Who Would Want That Job?

Someone noticed that the search for Snelling's replacement is about to hit a big stumbling block:

• The search for retiring Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling’s replacement will take place against the backdrop of a highly contested mayoral race.

  Ultimately, it’s in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hands to pick Snelling’s successor, with the City Council’s approval. Johnson has not yet declared his intent whether to seek reelection. But if he does run, a public approval rating in the low 30s has him in serious danger of becoming a one-term mayor.

  That kind of political uncertainty is likely to discourage candidates from outside Chicago — and even some insiders — from applying for the $284,016-a-year job.

The "public safety committee" or whatever its called has 120 days to find a panel of potential replacements. That means mid-November. By then the mayoral race will be in full swing and Conehead is still polling below 35% with his strongest supporters clocking in at 6%.

It's not looking like a second term is in the cards, so anyone with any real potential to be a meaningful replacement isn't going to be stepping forward for a job that might last all of five or six months.

Which probably means the Department will be stuck with Waller for a while.