Today’s quotable
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller * It’s little surprise that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is considering a mayoral bid. He wanted to run before, but stepped aside. But this is kind of a surprise. Sheriff Dart has never met or spoken with Gov. Bruce Rauner…
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- nobody - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:24 am:
He was too busy meeting with world leaders.
- thinkin' - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:38 am:
I’m not sure why that is odd. If you ask them many agency leaders will tell you they have had few conversations with Rauner. Other than his immediate staff, the guy doesn’t talk shop with people.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:40 am:
Rauner is a supporter of Claypool…
It has nothing to do with why Rauner refuses to talk with Dart, but…
…it’s fun to note that Rauner his his favored Democrats. Like Ken Dunkin.
Rauner is freezing out Dart, 14 months isn’t accidental.
- Wensicia - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:57 am:
Dart doesn’t have the income level Rauner recognizes.
- Huh? - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:58 am:
Dart can’t do anything for 1.4% so there isn’t any reason for them to meet.
- The Way I See It - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 9:59 am:
I’m actually a little surprised and a little disappointed. The just about lone moment I held out hope for Rauner was in the very first days when he went on a tour of a prison downstate and expressed some interest in the criminal justice system and perhaps doing less to simply lock people up and throw away the key which is the standard Republican law and order line. Given the number of people in Cook County Jail and how many people come out of that jail and fill other prisons in the state, you would think that Dart would be a good person to talk to.
Of course, the Turnaround Agenda comes first …
- wordslinger - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 10:06 am:
LOL, not surprised at all.
Dart de facto runs the state’s largest mental health facility.
The state actually has a Division of Mental Health in DHS. Kind of a state responsibility. So I guess the governor is just fine with letting the sheriff and Cook County taxpayers carry that load without any assistance from him.
I’m sure the governor would be content to never talk about it with Dart.
- jls - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 10:35 am:
Dart is part of Rauner’s Turn Away Agenda.
- Soccermom - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 12:15 pm:
TURN-AWAY AGENDA?? I LOVE THAT! KEEP DOING THAT!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 3:33 pm:
Dart has the wrong name. If his name was Bentley, he could get a meeting.
- Precinct Captain - Wednesday, May 4, 16 @ 4:19 pm:
Superstar management!