tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8905755122955811669..comments2024-03-19T08:00:45.152-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/19/24: Can a guy with a Bronx accent be elected mayor of Chicago?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66331908109061973152018-03-26T15:27:09.083-05:002018-03-26T15:27:09.083-05:00Hard for me to generalize, not living in the city,...Hard for me to generalize, not living in the city, but my impression is that Rahm's choice of a successor in the Superintendent job was a shrewd one, and seems to be turning out well. About the mayor himself, my sense is his heart is in the right place and he knows what the hell he's doing. He may be "unlovable," but, charming as he could be, Richard M. presided over a good deal of real corruption and led the city down a fiscal rat hole that Rahm seems to be climbing out of.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9632415099491247432018-03-26T12:00:25.866-05:002018-03-26T12:00:25.866-05:00McCarthy did marry into a Northwest Side political...McCarthy did marry into a Northwest Side political family with some clout, but that still will only mean a few thousand votes.<br />My guess is that he'll make a deal with Vallas & support him after the polling shows he's dead meat.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87704071289540264802018-03-26T09:25:15.536-05:002018-03-26T09:25:15.536-05:00It would be ironic if McCarthy were to draw enough...It would be ironic if McCarthy were to draw enough votes from Vallas to elect Rahm, but the question is, "Will enough people vote for him even to make that happen?" He has the charm of that sewer cover that graces the top of this blog today and he can't conceal his resentment of Rahm, leading one to believe that is his main, if not only, motive for running. If he were from Chicago, at least his family, friends and ward would be motivated to cast a vote for him, but unless he can dig up some Bronx cemeteries for votes, he's just wasting his supporters' money.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17558715784709791132018-03-26T07:43:45.926-05:002018-03-26T07:43:45.926-05:00Rahms pretty unpopular . maybe a well funded white...Rahms pretty unpopular . maybe a well funded white Irish catholic could beat him in the primary. stranger things have happened. if those were my only 2 choices I'd at least consider voting for : not rahmFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85404107568659929532018-03-26T03:31:20.404-05:002018-03-26T03:31:20.404-05:00McCarthy was actually a good choice for superinten...McCarthy was actually a good choice for superintendent, until he failed to realize what a political football the CPD is.<br />Far too many higher ranking cops here get that way because they have a political sponsor [the old word for that being a Chinaman, if I remember correctly].<br />It appears that he attempted to thread a fine line between doing the right thing & caving to them, but in the end, he failed, as every superintendent has. <br /><br />While most police departments claim the bad cops make up less than 5% of the cops, my personal observations of them see it as far higher than that, probably in the 25% range. When I first got my radio scanner in the early 1990s, I was flabbergasted at how appallingly lazy so many of them were. I remember when I or neighbors would call 911 over a disturbance on the block, usually loud & obnoxious drunks after midnight, we'd watch the police car fly down our side street at 30 MPH & then report it as unfounded. The other action was to never get out of the car & just tell the drunks to leave, without seeing if they did leave. They rarely did!<br /><br />Those were the years of the "walk & talk" strategy, where once a shift they were to park their cars on a different block in their beats & walk the block for 30 minutes & just observe & talk to any people around.<br />But when I caught them around me, once they did it on a private street withing a fenced on corporate campus [S&C Electric in Rogers Park] & on my own block, I walked down to where they were parked & their walk & talk consisted of reading the newspaper for the half hour!<br />As for being a competent department, what a joke!<br />Another time I saw how incompetent they were by listening in during a supposed hostage standoff & the SWAT team was totally confused as to what the streets were around, as they were obviously all South Siders who knew little about the North Side.<br /><br />The only positive thing I've observed is that the female cops seem more dedicated to doing a good job than their male counterparts, but the McDonald coverup, even caught a couple of them committing perjury on their written police reports. For those who don't know, when a cop signs a police report, it's signed under penalty of perjury!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com