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From a Wall Street Journal subscription-only editorial on Chicago Mayor Dictator for Life Daley’s veto of the “Big Box” ordinance that would have mandated minimum wage and benefit levels at those stores:
It turns out that the wage bill’s chief sponsor, Alderman Joe Moore, shops at suburban big-box retail stores, for the usual reason. His campaign committee has purchased $30,589 worth of supplies at big-box retailers outside the city, according to disclosure forms. Alderman Moore isn’t alone out there with a cart among the high stacks. A review of Illinois State Board of Elections disclosure forms finds that the 35 aldermen who voted to stick it to the “big box” retailers have spent $114,000 patronizing these non-Chicago stores.
