Closing In
- After a high-stakes courtship by both candidates aimed at luring the pivotal black vote, millionaire businessman Willie Wilson has decided to endorse Jesus “Chuy” Garcia over Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the April 7 runoff.
Wilson said he made the decision, as first reported on chicago.suntimes.com, based on the feedback he got from literally hundreds, if not thousands, of his supporters through emails, phone calls and his extensive network of black churches.
He’s also held “three-to-five” private meetings with both Emanuel and Garcia to press his demands for both candidates to reopen at least some of the record 50 schools that Emanuel closed, eliminate red-light cameras and establish “fairness” in the awarding of city jobs and contracts.
We're pretty sure "fairness" is a foreign concept to most politicians, but Chuy's numbers must have looked better at first blush.
Labels: elections
posted by SCC at 12:31 AM
56 Comments:
So, every group except the entitled one percent and the clueless has decided they'd rather have a mayor whose name isn't Rahm.
For once, just about everyone is banding together to say NO MORE.
This could be a first in Chicago politics. Savor it.
Everybody loves a winner.
Everybody has it in for the guy that backs a loser. Wilson must have read the polls.
FOP to endorse Chuy this week.
P71 says Chuy all the way.
City will go to the dawgs
Your Property will be worthless
If Rahm wants my vote he needs to make that mandated payment to the pension fund before the election. This show of good faith might bring him in line with what's needed here. Since that will never happen, Chuy gets the nod.
I think this is good.
Rahm HAS to go.
If Chuy doesn't work out- vote HIM out in four years. It is THAT simple.
This HAS to be learned by the Chicago electorate - including those reading here:
YOU cannot reward incompetence and arrogance by re-electing them. Get them out.
Rham! Chey does not like the police, look who he hang around with. Rham gave us are retro!
Rahm and his yes men will deny, deny, deny but Rahm's seat is getting extremely warm.
For once in Rahm's life something is not being gift wrapped and delivered to him on a silver platter.
Just goes to show you that even Sheeple can eventually wake up and grow tired of arrogant assholes like Rahm.
Off Topic - Ald. Mary O'Connor (4!st. Ward) is going to loose for a few reasons. First is her Chief of Staff is arrogant, egotistical and abrasive. Second, she is non- responsive to constituent matters. An example is she only has one constituent night a month (most other Alderman have it once a week). Alderman spend less time in the restaurant, and more time in the office. Third, she does not identify with much of her core constituency, which are city workers. It does not take Russ Stewart to show how you loose Alderman. Good Luck in business, because the election is over!
Doesn't anybody realize that most, if not all, of those schools have been picked clean by scrappers? Anything of value has been carted away in trucks and shopping carts and scrapped. It'd be cost-prohibitive to get any one of those buildings back into working order.
Fairness , in this case , simply means redistribution .
Guess since willie Wilson is a multi-millionaire t"the envelope please" Chicago way could not buy him off! Rahm you did this to yourself, like it though on your going to remove red light cameras, are these the same cameras that your "above the law" drivers like yourself blow through with the large gas guzzling taxpayer paid tanks you drive through jeopardizing the "children" crossing the street? Thought you were the "green" mayor you know why are you not in a Toyota Prius or similar gas saving car? Daley started the destruction of Chicago bond rating fell how many times again under you? Guess working people are tired of the lies and deception and arrogance!
Rahm has been the best Mayor Chicago has had in many many years. But, everyone wants to go back to the bad ole days.
Chewey will now get the hibbity jibbity vote.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
(OT) Madison Wisconsin at least some people rally in support of officers may God bless our supporters!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/12/opposing-protests-hit-madison-streets-after-police-shooting/
Where is "Chuy" going to get all this money he needs to pay for all he promises? Guess raise the property taxes, eh?
Willie Wilson is a joke. He is still a politician at heart. He waited and waited to see which way the political momentum is going. He and Garcia probably worked out certain arrangements and then he endorsed him. Politics will never change.
