No fan of Rahm, but this is a terrible ruling and smacks of “Chicago Machine” politics. He was a Chicago congressman, he went to work in the White House - even keeping his Chicago house, and then he comes back and isn’t a resident?
This isn;t a carbetbagger story, this is a Chicago guy who’s being prevented from running because he would win.
You haven’t read the Opinion, have you?
Not true-they are using the same ruling MI is, in keeping me from claiming residency even though I own two houses there. I haven’t lived there for 5 years. 2 years ago a County Treasurer found out i was renting the homes and denied my Homestead Exemption, even though a friend is renting one of the houses and I am back there frequently.
This just means other miserable Rat will take the mayorship, so no big difference.
Um the law clearly states that you must be a resident of the city 1 full year before the election.
Maybe you didn’t know Rahm was living in DC. And working for Obama. In fact he amended his tax returns when he decided to run for Mayor to state that he was a fulltime resident of the city.
This court actually read the letter of the law and applied it.
I tend to agree with you. It’s not like the guy just showed up from Arkansas or something and never had anything to do with Chicago before.
He had access to the finest lawyers, but he never did that. Leading me to believe that Obama directed him to run for mayor at a much later date. Rahm was caught flatfooted with no residence he'd actually lived in.
He's doing the best he can to wiggle around the law, but so far, no dice.
The higher courts in Illinois are not controlled by Cook County or the City of Chicago. Their gaggle of judges/justices are comprised of many from the conservative counties around the state.
Leni
They didn't say he wasn't a resident, in fact they said he was a resident for voting purposes. They also said he did not reside there for one year, a requirement for candidates separate and different than the residency requirements for voting.