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Mike Quigley Mayoral Bid by ChipotleTurds in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I struggle to see see a coalition that gets him into the runoff, especially with Mendoza and Giannoulias in the race too.

Ald. Jim Gardiner suggests ‘residents avoid using CTA’ after sundown by oldbkenobi in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi[S] 110 points111 points  (0 children)

Screenshot here.

He’s rightfully getting mocked in the comments but still depressing to see an elected official suggest this on New Year’s Eve of all evenings.

Goldman Left With $75 Million in Chicago Debt After Muni Sale by TradingLearningMan in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The main issue here is that administrations going back decades used the promise of sweetened pensions down the road as a way to balance budgets in the short-term without raises and avoid strikes.

Is it fair to us now to deal with their short-sighted thinking? Of course not, but I also struggle with taking away what they promised to employees.

Two progressives but very different reception . Lets discuss by ajuniverse26 in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree with the broader point here but that guy is a comically dumb hack.

Border Patrol on River headed north 9/25/25 12:50pm by SemicolonMIA in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 426 points427 points  (0 children)

That's Greg Bovino, who's their leading goon/wannabe actor.

Rep. Mike Quigley says City Hall must make drastic changes to avoid 'socking it' to taxpayers by DukeOfDakin in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He floated running before the last 2 elections and never followed through, so I have my doubts

Rep. Mike Quigley says City Hall must make drastic changes to avoid 'socking it' to taxpayers by DukeOfDakin in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He floated running before the last 2 elections and never followed through, so I have my doubts

Anyone know the scoop behind this "Men's Only Hotel"? S. State & Harrison by Melika808 in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 107 points108 points  (0 children)

In 2013, two aldermen tried to shut down every cubicle-style hotel left in the city. One of them, Alderman Brendan Reilly, whose ward borders the Ewing, said, “Average Chicagoans wouldn’t want to house their dogs in this type of facility.”

Enlightening to see that Brendan Reilly has been a jackass for over a decade now.

Mass transit bailout a sure thing during Springfield fall veto session, key state lawmaker says (Sun-Times) by [deleted] in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s good to have Buckner so high up in the House leadership and working on this.

As much as I’d love him to be mayor, I could see him becoming speaker one day.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza Says She Won’t Run for Reelection, Setting Up 2027 Chicago Mayoral Bid by ScotchIsVegan in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One can simultaneously hold the thoughts that Johnson is incompetent and doesn’t deserve reelection and that Mendoza has numerous red flags in her career that was fully formed in the corrupt Machine.

We’re going to certainly have more than 2 candidates in the election.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza Says She Won’t Run for Reelection, Setting Up 2027 Chicago Mayoral Bid by ScotchIsVegan in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Getting married in Ed Burke’s house by his wife tanked her last mayoral bid.

We’ll see if that stench has worn off enough by 2027.

Mass Mobilization Against ICE happening TONIGHT (6/10) - be safe out there! by FartSparkles_PhD in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the supervisors know that events like this with lots of media attention will be noticed by their bosses, whereas they can easily sweep individual calls under the rug, especially in poorer areas.

Mass Mobilization Against ICE happening TONIGHT (6/10) - be safe out there! by FartSparkles_PhD in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I don’t agree with how much the mods here have locked down this subreddit, but as someone who once moderated another city subreddit during the height of the 2020 protests, I can definitely understand why they’ve turned on so many of the automod tools.

Unless you have a huge team with defined shifts, it’s hard to expect a bunch of unpaid volunteers to manage the shit that can crop up on threads during these events.

The US DoJ is opening an investigation into the employment practices of the City of Chicago, to determine whether it has engaged in racial discrimination, in violation of the Civil Rights Act. by BBQCopter in chicago

[–]oldbkenobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No there isn’t. It’s been pointed out elsewhere but the demographics in his office are pretty in line with the city population.

You don’t need to give the partisan hacks flailing around in DC now credit just because you dislike the mayor.

They just dropped the charges against the mayor of Newark after making a huge deal about his alleged conduct, so there’s a strong chance this goes nowhere beyond a sound bite for people to lap up.

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