FEDS GET DALEY IN 2005...JUST MIGHT HAPPEN

Full story at the Chicago Sun-Times: 2004 was a Daley grind

Maybe this is what happens to mayors who hang around for nearly 16 years.

Taxes rise as the economy slumps. Scandals mount. Federal indictments make their way up the governmental food chain. Political support that was once rock-solid erodes as allies and enemies alike smell blood in the water. Even your most treasured initiatives turn into lightning rods for criticism.

The longer Chicago's most enduring mayor, Richard J. Daley, remained in office, the greater outside pressures became. The same thing happened to his son, Richard M. Daley, in 2004.

This was the year that Daley was rocked by his biggest scandal (Hired Truck), cut his biggest deal ($1.82 billion Chicago Skyway privatization), rammed through his biggest tax and fee package ($85.7 million) and watched critics carve up his most ambitious program (Renaissance 2010).

The year was not without its positives.

The mayor cemented his ties to the gay community with his unequivocal endorsement of gay marriage.


Will the Big Dummies oust this hypocritical piece of garbage in 2005? Probably not, but the feds may do it for them...