Cook County still don't want nobody that Nobody sent. The Cook County Forest Preserve District is offering jobs to new high school graduates between the ages of 18 to 21. The pay is $9/hour.
The kicker: You have to get your CCFPD aka County Commissioner to nominate you.
The punchline: The program is named after Mr. Patronage himself, John H. Stroger, Jr.
And not just any memorial service. Seymour Simon's service! If you don't know who Seymour Simon is, follow the wiki link and read up. Use the Google and do some research. He's a bit of a legend in Chicago. The service was several weeks ago, but this little revelation was just dropped on me by a very close source.
It is good news that the election is perceived as legitimate and that, for better or worse, the will of the people has been heard. Unfortunately, it seems like it may take a major foul up to get the general public and the major media outlets to start addressing the problems of voting irregularities and systematic problems.
The next question will be if Stroger stays on the ballot or someone else is picked by the party. My gut, and nothing else, tells me to be on the look out for Stroger's son.
In the wake of the IL-6, erm, result, it is easy to overlook what may become the defining election in Chicago: Claypool vs. Stroger.
With about 50% reporting last night when I went to bed, Claypool was sitting on a 4 point lead (52%-48%). Now, with nearly 90% of the vote in Stroger has reversed the results, leading Claypool 52% to 47%.
Meanwhile both candidates are claiming voting irregularities. Certainly things have gone problematic in Chicago and Cook County, what isn't clear is why or what it will mean. This has the potential of being for the Chicago Democratic machine what IL-6 is to the DC Democratic establishment, only, if possible, worse.
