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Comment: Better 50 years late than never. That’s how long he’s been in office. “We are coming after Ed Burke,” said Clem Balanoff, head of Our Revolution Illinois, a grass-roots political organization that grew out of Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign for President.
Six of the Republicans who voted for last summer’s 32 percent income tax increase ran for re-election in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Five of them won their race.
Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, one of the last leaders of the old Democratic machine, loses the Democratic primary to a wealthy political newcomer.
The advisory referendum was on the ballot in 76 precincts scattered around nine of the city’s 50 wards, or about four percent of Chicago’s 2,069 precincts. In every one, at least 60 percent of the votes cast were in favor of lifting the ban, and in most the figure was above 75 percent.
Memo to Rahm: Don’t publish your op-eds behind a paywall.
Comment: Energized by the success of quack, free-stuff-for-everybody populism, he’s doubling down.
By a two to one margin. If you’re jobless and your home has been confiscated, maybe you’re better off stoned.
Just got an email from a reader who made a great point: Tribune is in fantasy land the way they end this article. They think this theft is going to leave. Are you kidding! He’s getting paid to steal now. He’ll work the latest and hardest he’s ever worked now till when he’s off payroll. He’ll pushed through more bullshit assessments ASAP because it’s his last chance. The new guy should announce any deals done b/t now and his first day will be closely reviewed. Joseph Berrios, the defeated Cook County Assessor, is the slimiest major officeholder in Illinois. His
The speeches last night said most of what you need to know about the election.
Lipinski is among the last of the moderate Democrats, which got this race national attention.
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