Posted on 09/06/2016 9:55:59 AM PDT by Corky Boyd
The conventional wisdom is that the city fathers of big cities and gangs are at opposite ends of the spectrum. That may be true in many cities but it isn’t true in Chicago. The incestuous relationship between aldermen and gangs blurs the line between good and evil.
85 years of Democratic rule has left Chicago with a reputation as the most corrupt city in the US. It is well earned. Aldermen are kings (or queens) of their wards. They wield immense power. They control patronage jobs, zoning, city contracts, property tax reduction and permits in their wards. It is a graft friendly system. Naturally they are loath to give up their power and financial opportunities the position offers. And likewise challengers aspire to become aldermen for all the same reasons. Political allies are important to politicians such as newspapers, TV stations, the chamber of commerce, religious organizations and, you guessed it, gangs. It’s the Chicago way.
Chicago Magazine in the January 2012 issue documents how bad it is.
"Baskin, [a former gang leader and for several decades a community activist who now operates a neighborhood center that aims to keep kids off the streets was asked for help by local politicians and] … was happy to oblige. In all, he says, he helped broker meetings between roughly 30 politicians (ten sitting aldermen and 20 candidates for City Council) and at least six gang representatives.... The gang representatives were former chiefs who had walked away from day-to-day thug life, but they were still respected on the streets and wielded enough influence to mobilize active gang members...."
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Dog bites man.
Arm all the gangs...Leave town...Tell them to have at it...
Go back afterward and clean up the mess...
Start the town all over.....
Anybody here think the Chicago Pols aren’t on the take from the Drug Lords? Didn’t think so.
Send Giuliani in there.
Hire Sheriff Joe Arpaio to run the law enforcement in Chitown.
The left’s destroying the second city.
Chicago is Obama’s true legacy. A city that had somewhat rebounded from the chaos of the early 1990s has seen violent crime explode under the combined watch of Obama and Obama’s Rasputin - Rahm Emmanuel. If Obama and Emmanuel could do nothing to improve the lives of black Americans in the city they both claim as home, then their either don’t care or don’t have a clue what they’re doing - or a combination of both.
Choice ‘c’, combination of both.
RATS can’t do anything about black gangs except pander for votes. Their only answer is to attack the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
“85 years of Democratic rule has left Chicago ...”
109 years of Democratic rule has left Milwaukee in nearly the same position ...
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