I seriously question whether socialism is increasingly viable in this country. With the exception of a few crazy places, if we had honest elections, I doubt any socialist would win anywhere.
I don’t get the “if you hate God move to a big city” equation but it seems to be true.
Maybe Chicago can serve as a warning to others, after they turn a regional mega city into a smoking ruin
they’ve already “transformed” a once-great city into a stinking political/sociological cesspool of failure
I am glad to see the Democrats finally running as the socialists they have been for decades. Socialism is an awful way to organize a population but socialism is socialism even if you call it Democrat Party. Better to lose its disguise. What is happening is the Bolsheviks are shaking out the Mensheviks. If they are successful at replacing a substantial number of shier Social Democrats in the House next year then the actual Revolutionary socialists i.e. Communists will very quickly take over the process.
Does transform mean being able to pay your bills?
They’ll vote to flush faster.
What they need in Chicago is a reincarnation of Richard J. Daley, Chicago mayor who got things done—including, of course, getting Kennedy elected. I grew up near Daley’s Chicago. As teenagers, we could drive from our lovely suburb into Chicago and walk around town in the evening, absolutely zero crime.
Ran into Daley one day—he radiated power like you could not believe. There was a lot of graft, but the streets were clean, the trains ran on time, the place was just wonderful.
Now there’s even more graft and the city is a monstrous dumpster.
Transforming Chicago into what?
watch as these wealthy lake front liberals get transformed as well. This is actually going to be fun. As Alinsky said, “make them live up to their own values”.
More companies leaving. More of the population as well.
Too bad they can’t shoot everyone who tries to leave like Castro or Maduro.
COULD THIS BE WHY CHICAGOANS ARE SEEING RATS ?
The city of Chicago is composed of 50 wards which average out to around 72 precincts of about 350 or more voters in each precinct. Many are former villages incorporated into the city as the city grew. . A Chicago Alderman is in effect a mini mayor. They have input into who gets city services and now it’s how those services are being administered seem to be running into who’s ward is it ?.
What’s not being looked at is how Chicago wards have been redistricted. Chicago has had neighborhoods divided to create “Hispanic”residential sections going to Hispanic aldermanic and congressional (Gutierez) candidates and blacks going to black candidates.Which apparently is the result of the turnover in the Freddie and Fanny mortgage collapse. As stable integrated areas changed into being unstable because of constant dwelling turnover.had the effect of breaking up a contiguous geographic continuity and community identity. Because the wards affected which are really like small towns have had sections broken up into areas where if a problem arises in a given section of street which has one way traffic only. It may be two way a block down because it’s in a different ward. The same applies to all other city services including zoning and sanitation where garbage collection routes are organized by ward boundaries,
50 year Alderman Burke who is under federal charges for corruption ward is an example. Burke’s ward ,14th, needed remapping . The 14th was originally known as “Back of The Yards” Once the home of the famous Chicago Stock Yards where most food processors along with employee demographics have since relocated. It was a compact area almost 15 plus city blocks square area composed mostly of single and 2 story frame and brick family dwellings mixed with scattered brick apartment units. Because of the construction, insurance rates varied and became known as the condemned as “redlining”. When the democrats also warily supported by the Bush 2 administration came up with the no 20% down mortgage removed. Areas in the ward dramatically changed in demographics. Many of those dwellings sold under those conditions went into disrepair or default.
Originally his ward headquarters and palace was on 51st street just west of Damen Avenue. Today’s palace is just off of Pulaski Road near the Madam Curie high school just off of Archer Avenue miles away.
His ward now consists of areas carved from parts of the 12th (known as Mc Kinley Park and Brighton Park) and parts of the 23rd (known as Archer Heights Garfield Ridge and Clearing) wards Miles from the original 14th That In a former section of the 23rd ward now the 14th ward in the Midway airport area, 2 patrons in a local bar along Archer avenue were heard complaining about rats in their garbage. They felt it was because of the delay in garbage collection. Also heard the same beef about street snow removal. It has also played hell on zoning and because of the disruption of jurisdictions with the administration of city services such as streets and sanitation which the alderman (salary $120.000 plus allocations on local projects) do oversee and have input over.
By.employing this concept of remapping are residents are being denied the representation they should have when problems occur within their immediate vicinity.