Lessons, Thoughts from the Aldermanic Runoffs
I tracked all 14 aldermanic runoff races closely most of the day and late into the evening on Tuesday. Sound boring? Not for me—not with a new mayor coming in...
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Solis Announces Lead Pollution Ordinance on Day Before Election; Morfin Cries Foul
Alderman Danny Solis, in a runoff tomorrow for the 25th Ward seat, sent out a press release today announcing that he had drafted an anti-lead pollution ordinance requiring any “facility...
Toxic Lead in Pilsen—and Just Days Before the Solis-Morfin Runoff
The front-page story in the baiduhai today about toxic lead found in Pilsen has to strike fear into the hearts of the neighborhood’s parents. And it can’t be good...
Danny Solis: The Establishment Candidate, but Campaigning like a Rookie
Danny Solis, 61, and a grandfather, is running in his fifth—and least fun—election for alderman. Appointed in the 25th Ward on the Near West Side by Mayor Daley in 1996,...
An Uphill Runoff for Cuahutémoc 'Témoc' Morfin in the 25th Ward
Cuahutémoc “Témoc” Morfin is making his second run at unseating incumbent Danny Solis in the 25th Ward, which encompasses parts of the Near West Side—Pilsen, Chinatown, University Village, Little Italy...
Rush Limbaugh Mistakes Educator Eleanor Kaye Wilson for the Obamas' Nanny
"'The First Lady looked stunning, as always, as she stepped down the jet in a textured frock along with her husband and her two daughters,' her mother, and the nanny,"...
N’DIGO Publisher Hermene Hartman: Loyalty Not One of Obama’s Qualities
In a face-to-face interview Thursday afternoon, Hermene Hartman, publisher and editor in chief of N’DIGO, a local weekly that focuses on “the black urban agenda,” said she has felt neglected...
Did Rahm Emanuel Have a Role in O'Hare Expansion?
Yesterday, when lame-duck mayor Richard M. Daley finally got some of what he wanted in the building of a new runway and a new air traffic control tower at O’Hare,...
Tom Carey, Adviser to Carol Moseley Braun, Weighs in on Her Campaign
Tom Carey, 56, has been working for candidates here—from Rich Daley to John Stroger—since he was 25. One day in January, the political strategist received a call from a local...
Coming Soon: A New Generation of African-American Candidates?
Hermene Hartman, publisher and editor in chief of N’DIGO, angered some members of her African-American community when she endorsed Rahm Emanuel over Carol Moseley Braun. She told me recently that...