All Daley's Fault
Remember, the Tribune isn't carry water for Rahm (paywall warning):
- Far more Chicago voters believe former Mayor Richard M. Daley is more responsible for the city's ongoing financial woes than his successor, according to a new Chicago Tribune poll.
At the same time, a strong majority of those surveyed continue to believe the city is about the same or worse off under Mayor Rahm Emanuel than it was when Daley ran City Hall.
Daley remained a popular mayor for much of his record 22 years leading the city. But his popularity fell during his last term, in part because of dissatisfaction with a controversial lease of the city's parking meters. Since Daley left office, criticism of his financial stewardship has only grown.
The Trib and the Times were kind of quiet during Shortshanks' days of heavy spending. Seldom a discouraging word was spoken. But now that Rahm is in trouble, they can't wait to blame Daley for years of mismanagement. But if they had been doing that through the 1990's and 2000's, maybe Chicago wouldn't be on the verge of default.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
22 Comments:
Hmm Barack and Rahm both cut their teeth in the Chicago Democratic party which was controlled by none other than Richie. And neither one of them ever had a bad thing to say about them. So if you are gonna blame Richie blame the whole organization.
And one of Rahm's plans.
Closed schools then flood the city with unaccompanied minor illegal immigrant children.
Guess we'll then have a new crisis, that being the schools are overcrowded -- a crisis to not go to waste.
Sorry we have to raise your taxes but it's for the children. Don't you want the children to have a future?
In the process of those new taxes they will be lumped into the general fund just like the city did with the lottery. Or perhaps more corporate TIF slush fund money.
Now shut up and pay your red light ticket and obey the law.
If you're the lottery company that Illinois outsourced it's business too and you breach your contract don't worry about the law.
You get a do-over. It was all a misunderstanding...
Know what I'm saying?
They are both democrats are they not? Historically democrats are always bad for the economy. Tax and spend.
Rahm: Not a popular guy but clearly one of the better guys to try to straighten out the major mess left by Daley. His big failing is his apparent and out-front, deep seeded resentment of the Chicago Police Department. We need him to get over it so we can move forward. Karen is not going to do it.
But Yet Maggie Daley Park Goes Forth!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daley always has been and will remain a POS!
Fuck the Tribune and their paywall! I'll stop be a newstand and read the Tribune for free! Tribune gets no money from me! Tribune always hates on the Police anyway!
Daleys fault, Bush's fault, my wifes fault, my mom and dads fault, Gods fault...where does it end? Its rarely said, "sorry, it's my fault"
It's all Barry's fault when it comes to that new 8 trillion added to the debt since 20 Jan 09.
NOT BUSH'S FAULT!
The cow was already out of the barn so to speak. Daley is the one who is to blame for most of the cities decline I just can't see why the dems have such a lock on the city it's been going down steadily for some time give an independent a chance or a repub but something has to change or it's Detroilet for sure.
The city's financial problems are because there are no workers or fewer workers to pay for city services or as companies have gone out of business or moved out of Chicago because of the gangbangers and hoodlums and corrupt police officers. That is why Rahm is a one term Mayor, he did nothing to stop these gangs and thugs.
They day that jagoff Daley kicks the bucket, I will be buying drinks at the local gin mill all nite long, celebrating the demise of Shortshanks. I hope he gets the pointy end of Beelzebub's pitchfork up his ass with no lube.
ssc now hear this the 11th ward continues and will alway continue to control chicago, the daley crime saga will continue once nora conroy daley is elected our next mayor if you are irish , live in bridgeport or mt greenwood and are on the cpd or cfd everyday will feel like christmas,the daley family , the gift that keeps giving.
Like any good gangster...........he got his.
His family got theirs.
His friends got theirs.
His other partners in crime got theirs.
And they keep getting.
Anonymous said...
Rahm: Not a popular guy but clearly one of the better
guys to try to straighten out the major mess left by Daley. His big failing is his apparent and out-front, deep seeded resentment of the Chicago Police Department. We need him to get over it so we can move forward. Karen is not going to do it.