Chuy should being doing a big commercial touting all of Rhams political screw-ups.
NOW is the time.
He better get going because it;s his election to win or lose at this junction.
FOP to endorse Chuy this week.
3/12/2015 01:17:00 AM
HAHAHA - Not in a million years! Midgets stick together.
Be careful what you wish for. Look at who is backing Chuy. Wilson, Jesse Jackson and you think Chuy will be beholding to the police.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
City will go to the dawgs
Your Property will be worthless
3/12/2015 01:45:00 AM
You so silly.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Where is "Chuy" going to get all this money he needs to pay for all he promises? Guess raise the property taxes, eh?
3/12/2015 07:59:00 AM
Probably from the same place Rahm gets the money for the hundred million dollar overrun for the Bloomingdale Bike Trail, and the FOUR new boathouses for the one-percenters, and the SIXTY MILLION dollars for the selective-enrollment Obama High School, and the burning effigies of Victorian homes to 'celebrate' the Chicago fire, and the giant planters that impede emergency vehicles, and the new stadium for a private college with a loser basketball team, and a one million dollar 'grant' to CeaseFire, and 1.5 million paid to Safe Passage workers who are necessary because he closed dozens of schools, and now - his new tax-free, no-fee enterprise zones.
Just one more reason to back Rahm!
Rahm's campaign was the worst run campaign since Tom Hynes ran for Mayor.
will sgt association endorse mayor garcia
03:27am. Check your spelling. Go back to school! Oh wait, Rahm cut tuition reimbursement! Vote NO to Rahm
$$$$$$$$$=The end result.
No, Not a property tax.......Perhaps implementing a City Income Tax.......Being the ultra-left leaning politico he is..........
07:59
From the 1.7 billion dollar annual TIF fund ( property Tax )
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Rham! Chey does not like the police, look who he hang around with. Rham gave us are retro!
3/12/2015 03:27:00 AM
STFU please...
Rahm had his chance and
ruined it by shitting on people
he thought were unable to
fight him back.
Many years ago Rham lost one of his fingers.
Today Rham lost his Willie!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Rahm has been the best Mayor Chicago has had in many many years. But, everyone wants to go back to the bad ole days.
3/12/2015 07:27:00 AM
No...
This is the first step in publicly breaking the backs and teeth of career politicians who are disrespectful to the freight paying electorate.
As kids, we were told stories about a poor loser who would pick up his bat and ball and go home after losing a game.
In Rahm's case, will he pack up his wedding dress and go back to the North suburbs or move back to Washington, D.C.?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Where is "Chuy" going to get all this money he needs to pay for all he promises? Guess raise the property taxes, eh?
3/12/2015 07:59:00 AM
You m/fer's just won't stop with your pro-Rahm foolishness, eh?
Everyone capable of thinking for themselves KNOW a tax hike is inevitable in lieu of elected local officialdom actually manifesting the vestigal remains of balls and gutting give-aways to the perpetual non-contributory class and destroying all forms of corporate and phony charity "friends of Maggie" taxpayer funded welfare.
Bullshit on fees, fines, jackpots, snatch-backs, cuts, austerity and "efficiencies" aimed between the shoulder blades of middle class taxpayers because they're decent, business-minding people who won't get mad and light shit on fire like the catered to peoples an' folkses do.
There's enough money hidden to remove the tentacles of Rahm & Co. from the taxpayers pockets.
There are also enough non-working dead-assed catered to lay-abouts who do nothing but eat, sleep, breed, shit and shoot... Extract taxpayer treasure from
THEM and leave us the fuck alone.
Let THOSE m/fers learn to bleed while loving and being glad to be on the business end of Rahm's cuts, hikes and snatch-backs...
Do you dopes who say try out Chuy for four years know how much damage can be done in that time frame? There are going to be so many For Sale signs in Chicago it' s not even funny!
