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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 h' Zerocats on February 11, 2011 at 12:27am
I was at a birthday dinner tonight with a woman who went to hear Chico speak.  She said he basically didn't shut up about how "connected" he is.

Gabe said:
Chico is a machine politician? Funny. And I dunno what that blogger thinks he knows but the one job Rahm had always said he would drop everything for was Mayor of Chicago. There was no jumping to anything. It's nice when people make things up but it doesn't make it true.
Permalink Reply by Vilda on February 11, 2011 at 12:51am
That's cause he's a windbag and a douche (did you see during the first debate with the kids when the panel was asked who had been bullied in there life he was the only one that didn't raise his hand?) He wouldn't be considered connected if you stuck the end of a power supply in him and ran voltage through.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 11, 2011 at 1:11am

I've missed the debates, unfortunately. I never seem to know about them beforehand.

But I've tried to make up for what I've missed with careful research.  Just tonight I managed to unearth this resource, which contains basically everything you need to know about Rahm:

http://www.texemarrs.com/072009/eye_of_the_storm.htm

 

Permalink Reply by jlj on February 11, 2011 at 8:37am

1. Chico has been Daley's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff.  Chico is what I call the epitome of chicago machine politician: bouncing back and forth between high ranking government jobs and private sector jobs that deal directly with the government he used to work for and back amassing large amounts of money.

2. Of course he would.  He is an opportunist.  What greater opportunity to make money and pay off favors than in this city in the way it is run.


Gabe said:

Chico is a machine politician? Funny. And I dunno what that blogger thinks he knows but the one job Rahm had always said he would drop everything for was Mayor of Chicago. There was no jumping to anything. It's nice when people make things up but it doesn't make it true.
Permalink Reply by Vilda on February 11, 2011 at 3:46pm

The most obvious reply i can think of is if Chico is so big in the Machine how has he been so thoroughly trumped in polling? If working in the gov't makes you connected then there are many people i'd like to ask favors of.

 

And Rahm was Chief of Staff to the President. You don't think he could do a favor and get paid from there? Really?

Permalink Reply by jlj on February 11, 2011 at 5:02pm

1.Polling = doesn't matter.

2.Makes no sense.

3.How much oversight does the pres. and his staff get?  How much oversight does the Mayor of Chicago get?  Really.

 

Thanks for the questions.  It has been fun learning more about Chicago politics!

Permalink Reply by Vilda on February 11, 2011 at 6:06pm

What?

What?

What?

And I'm not learning much here. How old are you?

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 11, 2011 at 6:28pm
Aw, c'mon guys, would be nice to be able to discuss politics here without it turning into a fight.
Permalink Reply by Vilda on February 11, 2011 at 6:33pm
Only if you do the truffle shuffle! ;-)
Permalink Reply by Mark Kenseth on February 11, 2011 at 9:16pm
The link isn't working.  If this is a link to Carol's outburst, I saw the video.  I'm probably not voting for Carol now.  Hmmm....who's next?

Andrew said:

Good choice.  Please read.

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-political-commentary/2011/0...


Mark Kenseth said:

I'm not voting for Rahm.  He isn't attending any of the community events to discuss topics.  For example, he didn't attend the event to discuss environmental concerns.  Carol Moseley Braun was the only one there who was willing to discuss environmental issues, and she mentioned improving walkability, bicycling, and public transportation infrastructure.  So far, Carol Moseley Braun's got my vote.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 12, 2011 at 8:40am
Why not Patty?

Mark Kenseth said:
The link isn't working.  If this is a link to Carol's outburst, I saw the video.  I'm probably not voting for Carol now.  Hmmm....who's next?

Andrew said:

Good choice.  Please read.

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-political-commentary/2011/0...


Mark Kenseth said:

I'm not voting for Rahm.  He isn't attending any of the community events to discuss topics.  For example, he didn't attend the event to discuss environmental concerns.  Carol Moseley Braun was the only one there who was willing to discuss environmental issues, and she mentioned improving walkability, bicycling, and public transportation infrastructure.  So far, Carol Moseley Braun's got my vote.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 12, 2011 at 9:06am

I'm not a fan of the incredibly corrupt Braun -but what is the big deal about what she said in the "outburst" other than how she couched it and in what forum it happened in?

 

Nothing she said was untrue.  

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