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Requiem for a progressive mayor

  

Category:  Op/Ed

By:  vic-eldred  •  last year  •  24 comments

Requiem for a progressive mayor
Some Rise by Sin, And Some by Virtue Fall".... William Shakespeare (Measure for Measure)


Two days ago, the unthinkable happened. Lori Lightfoot has lost her hold on the mayor's job in what sadly passes for the city of Chicago. It seems that even in the inner city where democrats hold such sway with their key constituencies of minority voters, migrants, the poor, the homeless and human derelicts there comes that point where even those voters say enough is enough. Finally Chicago voters found the backbone to vote her out.


How is Lightfoot taking it? 

“I’m a black woman in America. Of course,” she replied when asked by a reporter if she had been treated unfairly,  according to the  New York Post .  Lightfoot neglected to mention that Johnson is also black.

‘I’m a Black Woman in America’: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss on Racism, Sexism (yahoo.com)



She is claiming "racism" did her in, despite the fact that her opponent was black and the fact that Chicago hasn't had anything but a democrat mayor in 80 years and the fact that all of the city's 50 wards are represented by democrats.  So, the woman who prevented Chicago cops from chasing criminals has been defeated and she blames "racists!"  Obviously chasing criminals was racist. Aside from all the homicides and crime her legacy might be plunging Chicago into debt to pay for "climate" and "equity." Here commitment to equity was so strong that she once banned white reporters from talking to her. Chicago is minus the two statues of Christopher Columbus, whom we now know is a "racist." According to Lightfoot it was Chicago's racists who rose up and defeated her!


She is gone but she won't be forgotten. Chicago used to be a great city. Today it is only what its residents want it to be. They took a small step forward Tuesday, but they have a lot to prove.


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Vic Eldred
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1  author  Vic Eldred    last year


"In a  recent interview  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sounded like she might have been acknowledging reality about Chicago crime, with a reported admission about growing trouble downtown. But she really wasn’t. 

That’s because as always this year, she accented that murders and shootings so far were down somewhat compared to last year. Murders and shooting incidents are 16 and 18 percent less than in 2021, respectively, as of last week’s end. Yet that claim is still misleading because last year isn’t the right comparison. 2021 was the worst for Chicago murders in 25 years. The better measure for major crimes like murders and shooting incidents, and anything else, is versus the last pre-Covid, pre-George Floyd year of 2019. 

Using that yardstick, Chicago’s 2022 isn’t looking good. Using 2021 as a comparison to 2022 is an attempt to fish for numbers – any numbers – which deflect attention from the failure of Lightfoot’s administration to make Chicago’s streets safer since everything went south in 2020. "

Chicago crime statistics: Even worse than you think – Wirepoints | Wirepoints


 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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2  Sean Treacy    last year

as the Killing of a cop yesterday shows, lightfoot is part of the problem.  The Soros DA who refuses to charge people with crimes is also a large part.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sean Treacy @2    last year

What a disgrace. That actually happened in an American city.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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3  Greg Jones    last year

Can't imagine all those Chicago Democrats being so racist and bigoted as to deny Lori another term of failure..  jrSmiley_99_smiley_image.jpg

Have fond memories of Chicago...born in Hammond, Indiana, just across the state line.

Loved those trips to the Loop on the South Shore line, and riding the El and subway to Wrigley Field with my dad to see the Cubs play.

Sad to see what has happened there.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.1  Texan1211  replied to  Greg Jones @3    last year
Can't imagine all those Chicago Democrats being so racist and bigoted as to deny Lori another term of failure.. 

How DID she ever manage to win an election when America is so damn racist?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    last year

That's a great question, but we do know how she got beat. It was those two black Nigerians who showed up at 2 AM on a Chicago street telling Jussie Smollett that "This is MAGA country!"  That's who is to blame for taking out Lightfoot! / S

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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3.1.2  Sean Treacy  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    last year
How DID she ever manage to win an election when America is so damn racist?

Yeah, crazy how racist it was that the two  largest vote getters in the election she won in 2019 were black women. But she lost because she's a black woman. 

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4  Sparty On    last year

And they elect more milquetoast in her place.

Chicago is in a slow death spiral similar to what Detroit went through.

The “educator” they elected to replace her won’t help a bit.

Not a bit.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Sparty On @4    last year

Utter nonsense. Chicago is a major center of world finance. It is not going anywhere. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1    last year
It is not going anywhere. 

I agree!

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.1.2  Sparty On  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1    last year

Nonsense!  

Since 2000 Chicago is the slowest growing major city in the US.    Losing nearly a million residents since its peak in 1950

Our storage units here in northern Michigan are full of Chicago property trying to move here.

A slow burn ....

oh and newsflash, Detroit is still there as well.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.2  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4    last year

You bet!  Johnson is backed by the Teacher's Union that failed the city's children.

The other candidate may be Chicago's savior.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.2.1  Sparty On  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.2    last year

Doubtful, pretty sure he hails from Chicago teacher unions as well.   Probably not good mayor material either.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.2.2  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4.2.1    last year

So nobody can save a city that won't take the big step?

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.2.3  Sparty On  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.2.2    last year

Never said that.    It’s death from within.    Similar to Motown.

Crime, racial tension, out of control union/government pensions, failing schools, political racketeering, bribery and grift.    I could go on.

Chicago is not immune, not even close.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
4.2.4  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4.2.3    last year

Right now a city of almost 3 million is little more than a crime scene.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.2.5  Sparty On  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.2.4    last year

Yep, sad to see but I’ve seen it before.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.2.6  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4.2.5    last year

You mean at coordinates:42.331429, -83.045753 ?

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Principal
4.2.7  Sparty On  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.2.6    last year

Assume that’s Motown so yes.    The younger generations have no idea.  

We had M-113 APC’s patrolling our neighborhood streets during the 60’s riots.  

We had failing schools and political corruption before it was cool .....

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.2.8  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4.2.7    last year
We had M-113 APC’s patrolling our neighborhood streets during the 60’s riots.

That was mistake # 1. We allowed too much shit back then!

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Principal
4.2.9  Sparty On  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.2.8    last year

The beginning of the end for Detroit as we knew it.    The 67 riots.    People didn’t feel safe in their own homes or to let their kids out to play.  

Thus began began the exodus to the burbs and beyond.

The beginning of the end.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
4.2.10  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sparty On @4.2.9    last year
The beginning of the end.

Yes it was, for the country as well.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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5  author  Vic Eldred    last year

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