Rham! Chey does not like the police, look who he hang around with. Rham gave us are retro!
I hope this is just a joke.
Rahm has been the best Mayor Chicago has had in many many years. But, everyone wants to go back to the bad ole days.
I hope this is a joke.
Mr . Jesus "Chuy" Garcia has support from every Chicago Neighborhood . All races can relate to this St. Rita High graduate , he worked his way up , fought the system . Now he needs votes , guess who refuses to support him , the wealthy 1%'s .
Politicians that now back rahm at one time backed Harold Washington , Gerry Chico but now are part of the problem, they now worry about loosing wealth and power and say F the little guy .
Choo Choo the train is coming in April 7 and Mayor Jesus Garcia is the Engineer , it's not the light at the end of the tunnel the ballerina was looking for .
Choo Choo a new Mayor is coming to town .
A life long resident of Chicago knows what's best .
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Do you dopes who say try out Chuy for four years know how much damage can be done in that time frame? There are going to be so many For Sale signs in Chicago it' s not even funny!
3/12/2015 09:56:00 PM
Well...
Trying Rahm for four years was such a rousing fucking success.
Right?
And YOU stupid m/fers want everybody to sign up for another hitch?
"It ain't rape!
It's surprise sex!
Donkey-Punch is extra..."
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Choo Choo the train is coming in April 7 and Mayor Jesus Garcia is the Engineer , it's not the light at the end of the tunnel the ballerina was looking for .
Choo Choo a new Mayor is coming to town .
A life long resident of Chicago knows what's best .
yea, ha! ha! ha! he knows what's right for everyone because he lives here, and so does a rat!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Be careful what you wish for. Look at who is backing Chuy. Wilson, Jesse Jackson and you think Chuy will be beholding to the police.
3/12/2015 10:28:00 AM
Yep, look who's backing Chuy Garcia. People from every segment of this city, every race, creed and color. Plus a few politicians who are sidling up to him and trying to kiss the ring, because they think he's going to win.
I'm not voting for anyone who's standing near Chuy or behind Chuy. I'm voting for Garcia himself, because I can't bear to see four more years of Rahm Emanuel.
Do you dopes who say try out Chuy for four years know how much damage can be done in that time frame? There are going to be so many For Sale signs in Chicago it' s not even funny!
3/12/2015 09:56:00 PM
Yes, we know how much damage can be done in four years. Look at the Department under Rahm.
They said the same thing when Harold was elected. He was actually a pretty good for us. Was he the best? I don't think so, but he wasn't the end.
Vote for Chuy. If he doesn't work out, maybe the Republicans can make a comeback here. Until we get good government going in Chicago, things will remain the same.
The tribune says that the mayor has a double didgit lead over Garcia in their latest poll?
Who owns the tribune?
Isn't rauner a partial owner?
Who did they poll?
What will they be saying next, that it's a done deal and don't bother to vote?
Choo Choo the train is coming in April 7 and Mayor Jesus Garcia is the Engineer , it's not the light at the end of the tunnel the ballerina was looking for .
Choo Choo a new Mayor is coming to town .
A life long resident of Chicago knows what's bes
Hate to burst your bubble,but new Tribune poll out yesterday shows that since the election Rahm has increased his lead and now has a double digit lead over Chuy. Rahm 51%,Chuy 37%, undecided 11% the bad news for Chuy is even if all the undecided vote for him,hes a loser. Dont understand why this is happening considering he picked up the endorsements of Jesse Jackson,Willie Wilson, Emil Jones. Cant understand why that doesnt help him?
Anonymous said...
So, every group except the entitled one percent and the clueless has decided they'd rather have a mayor whose name isn't Rahm.
For once, just about everyone is banding together to say NO MORE.
