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Now that all the aldermanic candidates are rested and refreshed, and the runoffs are coming quickly upon us, there is a renewed sense of hatred and mudslinging in the wards that are still contested this year.
In the 49th Ward, Alderman Joe Moore is pointing to the $60,000 that his opponent Don Gordon took from money manager David Herro of Harris Associates, a major Wal-Mart stock-holder. While connecting those dots requires a bit of a two-step, it's no surprise that Joe Moore is trying to get some mileage out of this "Big Bette Noir", as the "Wal-Mart question" has been a hot topic in the generally liberal 49th Ward. If that weren't enough, though, he has also bought some ad time to hammer that point home. Considering that Moore just barely got pushed into a runoff with Gordon; Moore took 49.29% of the vote to Gordon's 29.18%, it seems probable that he has bigger fish to fry than Gordon; he's also been taking some heat in the neighborhood for his foie gras ban ordinance, and the appearance of being in bed with developers.
In the 32nd Ward, ol' "Steady Teddy" Matlak has been trying to paint challenger Scott Waguespack as a criminal, charging that he is under investigation for impersonating a lawyer, and that he has been campaigning on the City of Berwyn's time (something Matlak knows a little bit about). The most twisted logic being deployed by the Matlak campaign came from his spokesperson, Rebekah Brooks, on Channel 9 News: “Scott Waguespack has represented himself as a lawyer through not denying the fact that he is when the media and others have assumed so.” Wha!? You can see the news clip here (it's a WinMedia pop-up).
While Leroy Jones hammers Howard Brookins in the 21st Ward for trying to buy votes with hotcakes at McDonald's, Vi Daley (43) has been turning up the heat on her challenger, former federal prosecutor Michele Smith, claiming that she was trying to buy votes with beer. The Smith campaign circulated a flier for a party last Saturday at a bar advertising a $5 drink special with an early voting receipt. “This is illegal. You can't do this, 'cause what you're doing is going out there and buying votes,” Daley told CBS2. Smith admits that releasing the flier was a mistake committed by a staffer, but she also says that no one was asked to show voting receipts in order to buy drinks, and therefore nothing illegal happened. We're betting that if Smith wins the runoff, this will wind up in court. Word in the street is that the Brookins campaign is already being looked at.
In both the 35th Ward and the 15th Ward, letters have gone out to voters smearing one of the candidates. In the 35th Ward, Rey Colon is dealing with a flier that was mailed out detailing a history of trouble with the law, including drug charges and delinquent payments for utilities and child support. While it isn't clear that the drug charges belong to the same Rey Colon, he admits to having had some of those legal troubles in the past, and seems to have a reasonable explanation of the matter. More troubling, however, is the "anonymous" mailing that went out in the predominately black 15th Ward, charging that Chicago unions are supporting UCFW member Toni Foulkes because they want to "buy a slave." The mailer says it was paid for by a group called Concerned Citizens, but no such group seems to exist in the state's legal records. In both of the wards, the opposition is denying any involvement.
With a week left, you can be sure that more mudslinging is in the works. The only question now is how low the dirty tricks will get.
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Is that a Bette Midler Noir?
Have you ever been to Rogers Park. What dumb. Joe Moore needs to take his duck liver and leave. I hope they vote him out. He a perfect example of what is wrong with the City of Chicago.
ment to say dump! multi-tasking.
I was pretty sure Colon was already voted in during the last elections?
Wouldn't you think after 16 years, Moore would highlight his accomplishments as an alderman? The fact that he resorts to this attack ad shows that he is getting desperate.
The "republican" the ad mentions has also given money to Obama, da' mayor, Lisa Madigan...
I have been receiving 2-4 glossy mailers a day from Moore. The latest one touted how "green" he was. how green is it to send 4 mailers about it to a 2 person apartment on one day.
Joe Moore has been lying to us for too long. It is time for a change.
Kevin,
I can tell you this, regardless of whether or not Michele wins the runoff, she's going to endup in court.
That's because her campaign committed a crime by sending that flyer and the state's attorney has an active investigation into this. The flyer constitutes a promise and any of you contract lawyers out there know that simply promising constitutes a bilaterlal contract. By making the promise, you get someone to commit the act, which is improperly influecing someone to vote.
Bottom line, a lawyer should know better and so should a former federal prosecutor.
