Beavers and Juvie Jail Chief Rehash Old Feud Over Dress Code

Cook County Commissioner William "Big Nuts" Beavers and Earl Dunlap, head of the county's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, are still going at it after Beavers made a bad first impression on Dunlap when the two first met in 2008.

According to the Sun-Times, Beavers had asked Dunlap at the time if he "own[ed] a suit," in reference to the polo shirt and khaki pants Dunlap was wearing. Beavers added that Dunlap needs to dress so his "appearance commands respect" and to "be a role model" -- although the kids being booked into juvie are probably a little too preoccupied to notice who's dressing business casual.

The three-year-old heated exchange came up again on Thursday, during a budget hearing with both Beavers and Dunlap present. After discussing "fractured" relations between the juvenile jail and the Chicago Police Department, the pair started bickering like a couple of tween girls arguing over who's hotter, Edward or Jacob:

“We started off on a bad foot, and you want to leave it that way,” Dunlap said.

Beavers fired back: “We started off bad because I don’t like the way you dress, and I told you that.”

Dunlap, not one to mince words, shot right back: “And I also told you, you ain’t my momma.”

Beavers quickly chimed in: “That’s exactly right — and your daddy either.”

Beavers, who in a 1995 Chicago Tribune profile was described as wearing "suits [that] are finely tailored [and the] cuffs of his white shirts are monogrammed," continued to go after Dunlap's current manner of dress at the meeting, which was a work uniform comprised of a black sweater and black pants. Beavers said Dunlap "looks like a trailer tramp" and added, "Who's going to have respect for that?"

Dunlap was quoted as responding, "There are more important issues going on than whether or not I wear Armani suits."