Weekend Diversion: Night Of The Ponies
Pedway, First Store Open At Block 37
Around Town
Around Town
Red-Light Cameras Not So Special?
Jesse Jackson Jr wants the FEC to tell him whether he can use his campaign funds to help his wife, 7th Ward Alderman Sandi, to unseat Bill "Hog With the Big Nuts" Beavers as ward committeeman. In the advisory opinion request he submitted to the federal commission on October 15, he specifically asked for clarification on several issues, including how much money, if any, his re-election campaign can give his wife, as well as the possibility of the two co-ordinating their campaigns. Federal election law doesn't bar using funds from a federal campaign to assist a local campaign, and neither Illinois nor Chicago election laws bar the practice. Jackson says he just wants to be sure.
Sandi Jackson's race against Beavers for the committeeman post may be the final chapter in the family feud that has defined a power dynamic in the South Side black community. Junior's beef with the Beavers family goes back to 1995, when he beat Beavers ally and state Senator Emil Jones in a special election to fill Mel Reynold's congressional seat. Reynolds was later imprisoned on sex and fraud convictions. The fight flared up again last year when Sandi beat Bill's daughter Darcel for 7th Ward alderman. Currently, Bill Beavers controls the party in Sandi's jurisdiction, blessing or condemning candidates and handling political party appointments. Taking Bill out of the influential ward committeeman post will consolidate Junior's power on the South Side, and one new political dynasty ousts another.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
I Jr. should always wear his Kung Fu suit!
He looked sooo cool in it! Especially when he's about to put the smack down on some one. And you best to belive he will get that committeeman seat
and he will not stop there. Old Big Nuts Beavers is done
p.s and when I saye done, I mean the Cook County Commissioners seat, that will be the final chapter. I'm surprised you missed that Kevin
Spook, Beavers has said he is only keeping the commisioners seat warm for Stroger who is cook co president but does not have a commisioners seat or a vote on the board. It will be interesting to see who Jr. gets to run in 2010 for that seat. He will not leave congress for a cook co commisioner seat. Not when he will be talking about a run at the mayors election in 2011, will he have the big nuts to finally run or will he tuck his tail between his leggs and tell the city that he has to much unfinished buisness in congress yet again.
Im still waiting to catch a flight out of peotone airport but all the travel sites show no flights.
Oh No Fed up, check the above, I never said Junior would run for the County seat, but some one trusted in The Jackson Empire will, one of his brothers perhaps.
And I know Big Nuts isn't keeping it warm for any one, because his Nut ego is too big for that, he actually thinks he can keep it. Junior will run for mayor when Daley steps down and by then the Jesse Machine will be a behemoth, And if you got beef with ministers now, you just weight. They will be like little aldercreatures
Jesse Junior is gon run when Daley the racis' step down. You bes beleeeee dat. Y'all know he gon run. Only thing is, little racis Rich gonna run all the brothas out the city. He doon it as we speak and I wright. You bes belee dat. I seen the plans. Writin's on 'da walls and a napkin. Oh boy, lees we got that airport in Peotone. Unfortunately, Daley and they rag-tag asses Degnan and Jerry Joyce's run the shoot up in there. Bought the land on clearance, I'm told by some high-rankin' brothas I knows in the Irish Republican Army I mean Daley cabinet.