Vote for Miguel delValle! Rahm is not interested in bettering Chicago.

Don't mean to get all political, but I just read Rahm's Wiki page, read some other info on him and the Chicago machine and pulled some gems for a These Blog Postings . What does everyone else think about this kind of individual continuing to set the tone for our city?

I don't like it a bit.

Del Valle seems awesome! anyone have any dirt I should know about him before joining his team for sure? (hint... there was none. I joined his team for sure!)

Love ya!

Going for a ride.....

Brrr......

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Permalink Reply by Vondo on January 27, 2011 at 6:15pm

It is somewhat bothersome to me that Emmanuel seems to think he doesn't even need to show up to forums. Almost as if he feels like he has this baby locked up. Seems like every one of the President's local pals think they are somehow entitled to win elections. I got the same vibe from Gianoulias, but maybe it's just me.

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Permalink Reply by jlj on January 27, 2011 at 7:04pm

Hah!

James Baum said:

These aren't the droids you are looking for...

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Permalink Reply by Vilda on January 27, 2011 at 7:55pm

del valle is a nice guy but is no more than a dressed up alderman. he is very weak and a weak mayor is gonna have the alderman running all over him. chico doesnt have the pull either and a very close friend of mine is a very close friend of his and is not voting for him.

Rahm has the power to run the city and not have it run away on its own and we get a lil favor from the fed that never hurts.

a vote for braun is a waste cause the irs audit is coming. really? 16k last year? have fun in jail.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 27, 2011 at 8:55pm

DelValle made the point at a meeting I attended last week that Chicago is fairly unique in that we have structurally a representative government process, with the Aldermen having a say in what happens in their wards (and presumably acting on behalf of their constituents) and in many other cities Alderman are merely legislators.

What you call 'alderman walking all over the mayor" is what I'd call the way our city government would function if it wasn't broken.

Gabe said:

del valle is a nice guy but is no more than a dressed up alderman. he is very weak and a weak mayor is gonna have the alderman running all over him.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on January 27, 2011 at 9:51pm

And Mayor Daley was soooo nice.

I'm moderately informed but I'd rather have someone drop the "f" bomb and mock a few people than the passive aggressive behind your back stuff of late.

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Permalink Reply by Vilda on January 27, 2011 at 10:19pm

howie, i'll debate ya over a couple shots. alderman r useless. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Dan Korn on January 28, 2011 at 1:02am

H3N3 said:

What you call 'alderman walking all over the mayor" is what I'd call the way our city government would function if it wasn't broken.

Amen to that. The idea that we need a heavy-handed "jerk" with "balls" to keep the aldermen in line is, frankly, disturbing. As if the problem of the Daley era was the the city council was too independent. But if you want things to be pretty much the same as they are now, and possibly even more so, then Rahm's your guy; he'll probably do a good job of keeping the machine going.

I'm voting for Miguel del Valle, for multiple reasons, including his positions on transportation. For one thing, he's the only one who really seems to care about bikes even a little. But also because I think he's the best chance to make a dent in the corrupt political machine.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 28, 2011 at 7:22am

Somewhat bothersome? I consider this level of arrogance extremely troubling. I got the same vibe from Giannoulias, too.

Vando said:

It is somewhat bothersome to me that Emmanuel seems to think he doesn't even need to show up to forums. Almost as if he feels like he has this baby locked up. Seems like every one of the President's local pals think they are somehow entitled to win elections. I got the same vibe from Gianoulias, but maybe it's just me.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 28, 2011 at 8:15am

Patty Van Pelt Watkins is the most decent of all the candidates.

Duane Waller said:

I still say Del Valle. He seems like (wait, I take that back; he IS) the most decent of all the candidates, and also wants the best for the city, not himself or his ego (guess who THAT would be). I would guess that the only stuff that Rahm has the "balls" (ie cockiness, dickheaded-ness, DB-ness, etc etc et al) to "get done" in the city would be the requests of the largest contributors to his campaign. Everyone else will have to wait it out.

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on January 28, 2011 at 9:41am

I think the debate on WGN last night reaffirmed I'm voting for Del Valle. Of the 4 major candidates he's the only one that didn't come off as a politician just saying what people wanted to hear, which I never trust. And yes, Rahm is a jerk.