Posted on 09/12/2006 9:50:40 AM PDT by STARWISE
With dozens of protestors shouting nearby, Mayor Richard Daley gave an impassioned speech today to explain why he vetoed the big-box ordinance.
Standing at the site of a proposed Target store on the Far South Side, Daley said no one protested when large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target opened in the suburbs.
"Not one person objected to any type of store in the suburban area," Daley said. "No one said, 'Mayor, you're wrong. No one said the aldermen are wrong. No one said the community (was) wrong, or church leaders. Only in the West Side, only in the South Side."
The supporters, nearly all of them African Americans from community organizations, erupted in cheers.
Daley said his decision to issue the first veto of his 17-year tenure was based on fairness, pointing to a map that showed big box stores ringing the city.
He said he understands that people are upset with stagnant wages at a time when Wall Street executives make millions. But he said the minimum wage must be raised at the state or federal level so that local disparities are not created."The result of this ordinance would not be better wages and benefits for workers in Chicago," Daley said. "Instead, it would drive out business, jobs and revenue from our city."
The pro-labor community group Acorn sent buses with dozens of protestors to the site of the press conference at 119th and the Dan Ryan Expressway.
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The dumbest mayor in America finally got one right,,,,,for all the wrong reasons.
You know that all this anti-Walmart nonsense is just a big shakedown. And I would guess that Daley already has a feww hands in these pockets.
Actually, Washington politicians DROVE Boeing out of Seattle.
Seriously, it was just Boeing's corporate offices (about 500 people) that were moved, but it made for an effective "shot across the bow" for the dumbasses that run the state of Washington. Of course, there was also the threat to build the 787 production facility in Texas.
All this worked, Washington backed off of some of its excessive taxation of Boeing, for a few years at least. :-)
Oh, he's not quite "the dumbest". There's way too much competition for that title. ;-)
I guess you have never met him. He is a stone.
On the other hand, I haven't met all the others.
It seems like it's going more and more the way of NYC.
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