8/15/2014 01:12:00 AM
Karen Lewis to her credit, had the class and decency not to pick fights with everybody unlike tha narrow-assed North Shore Shit-Ass of a bantam rooster strutting around crowing and shitting in and on everything and everybody...
The Bantam Rooster is scared his narrow ass is going to end up plucked, gutted and stewed ass first with some veggies in a pot and he realizes the way he plays WILL make it so...
The nerve of this pissant picking a fight with Policemen, Firemen and Teachers because he can't solve his hyper-violent voting bloc setting this city on fire.
Although he is desperately wanting to wave in all these MS-13 "children" from Central America to replace the black urban vote that is no longer obedient (useful) to him because he miscalculated on closing a bunch of schools in black neighborhoods as a way to get revenge against Karen Lewis and the teachers for fucking up his script and time table by striking.
Rahm is a man in a BIG hurry to script a narrative in Chicago... You think he ain't pissed because he's looking at having to burn another term to do it?
The longer he has to stay and fight the unsophisticated middle class churls and try to keep the catered to constituency quiet with beads and baubles, the window for national office, a corner suite as a Wall Street rainmaker or any other such will close on his narrow ass.
May this city be the place where Rahm Emanuel has to watch his aspirations die and decay to a skeleton right before his very eyes...
Serves him right...
Here's an idea for a Rauner champagne billboard on the Dan Ryan. A large photo of a stern looking Harold Washington on the left, a photo of a flummoxed Pat Quinn on the right. In the center in large red letters; 'Pat...you're FIRED!'
nonymous said...
They day that jagoff Daley kicks the bucket, I will be buying drinks at the local gin mill all nite long, celebrating the demise of Shortshanks. I hope he gets the pointy end of Beelzebub's pitchfork up his ass with no lube.
8/15/2014 12:42:00 PM
OK Humphrey Bogart
Anonymous said...
They day that jagoff Daley kicks the bucket, I will be buying drinks at the local gin mill all nite long, celebrating the demise of Shortshanks. I hope he gets the pointy end of Beelzebub's pitchfork up his ass with no lube.
8/15/2014 12:42:00 PM
Can't come soon enough.
Put a fork in Rahm - he is DONE.
With his "leadership", Chicago has gone downhill even more than when Daley was around.
Rahm for a higher office? Take away that crack-pipe. He should have NEVER been Chicago's Mayor.
Bullying, arrogance, condescending attitude are NOT basic leadership skills. Anyone with real leadership skills would NEVER work for a jerk like him.
Oh - now look at his subordinates. I rest my case.
1) First-rate leaders hire first-rate people to surround them.
2) Second rate leaders hire fourth rate people.
3) In the case of Rahm,
his minions are all clueless, "yes-men" afraid of upsetting Rahm if they don't do what he says.
Oh, and Karen Lewis is NOT the answer either. She might be good as a big mouthed, "I want that raise" union leader, but running Chicago is not in her skill set. So move on.
Isn't there any copper with brains to run for office? You have 9,000 people to help you get out the vote. Or is everyone satisfied with the crumbs they got off the table? I know the connected ones are.
Why buck the system? I got my Gold Braid.
Yep - leadership. Someday you'll see it, but probably not in Chicago.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Here's an idea for a Rauner champagne billboard on the Dan Ryan. A large photo of a stern looking Harold Washington on the left, a photo of a flummoxed Pat Quinn on the right. In the center in large red letters; 'Pat...you're FIRED!'
8/15/2014 05:03:00 PM
Ineffective: most of Chicago's current voters wouldn't even know who Washington was, much less get that this has to do with the prior relationship between the two.
So...
How goes it for the smartest ceo in the history of municipal governance?
It makes one wonder how Rahm was so smart that he was able to back into a personal fortune of $18 million and amass a political warchest of $9 million?
Lord knows he's "smarter" than any Copper could ever be.
but at least the Copper can sleep at night with a clear conscience...
Humphrey Bogart kicked ASS!
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Post a Comment
<< Home