TOM BOWEN
Campaign manager
Friends of Vi Daley
Tom BOWEN,
learn to spell.........ya friggin MO ron
matty - I thought the same thing until a flier denouncing Rey Colon as a "deadbeat dad" arrived in my mail, then discovered there was a 4/17 runoff. This has gotta be the dirtiest campaign I've seen, and I lived in NY state during Hillary's first campaign... yikes.
Is that you Richard Ringer? Cause any press person for Michele chiding me about spelling is laughable. This is a blog, you do it in press releases.
By the way, you send out statements ON your candidate's behalf, not IN her behalf. And Finkl steel has an "L" at the end of it.
If it's not richard, bite me. This is a blog.
Tom Bowen, rumor on the street is that you have been replaced by Mike Noonan, is that true?
Joe Moore took a $1500 bribe, er contribution from Awad Odeh the Joliet owner of a liquor store at 6701 Clark. For that money he lifted a several years moratorium on any new liquor licenses for that stretch of Clark St. When the community rebelled, the city denied the license & Moore supposedly returned the money.
But we all know that if Moore wins, he will bring it back up.
After all, we don't know how much Moore took under the table from Awad Odeh.
Joey Moore is fighting for the little guy. Maybe it was a goose. He want all jobs that pay well or none at all.
Businesses don't have to do business in Chicago, there is plenty other place where they can make money with less risk. That why Chicago has plenty of food desert. He claims that Walmart and Target need to be here, but they really don't. He thinks they will spend money, lower their heads and enter a market that they have been avoiding for decades.
The only thing that have made them consider Chicago is Daley pro business stance. Daley understands that labor unions don't create jobs, businesses do and the only thing Unions have done is run businesses out of the city. But, the joey moore like democrats says it because business are evil but in reality it them pushing businesses out but side with labor too much. Look at Detroit, Labor has made it a ghost town. Labor convince people to mortgage their future for money today. Labor does not care about the long term health of a company. They get people believing that the American dream is an union job and they buy politicians (joey moores) to advance their stupid ideas.
joey moore might say he is for the little guy and say that he is antibusiness and he can say Don Gordon is pro-business, but he with the unions will not bring jobs to the poor. All he can do is tax the ones who make the money and give the chicken feed to thoses he have a no jobs. I would like to side with some one that will create jobs. I would like to side with someone that put really job out there. Businesses create jobs not Unions. ProBusiness is a positive thing. It create an enviroment where people are willing to risk and invest their money into your neighborhood. Businesses want to become a stakeholder in Chicago. They understand what is good for you is good for them.
But joey moore is anti business, he does not want people to be independent, he want his voter to be afraid. He needs people to afraid of change. He wants people to hold on the little that he has given him and claim that others will take it away. He wants no one believing in hope, change, opportunity and renewal. I am just amazed that people still believe that joey moore are helping them when he is really just keeping them down.
Joey Moore is fighting for the little guy. Maybe it was a goose. He want all jobs that pay well or none at all.
Businesses don't have to do business in Chicago, there is plenty other place where they can make money with less risk. That why Chicago has plenty of food desert. He claims that Walmart and Target need to be here, but they really don't. He thinks they will spend money, lower their heads and enter a market that they have been avoiding for decades.
The only thing that have made them consider Chicago is Daley pro business stance. Daley understands that labor unions don't create jobs, businesses do and the only thing Unions have done is run businesses out of the city. But, the joey moore like democrats says it because business are evil but in reality it them pushing businesses out but side with labor too much. Look at Detroit, Labor has made it a ghost town. Labor convince people to mortgage their future for money today. Labor does not care about the long term health of a company. They get people believing that the American dream is an union job and they buy politicians (joey moores) to advance their stupid ideas.
joey moore might say he is for the little guy and say that he is antibusiness and he can say Don Gordon is pro-business, but he with the unions will not bring jobs to the poor. All he can do is tax the ones who make the money and give the chicken feed to thoses he have a no jobs. I would like to side with some one that will create jobs. I would like to side with someone that put really job out there. Businesses create jobs not Unions. ProBusiness is a positive thing. It create an enviroment where people are willing to risk and invest their money into your neighborhood. Businesses want to become a stakeholder in Chicago. They understand what is good for you is good for them.
But joey moore is anti business, he does not want people to be independent, he want his voter to be afraid. He needs people to afraid of change. He wants people to hold on the little that he has given him and claim that others will take it away. He wants no one believing in hope, change, opportunity and renewal. I am just amazed that people still believe that joey moore are helping them when he is really just keeping them down.