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> For a city such as SF, that's wrong --this isn't Chicago, for as much as I dislike some of the supes, politically. I didn't get this. What differentiates SF
by abusoufiyan 9y ago
> For a city such as SF, that's wrong --this isn't Chicago, for as much as I dislike some of the supes, politically.
I didn't get this. What differentiates SF from Chicago? Both are big metropolitan cities with lots of business in them. Inevitably both will be plagued by the kinds of politics and problems that this type of shared situation brings...
- mc32 9y agoChicago is well known for its political machine[1]. SF, I guess had Willie Brown do a kind of a tiny lite version, but nothing in comparison to Chicago and the Daleys. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago
- abusoufiyan 9y agoOkay, but so is NYC, yeah? Why do people think a big city like SF with tons of money in it is immune from the pattern most other big cities with tons of money in them have gone down?
- mikestew 9y agoIs NY batting better than 3 out of 7 in keeping their governors out of jail? Because Illinois isn’t: http://abc7chicago.com/archive/8973798/ http://abc7chicago.com/archive/8973798/ Let that sink in for a minute: if you are elected governor of Illinois, stats say you’re likely to go to jail at some point. There’s your difference. Other places might have a machine, but Chicago and Illinois take it to to an extreme. OTOH, when Daley said “build a park”, they started digging that day.
- abusoufiyan 9y agoBut the governor of Illinois does not necessarily have any connection to Chicago city politics. At least 1 of those 3 you mentioned (I only bothered to look at 2) never held a position in Chicago city politics... how is this relevant?