Looks like Ms. Lightfoot did not get re-elected to Mayor in Chicago.
I guess there are enough people in Chicago that have not gone completely woke.
Have not seen what the new Mayor has to offer.
Hope a better direction for the city.

EZ

And the stupid nitwit says because she is a black woman!

She wouldn’t have gotten in in the first place if she wasn’t!

And proven beyond any doubt that picking her was a total disaster!

Good riddance!

Ah damn, No Beetlejuice to laugh at…

What a dumpster fire of excrement she was. Hope Chicago can find a better representative. I guess intersectionality and woke politics are not enough now.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
Ah damn, No Beetlejuice to laugh at…

OK, that's funny.

I knew you had a sense of humor!

Maybe this is the beginning of the end of woktardism in this country? Looks like a certain useless prosecutor in St. Louis may also be ousted soon?

I just saw video of Ms. Lightfoot say her personal hygiene was so important that she was validated for getting a hair cut during 'rona lock down. Sick world. So many others lost their jobs and lost their businesses while people like her reveled in their own personal glory.

I don't believe there is any way the un horsing of Lightfoot signals any kind of real change of course for Chicago. That place is like it is , ( good and bad!) for many more reasons than the Mayor's desk and chair.

If I saw a sea of discontent and demand for change from the electorate I'd raise an eyebrow, but there isn't. Chicago will continue on as it is and in my mind for the worse until The People commit to different/ improvement/ change.

As with other elected officials that blow our mind, it isn't so much that single person or their staff and administration, it's that they have supporting constituents, tens of thousands of supporting constituents.

I do not see anything changing in Chicago.
Daley to whoever the place is just Chicago.

could not care less either way.

all she had to do was keep her stupid mouth shut and maybe do a few things resembling her actual job from time to time and she'd still be mayor.

maybe looking back telling the Italian's she had a bigger crank than all of them put together wasn't the best thing either.

Fact remains, she was defeated not because she was a Black woman as she claims, she was defeated because violent crime was up 40% since she was elected. I went to college in the Chicago area in the early "80's and crime was at the forefront then as well. The then mayor, Jane Byrne if I recall, took an apartment in Cabrini Green, a crime-ridden neighborhood. But she had a whole damn SWAT team to protect her. It fell flat and she was defeated.

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Originally posted by Lamar:
could not care less either way.

all she had to do was keep her stupid mouth shut and maybe do a few things resembling her actual job from time to time and she'd still be mayor.

maybe looking back telling the Italian's she had a bigger crank than all of them put together wasn't the best thing either.

You mean like trump? He did a masterful job of throwing the election. Open mouth, insert foot.

This Paul Vallas fellow…looks to possibly hold some promise.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Fact remains, she was defeated not because she was a Black woman as she claims, she was defeated because violent crime was up 40% since she was elected. I went to college in the Chicago area in the early "80's and crime was at the forefront then as well. The then mayor, Jane Byrne if I recall, took an apartment in Cabrini Green, a crime-ridden neighborhood. But she had a whole damn SWAT team to protect her. It fell flat and she was defeated.

Crime rate in Houston is much higher than Chicago.

https://www.bestplaces.net/cri...14000&city2=54835000

Thanks Mike - that's an interesting link

I lived in Chicago for 3 years, still get over there now & then. In never feels dangerous to me. What I can't put up with is the traffic getting there. There don't seem to be more vehicles but everybody wants next day delivery on stuff so now every 3rd vehicle seems to be a semi, and they take up a lot of space. I used to flash right by Boilingbrook heading in and now you're sitting there in bumper to bumper traffic crawling along. There are rows and rows of monstrous warehouses for scenery to look at while you wait.

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Originally posted by wymple:
I lived in Chicago for 3 years, still get over there now & then. In never feels dangerous to me. What I can't put up with is the traffic getting there. There don't seem to be more vehicles but everybody wants next day delivery on stuff so now every 3rd vehicle seems to be a semi, and they take up a lot of space. I used to flash right by Boilingbrook heading in and now you're sitting there in bumper to bumper traffic crawling along. There are rows and rows of monstrous warehouses for scenery to look at while you wait.

