I am not savvy enough to make predictions but I don’t see how Lightfoot can be in the run off. No one seems to like her or want to vote for her.
I thought the piece on Friends was interesting but appeared sort of clueless. To me it’s entire premise hinges on the fact that he just couldn’t understand how not everyone, indeed most people, aren’t only interested in arty cool entertainment that explores “ the issues of today” and love Friends simply for being very very funny.
I think that he might be annoyed by the thought that young, attractive, New Yorkers were not socially engaged. It's a bad look for his self-image and personal perspective on the 'right crowd'. I was never a fan of the show, but the same critique can be made of the Newhart shows, which I loved.
When was Bob Newhart ever young or attractive during his sitcom years? (I loved Newhart’s shows as well.)
I didn’t watch Friends during its initial run, but I’ve seen enough of it in reruns to know who everybody is, and what the general plot was. I am not sure why, but I recently read Matthew Perry’s memoir. Two thoughts about that. First, I can’t imagine how they were able to produce a show over 10 years with such an encumbered individual in the cast. Second, based on what he wrote, he probably should be dead several times over.
I was also sad to hear of South Side’s cancellation. I enjoyed both the writing and acting. I hope the entire creative team gets more opportunities moving forward.
I don't know and I don't really care if Enyia threw a few dollars at Thomas four years ago, but I doubt it. He tells me he is NOT on Wilson's payroll and I believe him
From your own bench of 8 (?) backup team members, plus the current starter, there’s no one you can be enthusiastic about starting in the next season? What is this organization, the Chicago Bears?
A grim list of entertainers who died while performing. An unfun fact, I suppose: Irene Ryan ("Granny") had a stroke during a performance of "Pippin" on Broadway (the role earned her a Tony nomination). She passed a few weeks later.
I would like to support the work of the Trib, but I don’t want to have to work at it. Can I get the Trib via some side-door like Apple News in a way a) The Trib gets money, and b). I don’t need to swat away offers and unwanted fees and crap.
At least that's the way Garcia hopes it comes out. Then he can go back to Washington which sounds like a much better job than being mayor. This way he ran and tried, to satisfy his base. A year from now Vallas will be wondering why he ever wanted this job. So Garcia is the real winner, still has the power and Vallas has all the headaches.
EZ - while i respect your thought process in voting for garcia, doesn't it trouble you to vote for someone for whom you have little [apparent] enthusiasm? especially when it sounds like king would have been your 'principled vote'. appears as tho garcia was your least-worst-alternative-of-those-who-have-a-chance-to-make-the-runoff. if there's going to be a runoff btwn garcia & vallas, did you consider voting for king now, garcia in the runoff? full disclosure: if i were still a chicago resident, i'd vote for vallas.
I also had a hard time with EZ selection process. Garcia is either an empty bag or a weathervane, but still better than Vallas because he is a little too right of center. EZ also shrugs off Johnson's programs because they are unlikely to pass but saddles Vallas with vouchers, which he has not proposed in the campaign and would also be unlikely to pass. Seems like you have to really dislike a candidate to be willing to vote for the most electable anyone else.
and EZ never did respond to the point that Obama and Duncan - centrist Democrats - were strong supporters of charter schools during Obama's 8-year term. why is Vallas now 'right wing' - if that's a fair paraphrase of EZ's view of Vallas - for supporting expansion of charter schools? CPS is not working, has not worked for the vast majority of its minority students from low income families for many years. all, or almost all charter schools in chicago have long waiting lists - are the parents who want to send their kids to charter schools not smart enough to figure out what's the best - or better - education alternative for their child[ren]?
I think that bloom has come off charter schools over the past 10 years as so many of them have been shown to be merely a means for private charter operators to make money off the taxpayer while providing no real benefits as originally promised My daughter-in-law was a teacher at a charter in North Carolina for a year. They started the year out "fully staffed". With great rapidity they cut staff and/or attrited staff - and never replaced the lost staff, putting the burden on the remaining staff to double up on students. By cutting payroll continuously starting a 1/4 of the way into the school year and never replacing lost staff (and of course, never reducing tuition), the privately-owned charter school reduced payroll/operating costs - a pretty slick way to make a profit.
sorry, but i think you're off-base in your comment. you've taken one data point and applied it to charter schools across the country. i pose the same question to you that i posed to EZ: why are there [long] waiting lists at most, if not all charter schools in the city of chicago? are the parents of charter school students, and the parents on the waiting lists, not capable of making an informed decision for their child[ren]?
and if there's a significant problem with a charter school, or charter school network, the answer is not to condemn charter schools and the charter school movement - the answer is to pull their charter. and if the process of pulling a charter is too cumbersome, extended and bureaucratic, that's the fault of the govt, not of charter schools.
