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Chicagoist wasn't the only one reminiscing about Harold Washington this week. With the Cook County Commission deadlocked over the budget, County Commissioner Bill Beavers lashed out at the opposition in a press conference yesterday, saying that if Stroger were white, his budget proposal would pass. “This is a remake of the Harold Washington days with the 29, 21,” Beavers said, adding “it’s basically dealing with who’s going to control the county, white or black.... If this was a white man in power right now, they wouldn’t be fighting him like this.” Stroger's budget proposal includes raising the county sales tax, from .75 percent to 2.75 percent, doubling the gas and parking taxes, a deal that will raise nearly $900 million in new revenue. He also said that Commissioner Tony Peraica "hates everybody who's black."
Stroger left Beavers's comment alone, saying instead that “commissioners are afraid to ask the voters for more money. But government runs on money." Without the tax hike that Stroger desperately wants, and a budget deadline of November 30, the board will need to cut back on new growth in county services. Yesterday the board voted to cut about $750,000, a small amount given the projected deficit of $239 million the county is facing. Part of this budget fight is over where those cuts will come from, front-line service providers or patronage workers. As it stands now, Stroger probably doesn't have the votes for his tax hike, and, according to Stroger ally Commissioner John Daley, it's likely that no vote will be taken Friday either. Before heading back into the county board meeting, Beavers had one last thought for the press, declaring that that he’s “the hog with the big nuts and I’m gonna tell you what it is.”
[Ed. note: Attention Bill Beavers! It's time to get a new official photo. That picture was taken when God was a baby.]
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Well, playing the race card worked for Daley. Why not for Beavers?
Except they're both idiots, and Beavers is defending an idiot.
I'm insulted not as a caucasian, but as someone who's been listening to blacks bitch about the misplaced priorities of Stroger and Beavers using the race card when it really doesn't apply.
Beavers is guilty of breaking Godwins Law subarticle 001 which states that you cannot cry "racism" just cause you don't get your way.
Beavers is the racist. This is a joke. cut corruption and patronage but dont raise taxs. playing the race card like this is why so few people notice when real discrimination happens. Sandi Jackson is going to take beavers Ward post and then 3 years from now he will fade away.
Go to the cook co web site and find out who your commissioner is and call there office and tell them no tax increase.
He's disgusting and despicable, yet highly predictable (that's my new jingle for Beavers).
"Race" is a winning card for Beavers. He gets a lot of publicity and he does not care of every sensible person in this city thinks his claims are absurd.
This latest nonsense will gain him more votes from the residents in his district. It will also get him more favors, including jobs and contracts for friends and family, from Todd Stroger.
Looking forward to Jessie and Al taking this man to task for causing division among the people of Chicago by making the color of someone's skin an issue.
"Who's going to control the county?" said Beavers. "White or black? That's all it is."
Ok, Vrdolyak.
http://www.chicagoclout.com/weblog/archives/2007/05/youve_got_to_understand_someth.html
What's so interesting is that Beavers didn't support Washington when he first ran for Mayor and won. Then Beavers "joined" Harold's coalition, not because he liked Harold, he didn't. Beavers was part of the white Machine in bed with the white corrupt politicans. But had he oppossed the new Mayor Harold, Beavers would have lost his office for sure.
Further Beavers always chided Washington for not doing what the mayors had done before him, which was continue in the same gangster tradition of all the white Mayors, except he was suppossed to put Black folks first. Something Harold would not due, which pissed alot of Black Politicans off off. When Harold died Beavers supported Eugene Sawyer the Black Candadite supported by the white machine as oppossed to Tim Evans supported by the progressives who supported Harold befor his death.
I can’t wait for Ald. Sandra Jackson to take him out as ward committeemen, and if he stays on as Cook County Commissioner, some one from Jackson’s army will take him out as Commissioner.
But Kevin, speaking of race, its interesting that you left out the big fight when Com. Liz Gorman, called fellow Republican Tony Peraica a "loser," "pathetic, pathological liar," an "abusive weasel" who is "no man," and an "ineffective leader" with "no substance."
How does that get left out?
Well, in a sense Beavers is right in the fact that the "white man" would not be Stroger.
Funny how race wasn't an issue in the 12 years that John Stroger was president. Suddenly the only reason an incompetent boob like the Toddler is a target of criticism is because he's black.
However Beavers is right that this is like the Harold Washington days, except the reforms are being held up by black racists living in the past, instead of white racists living in the past.
The days of black racists like Beavers getting a pass thankfully seem to be coming to an end. Let's hope he meets the same fate as Dorothy Tillman soon.
You folks are missing a really big point if you think Beavers is a racist, he’s playing the race card, like Daley, but with out the nimbleness
Beavers has always been a staunch white machine Loyalist. He’s hated the political southside Mau Mau’s as much as he’s hated the lake front Goo Goo reformers
It’s missing these political nuances that hold “us” captive
p.s and remember the Mayor backed Tillman in the last go round just like he backed Beaver's daughter
Chicago is a joke!
Chicago is a joke. Daley is a joke. Peraica is a joke. Stroger is a joke. John Daley is a joke. Tom Dart is a joke. Gene Schulter is a joke. Dan Hynes is a joke. Lisa Madigan is a joke. Rod Blagojevich is a joke.
Brendan Reilly is a reformer. Bob Fioretti is a reformer.
Vise Beer,
I'm gonna keep an open mind about Mr. Reilly because of you. My friends give me beef about Manny Flores, so its important to read the tea leaves before commenting, but I will remind you that before becoming alderman Reilly worked for SBC as a high paid lobbyist, before tthat it was Mike Madigan. Please remember, I'm not judging, yet. just giving folks some context.
p.s please add Jan Schakowsky and Bobby Rush too the list
Spook,
This isn't the same vise.
This is probably the same guy that was formerly SP00K.
"Spook,
This isn't the same vise.
This is probably the same guy that was formerly SP00K."
No asshole, I am.