tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5822198906950762624..comments2024-03-29T08:14:50.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Mayor needs less hope, more responsibilityNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14109210154838952532021-02-22T17:07:15.530-06:002021-02-22T17:07:15.530-06:00And Ashley's picture is an all time classic.And Ashley's picture is an all time classic.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1673508213545815132021-02-22T17:06:05.989-06:002021-02-22T17:06:05.989-06:00Great column. Her honeymoon is long over. I thin...Great column. Her honeymoon is long over. I think most people were pulling for her from the beginning. She's very thin skinned and doesn't take criticism very well. And the hardass act has grown old. Learn how to communicate with the aldermen. Hopefully she turns it around a little, otherwise I think she'll be a one term mayor.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-985309119869263712021-02-22T16:24:23.428-06:002021-02-22T16:24:23.428-06:00Good grief, you're using whataboutism to defen...Good grief, you're using whataboutism to defend the indefensible! <br />Brown is a failure as superintendent! <br />And Lightfoot picked him!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16707444742964165542021-02-22T16:04:22.803-06:002021-02-22T16:04:22.803-06:00I'm inclined to agree about Lightfoot. Not so ...I'm inclined to agree about Lightfoot. Not so much the other guys. Don't really believe much of what happened was foreseeable. And preventable. But Monday morning quarterbacking is always fun.<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23958583138635792502021-02-22T13:33:11.903-06:002021-02-22T13:33:11.903-06:00Re: the 1:33 comment. If you're aware of som...Re: the 1:33 comment. If you're aware of some strategy through which the mayor could have prevented the Microcenter on Elston from being looted -- when much of the city was up for grabs at the same time -- I hope that you will be sharing it with us, and her. <br /><br />Daley was evidently not out of his depth, and was far from a one-termer, but "shoot to kill" is kinda frowned-on these days. Though his "management" bequeathed us the fractured city that subsequent mayors have struggled to deal with. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45670824565468600832021-02-22T08:56:38.940-06:002021-02-22T08:56:38.940-06:00I really like Lori Lightfoot, her poise when she c...I really like Lori Lightfoot, her poise when she can maintain it, her courage, her willingness to expose her real self, but I like Mike Madigan and Eddie Burke too, for completely superficial reasons. I hope (what else can I do?) that she figures the job out without selling out as did Jane Byrne.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7757785933974975882021-02-22T01:33:14.730-06:002021-02-22T01:33:14.730-06:00Lightfoot is simply out of her depth as mayor.
S...Lightfoot is simply out of her depth as mayor. <br />She's not a manager & has no idea what's she's doing.<br />There are still police cars on or near Michigan Ave. with their lights flashing, as if that will do any good. They were even there during the worst of the cold & snow the last couple of weeks, when it was obvious no major crimes or rioting was going to happen there.<br />Ant there was major looting that never even made the news. When I went to Microcenter on Elston, last August, just after the second wave of looting, the manager said his store was hit for $250,000 in damages. They've had massive 24/7 private security since then.<br /><br />And now for the really bad news:<br />I have to agree with John Kass, what on Earth is her insane obsession with statues?<br />Lincoln, Washington & Leif Erikson?<br />Is she going to get rid of the Washington Statue on the Fifth Floor of City Hall?<br />She's a one termer, but even worse, one of those loons from the teachers union wants to replace her!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com