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 Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on
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Down the memory hole.
The Media likes to re-write history and deletes stuff as it is convenient. The story/blog about this is GONE.
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.
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Ok...Patty is next on my list. She has some mentioning of bicycling on her website. But I didn't get a good feeling for her in the debate that I saw. We'll see. Thanks.
To James: I just didn't like Carol's accusation or reaction, whether it's true or not. I don't know how to explain it. That's not to say that I also had a weird feeling about Patty's accusation and reaction either.
H3N3 said:Why not Patty?James said: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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It surely wasn't very dignified on either of their parts. It had more of a "chick fight in the projects" feel to it than a good clean political debate amongst professionals.
It brings to mind that whole biblical analogy of "knowing a tree by its fruits."
Mark Kenseth said:To James: I just didn't like Carol's accusation or reaction, whether it's true or not. I don't know how to explain it. That's not to say that I also had a weird feeling about Patty's accusation and reaction either.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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That,combined with the lack of substance in her answers to questions, has made Braun a non-starter for me. She shows empathy and some recognition of issues that are important to people, but there's nothing behind it to suggest that she would actually accomplish anything - same as when she was in the Senate.
I still like del Valle best on the issues and on his basic pragmatism, but I'm concerned that he's still failing to gain ground while Braun has been throwing away her lead over him and Chico with both hands.
James Baum said:It surely wasn't very dignified on either of their parts. It had more of a "chick fight in the projects" feel to it than a good clean political debate amongst professionals.
It brings to mind that whole biblical analogy of "knowing a tree by its fruits."
Mark Kenseth said:To James: I just didn't like Carol's accusation or reaction, whether it's true or not. I don't know how to explain it. That's not to say that I also had a weird feeling about Patty's accusation and reaction either.
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I guess if I were forced to drink one of these brands of poison I'd probably drink del Valle poison as it is the least noxious.
That said, Rahm is going to win with the same certainty (and for the same reasons) that Saddam used to win in Iraq back when he was still alive and in power.
Anne Alt said:That,combined with the lack of substance in her answers to questions, has made Braun a non-starter for me. She shows empathy and some recognition of issues that are important to people, but there's nothing behind it to suggest that she would actually accomplish anything - same as when she was in the Senate.
I still like del Valle best on the issues and on his basic pragmatism, but I'm concerned that he's still failing to gain ground while Braun has been throwing away her lead over him and Chico with both hands.
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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on
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I actually thought she handled herself just fine.
I'm getting duplicate thread fatigue and am not going to dig out and post the same links I have on her behalf to all the similar threads, but she's the only candidate willing to recognize and cite studies that show that more than half of our city budget is just plain thrown away on ghost employees, do-nothing patronage jobs, and dirty insider contracts. Were that not the case we wouldn't be puzzling over how to pay for the CTA or stoically accepting that the city has no more money for bike racks.
Mark Kenseth said:
Ok...Patty is next on my list. She has some mentioning of bicycling on her website. But I didn't get a good feeling for her in the debate that I saw. We'll see. Thanks.
H3N3 said:Why not Patty?
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We shall see.
If anyone but Rahm wins I'll be extremely surprised and my stomach will be might full of my hat.
Eric Vann said:As a "great" man once said "spin is spin".
James Baum said:
That said, Rahm is going to win with the same certainty (and for the same reasons) that Saddam used to win in Iraq back when he was still alive and in power.
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Hi Travis,
I've seen this exact same claim posted to three threads now. The first few times I thought "give the kid a break, he's excited about his candidate" (at least I assume that's what's going on-- you're not employed by the campaign, are you?)-- but at some point it just becomes excessive. So I'm going to ask-- you've "followed the money"-- do you have any specific examples of any of the candidates receiving funds from suburbanites and multi-billion dollar corporations? I'd be particularly interested to hear about Patty and Doc, but any specific examples will do.
Travis said:I have followed the money and all of the candidates, besides Miguel Del Valle, are terrible. How can we improve the city of Chicago if all of the candidates are taking money from suburbanites and multi billion dollar corporations that have no interests in the problems every day Chicagoans face. I am hosting a bike ride for Del Valle this saturday and all are welcome to attend to get out the vote for a candidate who is running a grassroots campaign and not beholden to those resting on high in the ivory tower.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188602381173606
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/bicycle-ride-for-miguel-del-2
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Who made the films? Very nice work.
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All politics is theft.
Some steal more, some steal less -but they are all theives.
Sorry for mixing my metaphors. Theft/poison. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Back when the nascent Tea Party started I thought it might be cool to shrink the behemoth money-sucking machine. But when I started to meet these teabaggers I learned that they only wanted to shrink government enough so it fit into a woman's vagina.
Me, I'm pro-choice on everything but it seems everyone wants to ban something -and I can't abide by that bs. The only thing I'd like to ban is stealing. All sin is theft. Whenever you see someone talking about making the world a better place by taking things from people you know they are a politician. They then turn around and use that stolen property to buy votes. That's how it works.
That's why I call it poison -but really it all boils down to theft.
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