Better get Hank and the squad on it...
Posted on 07/10/2024 6:07:48 AM PDT by Salman
With tens of thousands of delegates, elected officials and protesters expected to flood Chicago next month for the Democratic National Convention, the city’s busiest health care nexus could be facing some serious blockages.
Hospital officials within the Illinois Medical District told the Sun-Times they’re bracing for major disruptions to their operations as convention-goers flock just up the street to the United Center for the Aug. 19-22 convention, which is expected to draw some 50,000 people to the city.
It’ll mean traffic delays and delivery disruptions for patients and health care workers even under the smoothest of circumstances — and hospital leaders are also preparing for the worst if catastrophe strikes.
“Ashland [Avenue] will be a parking lot,” said Rush University Medical Center spokesperson Tobin Klinger.
Just how bad traffic could get snarled isn’t clear. The Secret Service is still finalizing plans for a security perimeter around the Near West Side arena, and those plans won’t be released until late July.
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“Traffic” nightmares will be the least of their nightmare worries, I would suspect, what with this being a gathering of “democrats” and all.
If I were planning this shindig, I’d forgo the optics of Chicago and the shootings for someplace safer. I’d pick somewhere remote enough to cut off access. I’d pick a venue where everyone could stay on site rather than commute. Also, a venue that can be secured against the crazies who range from pie throwers to bomb throwers. Ideally, somewhere in Switzerland.
I guess they could set heavy fines for situations deemed to be caused by the DNC. Is there any evidence that some of this is planned?
History?
with 108 shot and many dead in just one weekend they need to save the thugs
Hookers hit hardest
Wait until antifa and other rioters show up, one shudders to contemplate that situation.
Better get Hank and the squad on it...
I’m just glad my daughter and son in law live far enough north of there, and work even farther north, near Lake Forest, that they shouldn’t be impacted by any of it.
That’s what I’m looking forward too.
From the river to the sea, baby!
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