Who is Running for Mayor?
- [Preckwinkle] was at a River North banquet hall to deliver a speech about what goes on in her half of the fifth floor of the massive building that’s the nerve center of city and county government, not a potential campaign against the guy who occupies the other half — Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
But afterward, Preckwinkle faced 12 questions in four minutes about a run for mayor next year something that’s become a running theme when Preckwinkle appears in public. Like she has numerous times before, Preckwinkle repeatedly said she’s running for re-election this November to her county post, but refused to rule out a run for mayor.
That refusal to simply just say “yes or no” inevitably leads to another round of questions from the assembled gaggle of reporters, many of whom can barely hide their enthusiasm for covering a contest between two of the city’s top politicians who aren’t publicly chummy.
- Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Thursday she is “seriously thinking” about mounting a formal challenge to Rahm Emanuel.
“I’m a little sick of the mayor and I don’t see anyone stepping up,” Lewis told the Chicago Sun-Times by telephone Thursday evening. “I am seriously thinking about it.”
This is in addition to two declared candidates - former aldercreature Robert Shaw and former Daley staffer Amara
Enyia - both of whom are probably plants to break up other voting blocs.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
76 Comments:
As horrible as Rahm is - would a city run by either of those two be any better?
The problem with Chicago politics is that we never ever have a good candidate, but instead we're forced to choose the lesser of two fucktards.
Who better to be a good mayor than a teacher and union leader. No radical republican ideas there, just a good solid democrat.
We still say that Karen Lewis tore the shit out of that conference room chasing Rahm's narrow, struttin' banty-rooster ass...
Played like one of those really BAD Memphis-Town domestics from back in the day...
(You gray hairs from 011 know the biz! ;^)
Ms. Lewis had Rahm truly scared for the first time in his mean, hateful little life.
Just like on the farm when ol' rooster knows his ass is fixin' to get put in the pot...
Lots o' runnin', cluckin', hollerin' and cryin' with a lot of shit an' feathers flyin'...
Cue: Sound F/X of Fog-Horn Leghorn gettin' his ENTIRE ass tore the fuck up...
XD XD XD
Why else do you think Rahm just can't seem to let it go?
Bet he flexes his little muscles in the mirror while swearing revenge... Twerp...
Karen Lewis is NOT the answer but you know she makes Rahm double-up on his psychotropic meds...
It'll be worth seeing HIS little propeller-head explode...
>Whiiiirrrrrrr! Snap! Crackle! POP!<
What the hell is Jabba the Mutt going to do? She hates the taxpayers, and they hate her.
Trump should run - as a Republican so there is no primary battle (that can split the vote)
If nothing else, it would be good theatre seeing Trump outspend, out-talk, and out-gun Rahm. Say what you want about Trump, Rahm would be toast against him.
Of course, many of you would not go to vote thinking "what's the use?" - SO stop complaining about the poor leadership you are stuck with.
The only way things change is if you change what you normally do. Not voting or voting for the incumbent changes nothing.
Freddie Collins from 012 is running for mayor...HARD CHARGER!
I'll never in my life vote for anybody with a (D) near their name.
Freddie Collins from 012 is running for mayor...HARD CHARGER!
Shootemup Freddie has my vote! Anybody but Rahmie da Commie!
Red light cameras, speed cameras, reduced traffic lanes, bike lanes, loss of manpower, insane water bills, amnesty for illegal aliens, promotion of sodomite lifestyle, gun grabber, media manipulation, rule by theft and deception- No Thanks!
Rahmie can become the Mayor of Glencoe!
Aa an Independent, William James Kelly is running for Mayor of Chicago. He announced his candidacy last Friday. Check out his website williamjkellyforchicago.com
He appears to be sincere and a true Chicagoan who loves the City and the Police.
I will vote for ANYBODY that is running against Emmanuel. If Jesse Jackson ran, I would vote for him if he was the one I believed would get the most votes.
Emmanuel has to go. It is that simple. The next Mayor will only have four years to screw up before another candidate comes in. Maybe by then we will get someone decent.
Are you listening out there? Anyone but Rahm.
There is no way in this lifetime that I would ever vote for that hateful obese ugly pot smoking loud mouth socialist. It was bad enough having to listen to Jabba during the news clips, I couldn't imagine her running this city and having to see her picture everywhere. The Detroit 2 train is picking up a lot of steam.
Rahm sucks.....but compared to those others on your list he is a shining star.
Robert Shaw is not only a mayoral candidate but a hair club member.
I don't really care for KL but would probably vote for her as a last resort if she ran. We need Tiny dancer out of here and I mean packed up and moved out of town. He has made a laughing stock of our city and we are being taxed to death screwed out of millions. I can't wait to leave this job and joke of a city.
