War-fel What Is It Good For?
By Rachelle Bowden in News on May 27, 2004 1:23PM
Hes Illinois newest celebrity, video-camera-toting, senate-candidate-stalking, Justin Warfel. The Jack Ryan for Senate aide actually gets paid to follow Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Barack Obama across the state, and to video tape his every move. Oppo research is a plum job for ambitious young campaign staff, and this kind of thing isnt all that unusual in major campaigns these days. But Warfel has gotten too close for Baracks comfort, so Chicago City Council mover-n-shaker Ald. Ed Burke (14th) wants to fix that by creating a 20-foot zone of personal privacy around anyone who doesnt want to be photographed. We at Chicagoist immediately see benefits to this new ordinance, since we are constantly dragged down by our many fans attempting to photograph our every move. Imagine this conversation:
Chicagoist: Dude, what are you doing?
Fan: Im recording your every move for posterity.
Chicagoist: Get back! Step out of my legally instituted zone of personal privacy!
Fan: Man, that Chicago City Council thinks of everything!
And, scene.