Posted on 10/06/2016 12:41:30 PM PDT by PROCON
icago has long had a prominent downtown street named for Italian fascist Italo Balbo — but an honorary plaza named for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is an insult that goes too far, a group of aldermen say.
So at a City Council meeting Wednesday, Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, introduced an ordinance that would strip Trump's name from the small plaza in front of his River North hotel on Wabash Avenue.
The move would punish Trump for "painting a distorted caricature of Chicago" on the campaign trail and for "comparing our great city to a decimated, war-torn country," said Reilly, in whose ward the Trump Tower stands.
He was backed by eight other aldermen who agreed with Reilly's statement that "honorary street signs are meant to honor special Chicagoans who've made a positive contribution to our city."
The proposed ordinance also states that Trump has run a "hateful, racist campaign against immigrants and minorities," and accuses him of a "complete disregard for civil liberties dating back to the 1970s."
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Chiraq? No, it's the safest city in America, if you discount the dozens of murders and hundreds of shootings every month, Mr. Aldermoron.
I could name plenty of decimated, war-torn countries I would feel safer in than Chicago...
Typical cry-baby Chicago politicians.
Besides, Hillary's almost here and you KNOW how she hates to wait!
Since the streets in the Loop are all named for presidents ( Monroe, Madison, Addams, etc. ) I say that these nutters should just STFU and just make PRESIDENT TRUMP’s “honorary” into a permanent plaza.
No really are these people out of their minds
No sarc
Architecturally Chicago is amazing. Like a combination of old SF and NYC.
The people though...
FWIW, Italian air marshal Italo Balbo led a formation of Savoiia-Marchetti flying boats on a grand tour of the Western Hemisphere that included the U.S. Later on FDR awarded Balbo the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Balbo was not the worst of the Fascisti. He opposed Italy allying with the Nazis & spoke out against the persecution of the Jews. Killed when his plane was shot down near Tripoli by `friendly fire’ in 1940.
How about just strip Brendan Reilly and tar and feather the SOB instead?
That type of commonsense is called White Privilege. : )
So if Trump allegedly had civil rights issues back to the 70s, WTH did they give him a sign to begin with?
Not all of them are named after Presidents.
It is well known, in Chicago, that ALL aldermen are CORRUPT an d INSANE.
Interesting ! :-)
The one on Good Times that always got the one woman’s name wrong was probably a tame parody.
Okay, yes, not all, but a LOT of them are.
That project was torn down many years ago and now is a nice neighborhood.
...yes, as I'm sure some of those decimated, war-torn countries are probably offended from being lumped with the likes of Chicago.
I was safer in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Typical Chicago Alderman/woman. Some of the stupidest politicians alive (competition to those in NY City and any Democrat ruined city in California, or Seattle/Portland).
The streets are littered with the bodies of gangbangers and their innocent victims, but this clown is only worried about a street name.
Guess he doesn’t get out of him mama’s basement much.
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