40% turnout last time. Won't be any better this time. Keep up the good work, hard working law abiding tax bleeding people of Shitcago. HAH!
Donald Trump running for Mayor....how ironically delicious. Where do I sign up?
Masters and Hamilton
....Ladner and KB They will all be back under Mayor Precwinky
Shaw is a shill so is the mayors staffer.
A ploy to siphon votes from the African American block.
Rahm will have 1 of his billionaire friends donate a few mill to make it look legit.
Toni Preckwinkle for mayor. She is a friend of the President and First Lady. When she speaks they listen. Having an "in" at the white house would be a great advantage for the City. Being a friend of Barrack shows that her political instincts are in the right place. Toni will be the perfect mayor. Chicago will thrive once more.
With so many stellar candidates to choose from, Chicago cannot lose when election time arrives. Republicans and tea party types need not apply.
I have to correct you. Dr. Amara Enyia is not a plant,her run is legit. It is just shameful that a person with a PHd,speaks 5 languages and have incredible integrity is just dismissed. Unfortunately, the businesses of Chicago will not support her, and you can answer that one. Maybe you can read up on her yourself and realize this is the best chance we have as Chicago citizens. The media forced Rahm down our throats. This time we can choose. Fuck Karen Lewis.
All this does is ensure a Rahm victory.
Lewis, Preckwinkle and Shaw fragment the black vote.
I encourage all fellow coppers to watch "M Squad- Dead Or Alive" on Youtube. It deals with a rag newspaper reporter who twists facts and quotes for front page sensationalism. Even in the 50's, the cops despised irresponsible reporters.
Don't love Rahm, but Karen Lewis makes him look like a genius. She's such a moron.
Rahm is going to try to cut a deal with Prekwinkle. He wants reelection really bad then is going to jump on the Hillary ticket as VP, can't do it if he lost reelection. So the deal is he gets re elected and a special election sweeps Prekwinkle into the 5th floor with Rahm as her No.1 supporter. Done deal......unless Prekwinkle can't be bought off by Rahm.
Freddie Collins kicks ASS!
donald trump for mayor 2015
I can see what's gonna happen already--Preckwinkle runs for re-election so she can ordain the next in line then takes on Rhambo for mayor. Aren't there any viable Republicans out there?
I'd vote for Lewis in a heartbeat- screw emmanuel and this shit show he's been running for years. He better be scared if she runs against him because she would actually have a good shot at winning. I know she's not the most ideal candidate, but at the minimum she knows how to fight for her union(more than I can say for our union leaders), and has first hand real world experience working in this corrupt shithole of a town as a teacher. She can't do any worse than a spoiled brat from winnetka with a BA in dancing!!
Does c. Ramsey have any old clothes left in Chitown ?
He is known citywide , leader in community policing , wanted to cut bureaus and command staff in cpd .
This idea was ignored by shortshanks and a person not as qualified as Chuck was named superintendent .
He would be a strong opponent in a mayoral election.
It is time for a strong law enforcement mayor in Chicago .
Run Chuck Run . Establish residency ASAP.
Be weary of Preckwinkle, she is a true hater!
Karen Lewis is a good person, but Rahm just overplayed his hand in that matchup, she didn't outsmart him.
If Toni becomes Mayor we will have to drop a To/From every time we lock up a person of color as to why we couldn't find a white person to lock up to make things more balanced.
Freddie Collins... is Frank his brother?
Anonymous said...
Who better to be a good mayor than a teacher and union leader. No radical republican ideas there, just a good solid democrat.
6/27/2014 12:17:00 AM
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Let's see, radical republican ideas? Live within your means, obey the law, care for your children, pay your bills, oh those rascally, radical republicans!
Karen Lewis is a good, flatulent filled, rude, condescending, illiterate COMMUNIST you damn idiot. Who WORSE to be mayor? The only one I can think of is Jesse Jackson Sr. The poverty pimp, white mailer, separate but more than equal and a cheats on his wife PASTOR? whore. I am truly amazed at just how stupid some of us are.
OT: What happened to the new Sgts list??? 3 weeks is up, me thinks….
She has my vote, my wife's vote, nabor, brother, sister, son, son's girlfriend, etc etc...
Karen Lewis, has my vote. Whatever else she us, she is not anti union or anti labor. I would vote for a seeing eye dog, before I'd vote for Rahm.
lt johhny j of 016 unit for mayor
Draft former FOP President Mark Donahue for a mayoral run . Citywide recognition , fair , not a politician .
