1994). Even Lu Palmer endorsed Pappas over Stroger. Definitely, do not trust Dart!
Re: Carol Mosley Braun
CHITROIT resident said...
Did you hear the latest? They are asking Carol Mosely Braun to run. Heard it on WBBM 780 this morning.
Didn't she leave her senate seat with some baggage???? Sorry but I don't see her as a leader.
Is Chicago a vast wasteland when it comes to political leaders??
9/11/2010 05:30:00 AM
Yes, Carol's baggage includes: meetings with a Nigerian dictator, Kgosie Matthews (i.e. Carol's then boyfriend) sexually harassing women in his (or her) office, mom's finances and mom's and/or Carol's tax/money issues.
Ironically in reference to then US Senator Alan Dixon's Clarence Thomas (/Anita Hill), Carol said men don't get sexual harassment, but obviously Carol didn't get it either with Kgosie.
In 2004, Carol ran for US President as "Madam President".
Yes, Chicago is a vast land, when it comes to political leaders. :(
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