EZ has reasoned like that before, paying the most attention to what he considers the worst candidate and how to stop him. Instead of electing the best, just make sure we don’t somehow elect the worst. Even if the “worst” is Paul Vallas.
I think that the turnout will be low enough to ensure the CTU gets Johnson to the top, but I also think that Lightfoot ads will be effective, and she isn't as reviled by voters as the media likes to portray.
Mendoza is quite adept at using the media to leverage her political interests. It looks to me like she is still nursing a grudge against LIghtfoot from the last mayoral election and is taking advantage of an opportunity.
I am never surprised by the headlines on older people. The media assumes that old people are infirm both physically and mentally, not action oriented, and unusual if they are not behaving in a kindly way. So, they assume this elderly person was either addled or uniquely active. In either case, it is a hook to get you to read an article that is less interesting if he were a younger man.
Enjoyed the interview with Ms. Kapos-I am one of those readers here who go for it, her daily, Capitol Fax and NYT as just someone who wants to know what's going on. Isabel Miller has been doing a great job working with her dad at CF.
I wish IL was ready to elect a liberal like Brandon Johnson against a politically entrenched GOPer
Glad to hear the Jason Killborn story ended on a semi positive note-systems need to do better.
Glad to have gotten an inch and have of rain vs a foot or snow or all the ice this go round. Hang in there those in NO IL
again from me re the Mask information. There was another similar article yesterday in the NTY from a essay referring to a report that looked at a collection of studies (perhaps limited in scope) looking at wearing masks-we inconclusive in preventing the spread of Covid. As one who continues to wear them in crowded gatherings this is disappointing. We need to have better information before the next contagion arrives.
I am not savvy enough to make predictions but I don’t see how Lightfoot can be in the run off. No one seems to like her or want to vote for her.
I thought the piece on Friends was interesting but appeared sort of clueless. To me it’s entire premise hinges on the fact that he just couldn’t understand how not everyone, indeed most people, aren’t only interested in arty cool entertainment that explores “ the issues of today” and love Friends simply for being very very funny.
I think that he might be annoyed by the thought that young, attractive, New Yorkers were not socially engaged. It's a bad look for his self-image and personal perspective on the 'right crowd'. I was never a fan of the show, but the same critique can be made of the Newhart shows, which I loved.
When was Bob Newhart ever young or attractive during his sitcom years? (I loved Newhart’s shows as well.)
I didn’t watch Friends during its initial run, but I’ve seen enough of it in reruns to know who everybody is, and what the general plot was. I am not sure why, but I recently read Matthew Perry’s memoir. Two thoughts about that. First, I can’t imagine how they were able to produce a show over 10 years with such an encumbered individual in the cast. Second, based on what he wrote, he probably should be dead several times over.
Ticked the box on 5 of the Tweets this week. Good group!
Loved your photo of the "I Voted" sticker (for personal reasons).
I don't live in Chicago, but I'll make a guess on election results.
Vallas 26%
Garcia 20%
Wilson 16%
Johnson 14%
Lightfoot 13%
I will always vote for Mary Schmich, 1st place in posts!
I was also sad to hear of South Side’s cancellation. I enjoyed both the writing and acting. I hope the entire creative team gets more opportunities moving forward.
Supporting the reprehensible Darren Bailey put $50K in Charles Johnson's bank account. https://chicagocrusader.com/former-tv-reporter-charles-thomas-takes-50k-to-support-darren-bailey/
I'd like to think his support for Amara Enya was not based on money. Any idea?
I don't know and I don't really care if Enyia threw a few dollars at Thomas four years ago, but I doubt it. He tells me he is NOT on Wilson's payroll and I believe him
From your own bench of 8 (?) backup team members, plus the current starter, there’s no one you can be enthusiastic about starting in the next season? What is this organization, the Chicago Bears?
