J.B. Pritzker’s recent attack ad slamming state senator Daniel Biss for proposing pension cuts brought me back in time to when Mayor Rahm would unexpectedly drop by firehouses to tell firefighters to go fuck themselves—in so many words.
As always, Mayor Rahm was backed by a bodyguard—or two or three. Guess it’s not so scary to talk trash to firefighters when you bring a posse.
In fairness to Biss, Pritzker wasn’t an elected official or candidate in those pension-cutting days, so he didn’t have to take a stand on that tough issues.
I’m trying to be encouraged as the Democratic gubernatorial candidates move left in the primary campaign. I’m hoping it means the Dems have come to their senses about what they really stand for.
