Chicago’s Financial Wizard of Odd – Wall Street Journal

imageChicago politics these days is a contest between dumb and dumber, and the latter distinction this week goes to Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin. She says she wants the Windy City to boycott U.S. Treasury debt to protest President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Taxpaying citizen
11 months ago

Ervin obviously flunked her high school Civics exam and history classes. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of laws created by Congress. And yes that includes immigration laws in order to defend against foreign invasions such as….Cartels seeking to destroy us from within our country- USA Constitutional Republic. To openly demand a US city to boycott against the US Treasury is surely an act of treason against We the People. Perhaps she’s an embedded mole working on behalf of a foreign adversary-Soros ngo stooge? Nonetheless, she’s espousing treason against the federal… Read more »

Sweet Home Alabama
11 months ago

For some odd reason I thought the job of the city Treasurer was to maximize ROI, not make political statements. I guess I was wrong.

Hello, Indiana!
11 months ago

Ervin is yet another example of the unqualified, incompetent DEI hires that put their politics, because “ mean ole Trump is all they have, before business and common sense. The fact that she and her husband defaulted on a loan for a house that turned out to be a drug den and tried to stiff the lender ( Wells Fargo?) give me pause as to her financial acumen.

Bob
11 months ago

Another DEI HIRE

Irish Patriot
11 months ago
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NOT a DEI hire. She won an election, something you or anyone else who visits this site would never be able to do. She, she is, and I’m being nice her, special needs, but that basically and literally describes a major of Chicago’s population.

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