With another mayoral election upon us, my urge to offer advice is matched by my sense of futility. I mean, don’t take this the wrong way, Chicago, but when it comes to mayoral elections—man, you suck.
It’s sort of like my love for the Bulls. After each devastating season I declare—that’s it, I’m through with those bums forever.
Under a promise of confidentiality, I asked what they thought were the most important and compelling issues the next mayor faced. Talk about being all over the board . . .
A west-sider says our number one priority is getting rid of red-light cameras. He’s voting for Willie Wilson.
Out of nowhere, I got a call from another Lightfoot voter who said the next great catastrophe will be an invasion of people from both coasts flocking to Chicago as they flee hurricanes, forest fires, mudslides, tsunamis, and other global-warming catastrophes of biblical proportions.
Consider the case of police brutality in black communities.
