Rahm Emanuel names his transition team; more theories on why voter turnout was so low; the ongoing problems of Meritorious Good Time; sobering stats on minority poverty and unemployment; and more.
Meet the new boss, the logical next step after the old boss: Rahm Emanuel will replace Mayor Daley as the mayor of Chicago after a convincing win that emerged from money, power, and history.
MARCH 2011: Jennifer Tanaka, Amalie Drury, Maria Ponce, Wesley Kimler, Stacey Jones
Do spitters and slow walkers raise your hackles? If so, you might be a sidewalk rager. But when you hit the streets and they hit back, it’s healthier to turn the other cheek.
While it’s true that Rahm Emanuel leads his three main rivals in the race today to succeed Richard M. Daley as mayor of Chicago, there are some people in this city who cast a ballot for someone other than Emanuel. Perhaps not, according to an Associated Press story picked up by many media outlets, including Crain’s. The piece, which did not have a byline, includes interviews with six voters—and five are voting for Rahm. (One voter doesn’t say whom he’s voting for.)
In the waning hours of a historic Chicago election, here’s a sampling of the conversation happening online with Chicago politicians, reporters, commentators and newsmakers.
As election day comes to a close, the question isn’t just whether Rahm Emanuel will hit 50%… it’s also whether the city will hit 50% turnout. Plus: the importance of census figures and street planters.
Chicago, long a determining factor in national Democratic politics, elects its new mayor today, or at least decides to narrow down its choices. But thanks to our neighbors, we might be more famous as a Democratic sanctuary state.
Happy Municipal Election Day! Some predictions, observations, and links to keep you busy as you await your civic political fate. The only place you’ll find an explanation of why Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins will finish ahead of Rahm Emanuel.
As the editor of Chicago magazine, I am pleased to announce that we have just published our first Russian edition! Just kidding. But a Chicagoan might be entitled to wonder, if he or she happened to be visiting the south Russian town of Krasnodar and picked up the local city magazine. Witness above the basis for confusion: Our “40 Reasons to Love Chicago” cover from December 2010 and Krasnodar magazine’s “30 Reasons to Love Krasnodar” dated February 2011. The striking similarity was first brought to my attention by Olga Smolkina, a…