I grew up 20 minutes from DC, and have slowly migrated further and further out. Crime in DC was terrible throughout my childhood, but we were far from where I’d consider any dangerous areas. But there’s lots of neighborhoods downtown that we knew to avoid, as well. Can’t imagine the grief of living in one. I agree 100%, that the worst part of these cities, is traffic, and I simply can’t see why anyone wants to put up with that headache. Yes, I miss the conveniences, but it’s an easy trade off.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Fact remains, she was defeated not because she was a Black woman as she claims, she was defeated because violent crime was up 40% since she was elected. I went to college in the Chicago area in the early "80's and crime was at the forefront then as well. The then mayor, Jane Byrne if I recall, took an apartment in Cabrini Green, a crime-ridden neighborhood. But she had a whole damn SWAT team to protect her. It fell flat and she was defeated.

Crime rate in Houston is much higher than Chicago.

https://www.bestplaces.net/cri...14000&city2=54835000

Unfortunately…Crime stats have become so politicized. Crimes are being reported by citizens but not by authorities.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Fact remains, she was defeated not because she was a Black woman as she claims, she was defeated because violent crime was up 40% since she was elected. I went to college in the Chicago area in the early "80's and crime was at the forefront then as well. The then mayor, Jane Byrne if I recall, took an apartment in Cabrini Green, a crime-ridden neighborhood. But she had a whole damn SWAT team to protect her. It fell flat and she was defeated.

Crime rate in Houston is much higher than Chicago.

https://www.bestplaces.net/cri...14000&city2=54835000

Sad that we have so many cities overrun with crime. The numbers are quite alarming.

Who is the Hoston Mayor?
Is he or she well respected by the community?
Multi term?
Curious..

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Thanks Mike - that's an interesting link

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Originally posted by pointblank:

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Fact remains, she was defeated not because she was a Black woman as she claims, she was defeated because violent crime was up 40% since she was elected. I went to college in the Chicago area in the early "80's and crime was at the forefront then as well. The then mayor, Jane Byrne if I recall, took an apartment in Cabrini Green, a crime-ridden neighborhood. But she had a whole damn SWAT team to protect her. It fell flat and she was defeated.

Crime rate in Houston is much higher than Chicago.

https://www.bestplaces.net/cri...14000&city2=54835000

Sad that we have so many cities overrun with crime. The numbers are quite alarming.

And still far less than during the Reagan/Bush era
according to the FBI.


https://www.statista.com/stati...-the-usa-since-1990/

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Originally posted by eezridr:
Who is the Hoston Mayor?
Is he or she well respected by the community?
Multi term?
Curious..

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Thanks Mike - that's an interesting link

0

Slyvester Turner, .. long time grifter and crook
prior to that, we had decent mayors

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But there’s lots of neighborhoods downtown that we knew to avoid, as well.

I doubt you could show me an American city with 100K people in it that does not have neighborhoods to avoid. Here in Iowa you can find that problem in towns of 30K.

Maybe now she will be free to pursue a career as a cast member for "The Walking Dead".

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Maybe now she will be free to pursue a career as a cast member for "The Walking Dead".

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Maybe now she will be free to pursue a career as a cast member for "The Walking Dead".

I think 0biden still needs to replace the clepto-queen and Miss Lori might be a perfect fit for the job? She's a rainbow person, right?

Or return to Bass Pro Shop as their mascot.

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Originally posted by wymple:

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But there’s lots of neighborhoods downtown that we knew to avoid, as well.

I doubt you could show me an American city with 100K people in it that does not have neighborhoods to avoid. Here in Iowa you can find that problem in towns of 30K.

Even in very small cities there can be blocks that have a higher crime problem.


Trashy people seem to live by trashy people. Criminals live by criminals.


As I told the Big city LEO's. We have the same problems just less of it.

As far as Chicago none of the candidates look much better.

You don’t think Paul Vallas would be some improvement? (Genuine question)

My home jurisdiction has 6 1st Degree murders,
3 Death Penalty eligible, Cartel, Inner City drug killings were the enforcers came down from Indianapolis, 4 missing persons, 2 attempted murders, and one body just found in the last 2 years.

One attempted murder of police officer was over charged.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
You don’t think Paul Vallas would be some improvement? (Genuine question)

Well there is the fact that one would have to try hard to do worst then Lightfoot.