Posted on 08/20/2006 9:16:11 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Craig over at Morse Hell Hole came across Alderman Joe Moore's campaign disclosure statement for the first six months of 2006.
The North Side Chicago alderman is the principal sponsor of the "big box living wage" ordinance, an anti-jobs (although Moore denies that) measure that focuses only on Wal-Mart, Target, Lowes, and other major retailers.
Moore is a recent recipient of Wal-Mart Watch's (a Service Employee International Union funded group) person of the week award.
The supporters of the ordinance will also deny it, but it's Wal-Mart that they have in their sight: They don't like Wal-Mart's philosophy, and they're angry that Wal-Mart has non-union stores.
Back to Moore: In that campaign disclosure statement, here are four telling donations:
UFCW is the funding source of Wake Up Wal-Mart, another anti-Wal-Mart group.
Maybe not big money at first glance, but for a local race, in a city with 50 alderman, that's a lot of money.
The machine keeps grinding away ... jeeze. I HATE Chicago politics. This whole thing IS all about the unions and campaign contributions .. just a travesty. Hope Daley changes the scoreboard with this one.
Oh, I'm pretty sure he'll veto the "big box" bill.
I'm SEIU Local 1...
A security guard (Homeland Security) in a janitors union.
Lots of FReepers are reluctantly pulled into unions.
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