This could be a first in Chicago politics. Savor it.
lol, my name isnt rahm its chewey and i'll run things very smoothly and i know whats groovey. okay, yea right
They said the same thing when Harold was elected. He was actually a pretty good for us. Was he the best? I don't think so, but he wasn't the end.
Vote for Chuy. If he doesn't work out, maybe the Republicans can make a comeback here. Until we get good government going in Chicago, things will remain the same
Harold was pretty good for us? Dont think so. Follow the Korshak case regarding retiree health care. That was initiated by Harold in 1987, a fact. He did not want to pay ANY health care for retirees. For close to 30 years lawsuits have caused agreements to negotiate some sort of healthcare every 10 years until now It would have ended during Harolds term if he had his way. Rahm is getting blames so it,but Harold started it
PS No republican can ever win in Chicago, maybe statewide,but not Chicago
Everybody loves a winner.
Everybody has it in for the guy that backs a loser. Wilson must have read the polls.
3/12/2015 12:49:00 AM
Evidently Willie didn't read the polls or he would have backed Rahm. Tribune poll today has Rahm 51%,Chuy 37% Appears Chuy's number go down everytime he gets a new endorsement, like Jesse,Willie and Emil
yea, ha! ha! ha! he knows what's right for everyone because he lives here, and so does a rat!
3/13/2015 01:05:00 AM
And that rat's name is Rahm.
Harold did not cut Police budget , either will Chuy, real estate tax hike is coming
who will hit us the hardest bis anyone's guess
we do know who doubled our water bills , when suburbs owe us over $20,000,000 and who tripled the 911 telephone tax
schools closed by who
pushed a health care plan for all of us , where did that $$$$$ come from health insurance up by a few hundred , not reduced $250 a month guess who pushed that through it wasn't Chuy
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Everybody loves a winner.
Everybody has it in for the guy that backs a loser. Wilson must have read the polls.
3/12/2015 12:49:00 AM
Evidently Willie didn't read the polls or he would have backed Rahm. Tribune poll today has Rahm 51%,Chuy 37% Appears Chuy's number go down everytime he gets a new endorsement, like Jesse,Willie and Emil
3/13/2015 11:41:00 AM
Poll done before endorsements. No details on the poll, the sample, the sources. Pretty suspect.
So, try reading more than the headlines. You might learn something.
It does not matter who the next mayor is. Expect a $1000 increase in your property taxes. No way out of it.
Evidently Willie didn't read the polls or he would have backed Rahm. Tribune poll today has Rahm 51%,Chuy 37% Appears Chuy's number go down everytime he gets a new endorsement, like Jesse,Willie and Emil
3/13/2015 11:41:00 AM
Anyone who has heard Wilson speak or who watched the debates knew he was unqualified to be mayor. In fact, downright scary. He might be a rich man, as he was given a hamburger franchise for free, but I fear his " business expertise" really is not there. All minority smoke and mirrors.And, the fact Danny Davis supported him really tells the story.
Harold was pretty good for us? Dont think so. Follow the Korshak case regarding retiree health care. That was initiated by Harold in 1987, a fact. He did not want to pay ANY health care for retirees. For close to 30 years lawsuits have caused agreements to negotiate some sort of healthcare every 10 years until now It would have ended during Harolds term if he had his way. Rahm is getting blames so it,but Harold started it
PS No republican can ever win in Chicago, maybe statewide,but not Chicago
3/13/2015 11:37:00 AM
Another Rahm sycophant heard from. It's not Rahm's fault. He inherited it. Sounds a lot like "It's Bush's fault".
Rahm has had it for four years and hasn't improved anything. He and his friends have done well, though. He is a continuation of the Daley years. Change your politicians often. It's the only way to keep them from stealing too much.
Anyone realize Garcia is a radically left commie hardliner that will exponentially increase welfare programs, cater even more to the non-working class and push Chicago even further down the trail to third world "multicultural" ruin? Just sayin'.
Rahm absolutely disgusts me, but he still isn't as radical as Garcia.
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