Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, the community group’s co-founder, said its campaign has been called “naive” and “unfortunate” by local politicians who gained their offices through this system. But, she argues, the last Far North Side state senator who was fairly chosen by the voters was Arthur Berman. That was in 1976.
Yes, this is anti-democratic, but the groups up there like Indivisible IL-9 Andersonville-Edgewater, are communist in all but name. IIRC the Aldercreature for Roger’s Park (part of cassidy’s district) is DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) which is the fancy way of saying “we are communists”. I’d rather the corrupt committemen pick a replacement, who isn’t a communist, instead of the residents electing actual communists who will work to actually destroy democracy from within.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Yes, this is anti-democratic, but the groups up there like Indivisible IL-9 Andersonville-Edgewater, are communist in all but name. IIRC the Aldercreature for Roger’s Park (part of cassidy’s district) is DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) which is the fancy way of saying “we are communists”. I’d rather the corrupt committemen pick a replacement, who isn’t a communist, instead of the residents electing actual communists who will work to actually destroy democracy from within.