[SunkenCiv]

1) that’s one peril of the single party state

2) that’s one peril of the Party of the Single Party State

3) that’s a teaching moment about giving decades of unquestioning support to the Party of the Single Party State

4) that’s one way of shifting 90 minutes of law enforcement activity back into Chicago schools (make that “schools”) where it belongs

5) Raum Emanuel, non-resident mayor of Chicago, tells the Illinois state legislature to do its job for a change, and they do

Thanks Cincinatus’ Wife.

[PhilCollins]

I live near Chicago, so I know that Illinois isn’t a single party state. One of Illinois’ U.S. senators is a Republican, and the majority of U.S. reps., from Illinois, are Republicans. However, Cook Co. & Chicago are mostly Democrats. The last time that Chicago elected a republican mayor was 1927. In 1995, the republican candidate for mayor received 3% of the vote. After that, the mayoral election became nonpartisan.

I hope that Chicago will elect school board members. The elections would be nonpartisan, and a some Republicans would win, partly because the voters won’t know that those candidates are Republicans.