The 2027 Chicago mayoral campaign is rushing up at the city, like an angry thug scrambling out of the shadows to smash your head in and take your money and assault your wife, complete with a chorus of high pitched screamers on the street keening out their rage like a murder of female crows. If you have a smartphone you’ve seen it. And if you ignore it and hope to avoid it all, that won’t work.
Not if you live in Chicago. Not if you own property there, or have kids who still live there who you want to visit. The dying, violent city is scheduled to produce it’s own version of the hunger games. And the city is invited to bring popcorn.
So far, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley are among those who have declared their intent to run for mayor. But several more are expected to get in. Among state elected officials, Comptroller Susana Mendoza and State Rep. Kam Buckner are mulling bids. Former mayor Rahm Emanuel is hanging off to the side like the other hyenas using his media contacts to help grab a leg bone.
The Democrats gather around Chicago like carrion birds, hopping over to rip a piece off the carcass. And why not? The Democrats have destroyed the city as they’ve destroyed other cities from NY to LA, and want their reward in meat before it’s all gone.
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