What A Mess
To think, I actually do work for these guys now and then.
Being a Republican in Cook County isn't easy. Between the Daley machine in the city and the limousine liberals in the collar suburbs, we're outnumbered by a pretty substantial majority. So we resort to grabbing headlines through silly publicity stunts...like the 312-WHISTLE hotline (a noble idea, yes, but I imagine the phone line over at HQ is covered in cobwebs), and now by putting a price on Mayor Daley's head.
Yes, Mayor Daley is crooked as the day is long. Yes, there's Hired Trucks and Silver Shovels. But let's face it...if not for Mayor Daley, the trains wouldn't run on time, there would be no bike lanes and a hell of a lot less green space. The guy's done a hell of a job with the city. There's an old saying (which really applies well to Chicago, epicenter of the sausage universe) about how while sausage is lip-smackin' good, you don't want to see how it's made. I guess the same could be said for how the inner workings of the City That Works operates.
I know Gary Skoien personally, and he's a hell of a guy who's committed to reform. It sucks that he lost his job because his boss happens to be a big Daley booster. But the Cook GOP has got to understand that real reform starts with real viable candidates, real policy change proposals and real action, and not Moveon.org-like bluster.
To think, I actually do work for these guys now and then.
Being a Republican in Cook County isn't easy. Between the Daley machine in the city and the limousine liberals in the collar suburbs, we're outnumbered by a pretty substantial majority. So we resort to grabbing headlines through silly publicity stunts...like the 312-WHISTLE hotline (a noble idea, yes, but I imagine the phone line over at HQ is covered in cobwebs), and now by putting a price on Mayor Daley's head.
Yes, Mayor Daley is crooked as the day is long. Yes, there's Hired Trucks and Silver Shovels. But let's face it...if not for Mayor Daley, the trains wouldn't run on time, there would be no bike lanes and a hell of a lot less green space. The guy's done a hell of a job with the city. There's an old saying (which really applies well to Chicago, epicenter of the sausage universe) about how while sausage is lip-smackin' good, you don't want to see how it's made. I guess the same could be said for how the inner workings of the City That Works operates.
I know Gary Skoien personally, and he's a hell of a guy who's committed to reform. It sucks that he lost his job because his boss happens to be a big Daley booster. But the Cook GOP has got to understand that real reform starts with real viable candidates, real policy change proposals and real action, and not Moveon.org-like bluster.
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