Our “Elected” Chicago Officials
It’s should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever lived in Chicago that the people in charge of it are less-than-ideal.
WTTW News leaked an online conference call among the city’s 50 aldermen and the mayor. During this discussion, Chicago officials were caught acting like… well, Chicago officials:
Distraught Chicago officials complained to Mayor Lori Lightfoot — as looting and rioting in response to George Floyd’s death swept through the Windy City — pleading for help and warning that the vulnerable had lost access to food and medicine.
“My ward is a s–t show,” one alderman says. “They are shooting at the police.”
The call in Chicago was held Sunday, May 31. That day alone, there were 699 arrests — primarily looters — 132 officers injured, 48 shootings and 17 homicides, according to CBS Chicago, as well as widespread damage to businesses and other property.
One alderman asked how seniors and vulnerable populations were supposed to get medicine and food if “every CVS, every Walgreens is shutting down.”
“How do businesses recover and why would they want to recover in our community?” another is heard asking.
Lightfoot herself recognized what she described as a “massive, massive problem.” Earlier she described rioters as just f—–g lawless right now.”
“I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen s–t like this before, not in Chicago,” Lightfoot said.
On the call, others took aim at Lightfoot herself for her response to the crisis. One man, identified by WTTW News as Ald. Raymond Lopez, demanded that Lightfoot develop a plan to stabilize Chicago’s neighborhoods for five days, calling his Southwest Side ward “a virtual war zone” where armed gang members were threatening to shoot black people.
When he demanded she respond to the remarks, Lightfoot told him he was “100 percent full of s–t.”
“Well, f–k you then,” Lopez responded.
They have no idea what they are doing. No cohesion. No plan. No unity. Nothing.
If this is how they act among each other when discussing riots and the destruction of small business, how do you think they would handle even worse problems facing their communities?
Case study #51,403 on why we need to train and regulate our politicians.
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