Jeffreys leaving IDOC
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * Press release…
…Adding… AFSCME Council 31…
…Adding… Sen. Plummer…
…Adding… I asked Sen. Plummer which special interests he was referring to…
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That toddlin’ town roundup
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * Crain’s last night…
Greg Hinz tipped this yesterday morning. * Tribune…
Turnout was indeed down in the ward from four years ago. It dropped by 243 votes, or about 5 percent (with some mail-ins left to count), while citywide turnout is up ever so slightly to date. Historical 22nd Ward context, with total first round citywide votes cast in parentheses…
2019: 4,865 (560,701) 2015: 5,079 (483,700) * While we’re on the topic of results and turnout, the mail-in ballots have boosted Brandon Johnson a little bit…
Johnson: 120,612 21.57% Vallas is down a point from election night, and Johnson is up a bit more than a point. Yeah, it ain’t much, but it’s something. * The bad news for Johnson in this poll might not be just that the survey shows him behind. It may also be that the number of 18-29 year-olds polled was almost exactly the same number of 65+ polled. Older voters greatly outnumbered younger voters in the first round. Then again, the poll also skews more toward White people, which make up 49 percent of the sample. So, take from this what you will…
Also, no methodology is posted online. * Ms. Jones ran against Sen. Rob Martwick (D-Chicago) in the primary last year and was clobbered 67-33…
…Adding… Vallas campaign…
* Isabel’s Chicago roundup…
* Block Club | Who Are Chicago’s Alderpeople Endorsing For Mayor?: Some alderpeople had already thrown their hats behind Vallas or Johnson, while others are jumping on the bandwagon after backing one of the other seven candidates in round one of the election. * Block Club | In The 43rd Ward, Knudsen And Comer Enter Runoff With New Endorsements, Sign Drama: Comer’s campaign has raised concerns over an incident that happened in the days before the Feb. 28 election involving a Knudsen campaign worker. Comer was driving down Armitage Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Feb. 26 when he saw someone carrying his green campaign signs under their arm. As Comer passed, he recognized the person as Alex Hanns from Knudsen’s campaign team, he said. * Crain’s Editorial | These issues haven’t gotten their due in the mayor’s race — yet: Chicagoans can’t hope to solve the problems that ignited such sharp debate in the pre-runoff period if the city doesn’t maintain and even shore up its economic base. So it’s been disappointing to see spending priorities and jobs take a back seat — only lightly touched on during debates, if at all — but now there’s an opportunity to put economic policy front and center in the runoff. * Block Club | Lincoln Square Ald. Andre Vasquez Now Supports Brandon Johnson In Mayoral Race: “In the runoff, it is a very clear choice as to what’s better for the city, right? You can decide to actually move backwards in ways that have failed us when it comes to public safety, when it comes to investing in education,” Vasquez said. “Or we can move forward and try things and find solutions to problems that have not been solved in Chicago’s history. * Sun-Times | Don’t gloss over significance of Brandon Johnson’s trip to Selma: Brandon Johnson’s attendance commemorating the “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama, as he bids to become Chicago’s next mayor, was more significant and symbolic than the Sun-Times coverage reflects. The newspaper mentioned the trip but did not do so in context of who Johnson actually is. The son of a pastor, Johnson grew up with the dual traditions of service and standing up for justice. He is a respected labor organizer, but he also serves as a Cook County commissioner, an educator and a consummate coalition-builder. * WTTW | Advocates Hopes Chicago’s Next Mayor Puts Focus on Environmental Justice Issues: “I’d love to see not only Chicago’s Department of Environment return, but I want to see an Office of Environmental Justice. Chicago needs an environmental justice ordinance,” says Cheryl Johnson, executive director of People for Community Recovery, an environmental advocacy group based in the Altgeld Gardens Homes on the city’s far South Side. “ * Crain’s | Chicago lands $80 million to address opioid crisis: The funds, which will be managed by the Chicago Department of Public Health, come from the previously announced pool of $760 million being granted to the entire state over the next two decades. Like other states, Illinois was awarded a portion of the $26 billion opioid settlement agreement made early last year with drug manufacturers and distributors, including Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health. * NBC Chicago | Chicagoans Engaging Fellow Residents to Help Promote City Neighborhoods: Instead of promoting typical tourist attractions, Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism agency, is focusing on promoting unique neighborhood offerings, and they are using residents to help get the word out. * Reuters | Fact Check-Picture does not show Lori Lightfoot buying beer after losing re-election bid: A months-old picture of Chicago’s incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot buying beer has been shared online as if taken in February 2023, after she lost her re-election bid. Posts making these claims were likely intended as satire.
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Somebody appears to be playing games
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * Doesn’t appear likely…
Somebody is indeed anonymously registering lots of domain names, including several domains named for Chuy Garcia’s chief of staff Patty Garcia. I was able to reach Sen. Villanueva, Commissioner Anaya and Ms. Garcia today. All of them flatly denied having registered their names and all said they didn’t know who did. At least one pointed a finger at Ald. Sigcho-Lopez, but he hasn’t responded to my inquiry as of yet. Maybe he will now. Or not. As I told someone earlier on Twitter, it’s kinda silly to think that, absent any credible Chuy Garcia retirement rumors, all these people are simultaneously and anonymously rushing to reserve website domains. More likely, somebody is playing a little game and then convinced someone else to fall for it. “Chuy’s my congressman until Chuy doesn’t want to be in Congress,” said Sen. Villanueva, who claimed that the person doing the registering “was absolutely not me.” …Adding… Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez just reached out to say he didn’t register any of those domain names “and I do not know who did it.”
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