He should receive support from the working class citizens f Chicago .
http://www.northjersey.com/news/court-n-j-public-employee-retirees-have-right-to-pension-increases-1.1042085
Cost of living adjustments are a contractual right for public employees and
the state must pay them except in the most extreme circumstances, an
appeals court ruled Thursday.
In 2011, the public pension’s cost of living adjustments or COLAs - small
adjustments to how much the state pays retirees each year to adjust for
inflation - were suspended as part of a deal between Governor Christie and
Democrats to stabilize the state’s pension system.
The court decided these payments constituted a contractual right, making it
far more difficult for the Christie administration to argue that they can
be suspended.
The case, which was brought by the unions, will now be heard again. A lower
court will decide whether the state’s decision to break the contract and
stop paying the cost of living amounts was “reasonable and necessary to
serve an important public purpose.”
they are all going to create small chunks of support that serve only to benefit the establishment and party-annointed incumbent mayor.
But it makes it look like he will have had a "fair, and stiff, and hotly contested" re-election victory that will be described as "hard fought" and "earned."
F*ck him. This is all a charade, as usual. Campaigns make money. They are their own cottage industry, generating commercial activity, accruing favors, back-door deals, and generally only enrich and benefit city bigwigs for 'horse-trading' and future patronage.
Toni Preckwinkle is dealing herself in for a better gig than the headache of being mayor of this grand heaping pile of racial and ethnic, rich vs. poor dungpile known as Chicago.
Rahm and the DNC and their financiers have Preckwinkle on hold in case she needs to break up Lewis' or any other camp preparing to get in his way. for doing her part, she'll get either Durbin's seat, since he'll announce retirement before his next 6 years are up... Rauner will appoint anyone to Durbin's seat that his master Rahm tells him to appoint, unless it serves Rahm to hand off the mayor's seat if he wants the senate seat himself.
In which case he'll resign the mayor's spot and help Preckwinkle cake walk in any special election.
The other scenario is awaiting Michelle's preference. In which case everybody takes a backseat as Queen Michelle takes her pick.
Toni Preckwinkle for mayor. She is a friend of the President and First Lady.
That is some subtle satire my friend.
Ald. Zalewski may if he can have his own casino.
Prewitchal is the woman who said a few weeks ago that "you'd think only black people lived in Chicago" when she was speaking about crime.
Never gonna vote for that racist bigoted pot smoker.
Rahm has to run for mayor and cannot let an outsider expose, in real numbers, how Daley & Co robbed this city.
Personally I'd vote for Lewis over Preckerwrinkler.
Sure.... vote for Preckwinkle when she empties the County jail of all drug offenders
Cooter ? Free Dental Care !
Anonymous Anonymous said...
lt johhny j of 016 unit for mayor
6/27/2014 01:55:00 PM
Yes. But, not yet. about 8 - 12 years.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Does c. Ramsey have any old clothes left in Chitown ?
He is known citywide , leader in community policing , wanted to cut bureaus and command staff in cpd .
This idea was ignored by shortshanks and a person not as qualified as Chuck was named superintendent .
He would be a strong opponent in a mayoral election.
It is time for a strong law enforcement mayor in Chicago .
Run Chuck Run . Establish residency ASAP.
6/27/2014 11:07:00 AM
Someone close to the process once told me Ramsey didn't get supe because he scared Daley. Everything he said in his interview(s) impressed Daley, but he was afraid Ramsey would be so well-accepted and his ideas were so good, plus he's a light-skinned male black (get over it, it's not racism, it's just the truth), Daley felt he'd be a strong opponent for Mayor. Maybe Richie really was smarter than we thought.
Here they come!
Now this looks a lot like a smoking gun.
If you're a breathing person you know that there is a full-on crisis on our southern border right now that allegedly arose "without warning" in the last couple of months, with unaccompanied kids showing up in huge numbers -- most of them not of Mexican origin but rather from nations south of there.
Obama and the other immigration screamers all say that this was "unexpected" and that we had nothing to do with the situation happening, but we must (for "humanitarian reasons") accommodate these kids -- up to and including busing them to various cities and then dumping them on the state's welfare systems.
