Zopp tapped to be deputy mayor
Monday, May 2, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Sneed…
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has offered a slice of the power pie to former Urban League powerhouse Andrea Zopp, a highly respected Chicago attorney who lost her Democratic primary bid for the U.S. Senate to Tammy Duckworth.
Sneed has learned Rahm asked Zopp, who has strong ties to Chicago’s African-American political and fiscal power players, to become Chicago’s deputy mayor in charge of overseeing major city projects.
“Rahm can talk a good game, but he needs to get his projects completed,” said a top Sneed source familiar with the Zopp appointment.
Translation: Rahm feels Zopp’s moxie and magic can get things done.
- Jimmy CrackCorn - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:13 pm:
==Zopp’s Dem primary loss to Duckworth was a stunner …==
What? Who was stunned? Did she ever get within 25% of Duckworth?
- The Captain - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:16 pm:
I like this pick. Whatever her deficiencies were in the Senate race this makes much more sense.
However, there’s this:
Stunned? Really? She lost by 40 points (64-24). You were stunned by a 40 point loss? You couldn’t see a 40 point loss coming? Here’s a tip: don’t go telling people you were stunned by a 40 point loss, they’ll stop calling you things like “political powerhouse” and they’ll stop taking you seriously.
- A guy - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:21 pm:
She’ll be helpful to him in that spot.
- Bogey Golfer - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:23 pm:
==Zopp’s Dem primary loss to Duckworth was a stunner …== She rubber-stamped a multi-million dollar deal to Bennett’s cronies while on the CPS Board. Guess that’s moxie in some circles.
- Qui Tam - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:47 pm:
“Zopp tapped to be deputy mayor”
I guess it’s better than Topp being zapped.
- Downstate Dem - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 3:52 pm:
The Mayor has made a high-quality pick here. Zopp is better at actually getting things done than being a candidate.
- Archiesmom - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 4:26 pm:
And she can groom herself and make even more wealthy friends for her next political run.
- AlabamaShake - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 4:33 pm:
Good move by Rahm - I’m a big fan of Zopp. She was never going to win that US Senate race, both because of Duckworth’s many advantages and Zopp’s baggage, but she’s really smart and talented.
- Juvenal - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 5:12 pm:
Because she did such a great job at the Chicago Public Schools?
- Joe Biden Was Here - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 5:32 pm:
I agree that the stink of the Byrd Bennett deal remains in the room. Can’t claim to be a reformer or even an effective mainstream Pol with that on your record.
- Independent - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 8:07 pm:
Sneed referring to herself in the third person is pompous and annoying. It would be much better if she wrote “Ed Burke said….” or “Anne Burke informed me….”.
- DuPage Saint - Monday, May 2, 16 @ 9:31 pm:
Insider paying off insider. This begets Trump and Sanders. Announced on May Day? Up against the wall mother f…