* Tribune…
Former Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti has filed the state paperwork required to start raising money for a potential Democratic primary challenge to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Fioretti, a onetime mayoral candidate, said he has yet to decide whether to run. Setting up the “Bob for Cook County” campaign fund is “part of the process of making the decision,” he said.
Now, he’s waiting to see how many signatures he can get on petitions he would need to get on the ballot and what kind of financial commitments he can line up to take on the two-term incumbent, he added.
As recently as a few months ago, Preckwinkle was expected to skate into a third term without opposition, but she’s viewed in some quarters as vulnerable because of the public outcry over the county’s controversial soda pop tax.
Fioretti told Mary Ann Ahern on October 23rd that he was already circulating petitions and would decide whether to run in 10 days. That was 10 days ago.
- Chicago Cynic - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 10:45 am:
Bob, Bob, Bob. Please God. Anyone but Bob.
- Ron - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 11:16 am:
Ugh, Fioretti is terrible. Can’t we get a better candidate than him or Prekwinkle?
- Kyle Hillman - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 11:24 am:
I am guessing he sees a path that doesn’t include Chicago. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-fioretti-endorses-emanuel-20150329-story.html
- Fax Machine - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 11:48 am:
Also worth noting: Fioretti voted for the parking meter deal, Preckwinkle voted against it.
- Honeybadger - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 12:04 pm:
Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, the time is right, go for it.
- Telly - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 12:18 pm:
8,200 signatures needed to get on the countywide ballot. I’m betting Bob can’t pull that off.
- Trapped in the 'burbs - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 12:52 pm:
Toni loses to any credible candidate. She is the new Todd Stroger. Hopefully, somebody emerges.
- majorpaine - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 1:10 pm:
Fioretti will spend months attacking Preckwinkle, raise no money, drive his campaign into debt, then endorse Preckwinkle hoping she’ll retire said campaign debt.
So tired of opportunists
- anon2 - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 1:19 pm:
The parking meter deal has 70 some years to go, while the pop tax lasted two months.
- Fax Machine - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 1:53 pm:
And at least the pop tax was funding public health & safety. The parking meter deal takes money from taxpayers and puts it in the pockets of billionaires.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 3:07 pm:
The GOP big-money boys can’t find anyone to take on Preckwinkle or Berrios?
In not now, then never? Won’t compete in the county with 41% of the state’s population?
That is not a long-term party-building strategy.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 2, 17 @ 5:41 pm:
Maybe Fioretti can reuse those nifty signs from his mayoral bid that were smaller than a paper napkin.