Well, that looks a lot like a lie -- the Government certainly appears to have known damn well they were coming, and that calls into question whether they provoked it intentionally. How do we know that? Because they published an RFQ (Request for Quote) for security and transport services for said kids in January at www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c6d7c0050b912fbc917a46d6709d38bd&tab=core&_cview=0
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has a continuing and mission critical responsibility for accepting custody of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) from U.S. Border Patrol and other Federal agencies and transporting these juveniles to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelters located throughout the continental United States. ICE is seeking the services of a responsible vendor that shares the philosophy of treating all UAC with dignity and respect, while adhering to standard operating procedures and policies that allow for an effective, efficient, and incident free transport. The Contractor shall provide unarmed escort staff, including management, supervision, manpower, training, certifications, licenses, drug testing, equipment, and supplies necessary to provide on-demand escort services for non-criminal/non-delinquent unaccompanied alien children ages infant to 17 years of age, seven (7) days a week, 365 days a year. Transport will be required for either category of UAC or individual juveniles, to include both male and female juveniles. There will be approximately 65,000 UAC in total: 25% local ground transport, 25% via ICE charter and 50% via commercial air.
January 29th, 2014.
Uh huh.
Nobody saw it coming eh
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=229135
Does preckwinle live in the city?
Cost of living adjustments..
Oh, you'll get your cola's all right but they aint' gonna be what you thought they are.
Cost of living depends on what the definition of 'is' is
You need to google how the cost of living is calculated and how many times the formula is changed by tossing out the things that increase in price the most in order to tell us that cost of living is low.
The ponzi scam is running out.
when the masses realize all the promises were phony the pitchforks will likely come out.
the only way out is if the government kills millions of people with a war or a claimed terror attack or some bio hazard or something.
That my friends will cut and save those pension and social security obligations.
That will save and enable the clouted political ones to step up their power game.
Tell the class where the trillions of dollars in social security obligations is going to come from.
Where's the millennial's with their five and six figure student loan debts and part time walmart jobs going to get money to save to buy out the boomers homes and bid up the boomers stocks and bonds as the boomers cash out in retirement?
Hell, even if the millennials put a dollar in the bank to save it for a down payment what do they get in interest on that savings?
About half or less of what actual inflation is going. They are losing money by putting money in the bank!
You think that we are in a sustainable economy? Okay. Stop the Federal reserve borrowing and buying of stocks at the rate of several trillion dollars a year and let's see what happens.
Trillions and trillions of dollars spent and real unemployment at 20%. Food stamp caseloads at 47 million. Wages falling. Total workforce util rate going down not up.
Stop the fed QE programs and watch what happens.
Cost of living raises my azz
The pension money is going to the illegal immigrants.
lt johhny j of 016 unit for mayor
6/27/2014 01:55:00 PM
Oh God. No,
"North Riverside's recent efforts to cure its pension-driven financial ills have little bearing on the question of whether the village violated state statutes by underfunding its police and fire pensions, a state Department of Insurance attorney said in a hearing Thursday.
The department summoned North Riverside officials to its Chicago office to explain why the village underfunded police and fire pensions by about $5 million from 2008 to 2012, paying nothing toward the funds in several of those years."
State has methods of forcing municipalities to pay police & fire pensions. Read the rest of the Tribune article here: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80650248/
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ald. Zalewski may if he can have his own casino.
6/27/2014 04:57:00 PM
Seriously - seek mental health counseling. You need it, whether you recognize it or not.
Anonymous said...
Toni Preckwinkle for mayor. She is a friend of the President and First Lady. When she speaks they listen. Having an "in" at the white house would be a great advantage for the City. Being a friend of Barrack shows that her political instincts are in the right place. Toni will be the perfect mayor. Chicago will thrive once more.
6/27/2014 08:02:00 AM
If anyone has an "in" at the White House it's Rahm ... used to be Chief of Staff, remember, moron??? Knows where the bodies are buried and doesn't give a shit if Michelle likes him or not.
Let's not throw our support behind Karen Lewis just yet. It's widely known she is not a fan of the police and is more liberal than Rahm. Toni Preckwinkle wouldn't be terrible but will probably take a pass this time and wait until Rahm finishes a second (and last) term and then she'll go for it. Remember too, Rahm will have $7-9 million dollars in a war chest. Pretty easy to buy an election with that kind of money. And he won't make the same mistakes that Eric Cantor made.
Go ahead and run Karen. She's seems strange and uber liberal, but Emmanuel hates us. He hates us hard working, family man police officers. We haven't much money, but we defend what's ours .We are fierce in our loyalty to each other, our neighbors, and especially our families. Sorry Rahm. That's how it is. I am with the " anyone but Rahm " campaign. He's just everything in a man that Chicago people have always detested. I have no friends, brothers , or sisters that remotely resemble him. His smarmy attitude makes me sick . Anyone, anyone but him.
Rahm - YOU'RE fired.
Does preckwinle live in the city?
6/27/2014 07:19:00 PM
yes
Anyone but that compulsive liar Karen Lewis. If she wins, I'm moving bc my blood pressure will be too high reading about her ruining the schools at the taxpayers' expense. F the unions!
