Chicago Elections Herald a Return of the Big-Box Ordinance
Following up on this post from a week ago Tuesday –
From the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago’s Mayor Dictator for Life Richard Daley is putting a brave face on it, but it appears that there are labor-backed veto-proof majorities in place to create quite a bit of economically dangerous mischief in the Windy City:
“Where’s the message? Hello? I mean — come on. What message? I’ve been more [pro-] labor than they have. Every crane down here is labor,” said Daley, whose big-box veto cost him support from all but one major union.
‘I can work with anyone’
With 12 runoffs and three veteran aldermen already defeated, a City Council that has grown more rambunctious with every corruption-related headline could flash an even bigger independent streak.
That’s especially true now that the wife of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will be occupying the 7th Ward seat once filled by fierce Daley loyalist William Beavers.
But after thanking the lunchtime crowd at Wishbone Restaurant, 1001 W. Washington, Daley said, “I can work with anyone. And I did that in 1989. You forget that. In 1989, I had 18 to 20 people against me at all times on any issue. But I work with them.”
The Mayor’s override of the “Big Box living wage” ordinance last year survived by only a few votes. That margin appears to be gone. Never underestimate the Mayor’s Dictator’s ability to “persuade,” but it won’t be easy.