Mayor Lewis sounds great she strong she speaks from the heart she educated and she will make a differents in these trying times . Candidate Lewis is a powerful visionary , trustworthy , a defender of people , a fighter for what is right . Karen Lewis for Mayor of Chicago . It's time for a 2nd woman mayor in this city .
I just need to make it another 5 years until the kids are finished with school before we can move to another state. No Prickwrinkle or Jabba.
"This is in addition to two declared candidates - former aldercreature Robert Shaw and former Daley staffer Amara Enyia - both of whom are probably plants to break up other voting blocs."
SCC, I so enjoy the fact that you do pay attention!!
Anonymous said...
All this does is ensure a Rahm victory.
Lewis, Preckwinkle and Shaw fragment the black vote.
6/27/2014 08:53:00 AM
Bingo! Chicago politics at its best!
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Toni Preckwinkle for mayor. She is a friend of the President and First Lady. When she speaks they listen. Having an "in" at the white house would be a great advantage for the City. Being a friend of Barrack shows that her political instincts are in the right place. Toni will be the perfect mayor. Chicago will thrive once more.
6/27/2014 08:02:00 AM
I hope you're kidding.
You are kidding,right?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Ald. Zalewski may if he can have his own casino.
6/27/2014 04:57:00 PM
Seriously - seek mental health counseling. You need it, whether you recognize it or not.
6/27/2014 10:46:00 PM
I really wish that Mr. Precinct Captain would stay off our blog!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Toni Preckwinkle for mayor. She is a friend of the President and First Lady. When she speaks they listen. Having an "in" at the white house would be a great advantage for the City. Being a friend of Barrack shows that her political instincts are in the right place. Toni will be the perfect mayor. Chicago will thrive once more.
6/27/2014 08:02:00 AM
If anyone has an "in" at the White House it's Rahm ... used to be Chief of Staff, remember, moron??? Knows where the bodies are buried and doesn't give a shit if Michelle likes him or not.
6/27/2014 10:56:00 PM
Poster 2, you missed the obvious sarcasm of post 1.
Preckwinle has stated that there are too many people of color in courtrooms. I am sure see has that vile, social justice view of society that everything is whiteys fault as to why her pets have trouble with life, society and the law. If you are white and have a job, she views you as a winner in lifes lottery. Gay rights, minority rights, womens rights, voters rights for felons, sanctuary and legalization for illegals, get rid of your car and ride a bike, ever more taxes, ever more giveaways, rights for religious groups, as long as it ain't a Christian, and on and on with the anti-American drivel that these leftists promote. Maybe you can live with that, I'm sick the fuck of being blamed for everyones trouble when I didn't cause them in the first place.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Does c. Ramsey have any old clothes left in Chitown ?
He is known citywide , leader in community policing , wanted to cut bureaus and command staff in cpd .
This idea was ignored by shortshanks and a person not as qualified as Chuck was named superintendent .
He would be a strong opponent in a mayoral election.
It is time for a strong law enforcement mayor in Chicago .
Run Chuck Run . Establish residency ASAP.
6/27/2014 11:07:00 AM
Someone close to the process once told me Ramsey didn't get supe because he scared Daley. Everything he said in his interview(s) impressed Daley, but he was afraid Ramsey would be so well-accepted and his ideas were so good, plus he's a light-skinned male black (get over it, it's not racism, it's just the truth), Daley felt he'd be a strong opponent for Mayor. Maybe Richie really was smarter than we thought.
6/27/2014 06:42:00 PM
You're 100% on the money on this one. Daley was scared to death of Charlie Ramsey and sent him packing when he chose Hillard who he knew from Hillard's years on the Mayor's Detail and felt comfortable that he (Daley) could control. Daley wasn't a fool. But ... Jane Byrne did the same thing with Superintendent of Schools Sharon Love back when Janie was mayor. She saw Love as a potential political threat and sent her packing to Oakland. History repeats itself ...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Mayor Lewis sounds great she strong she speaks from the heart she educated and she will make a differents in these trying times . Candidate Lewis is a powerful visionary , trustworthy , a defender of people , a fighter for what is right . Karen Lewis for Mayor of Chicago . It's time for a 2nd woman mayor in this city .
6/28/2014 06:26:00 AM
Hahahahs....stop your're killing me....hahahaha!!
Emanuel is running for Senate against fellow New Trier elitist, Kirk.
Preckwinkle is the chosen successor.
A former teacher might raise taxes and dump more of our money in failing schools, hell no
Seiser For Mayor
I agree. Seiser for mayor.
He's so cute.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
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