A grim list of entertainers who died while performing. An unfun fact, I suppose: Irene Ryan ("Granny") had a stroke during a performance of "Pippin" on Broadway (the role earned her a Tony nomination). She passed a few weeks later.
I would like to support the work of the Trib, but I don’t want to have to work at it. Can I get the Trib via some side-door like Apple News in a way a) The Trib gets money, and b). I don’t need to swat away offers and unwanted fees and crap.
Good question! I'd ask them but they don't respond to my emails.
30% Vallas
20% Johnson (barely edging Garcia)
20% Garcia
15% Lightfoot
10% Wilson
5% Others
Vallas 51%
Garcia 29%
Johnson 10%
Lightfoot 5%
All Others 5%
At least that's the way Garcia hopes it comes out. Then he can go back to Washington which sounds like a much better job than being mayor. This way he ran and tried, to satisfy his base. A year from now Vallas will be wondering why he ever wanted this job. So Garcia is the real winner, still has the power and Vallas has all the headaches.
No runoff! That is an aggressive prediction, sir. And an amusing comment. Respect.
EZ - while i respect your thought process in voting for garcia, doesn't it trouble you to vote for someone for whom you have little [apparent] enthusiasm? especially when it sounds like king would have been your 'principled vote'. appears as tho garcia was your least-worst-alternative-of-those-who-have-a-chance-to-make-the-runoff. if there's going to be a runoff btwn garcia & vallas, did you consider voting for king now, garcia in the runoff? full disclosure: if i were still a chicago resident, i'd vote for vallas.
I also had a hard time with EZ selection process. Garcia is either an empty bag or a weathervane, but still better than Vallas because he is a little too right of center. EZ also shrugs off Johnson's programs because they are unlikely to pass but saddles Vallas with vouchers, which he has not proposed in the campaign and would also be unlikely to pass. Seems like you have to really dislike a candidate to be willing to vote for the most electable anyone else.
and EZ never did respond to the point that Obama and Duncan - centrist Democrats - were strong supporters of charter schools during Obama's 8-year term. why is Vallas now 'right wing' - if that's a fair paraphrase of EZ's view of Vallas - for supporting expansion of charter schools? CPS is not working, has not worked for the vast majority of its minority students from low income families for many years. all, or almost all charter schools in chicago have long waiting lists - are the parents who want to send their kids to charter schools not smart enough to figure out what's the best - or better - education alternative for their child[ren]?
I think that bloom has come off charter schools over the past 10 years as so many of them have been shown to be merely a means for private charter operators to make money off the taxpayer while providing no real benefits as originally promised My daughter-in-law was a teacher at a charter in North Carolina for a year. They started the year out "fully staffed". With great rapidity they cut staff and/or attrited staff - and never replaced the lost staff, putting the burden on the remaining staff to double up on students. By cutting payroll continuously starting a 1/4 of the way into the school year and never replacing lost staff (and of course, never reducing tuition), the privately-owned charter school reduced payroll/operating costs - a pretty slick way to make a profit.
sorry, but i think you're off-base in your comment. you've taken one data point and applied it to charter schools across the country. i pose the same question to you that i posed to EZ: why are there [long] waiting lists at most, if not all charter schools in the city of chicago? are the parents of charter school students, and the parents on the waiting lists, not capable of making an informed decision for their child[ren]?
and if there's a significant problem with a charter school, or charter school network, the answer is not to condemn charter schools and the charter school movement - the answer is to pull their charter. and if the process of pulling a charter is too cumbersome, extended and bureaucratic, that's the fault of the govt, not of charter schools.
EZ has reasoned like that before, paying the most attention to what he considers the worst candidate and how to stop him. Instead of electing the best, just make sure we don’t somehow elect the worst. Even if the “worst” is Paul Vallas.
My shot in the dark:
Vallas - 20%
Johnson - 18%
Lightfoot - !8%
Garcia - 15%
Wilson - 14%
Others - 15
I think that the turnout will be low enough to ensure the CTU gets Johnson to the top, but I also think that Lightfoot ads will be effective, and she isn't as reviled by voters as the media likes to portray.
Mendoza is quite adept at using the media to leverage her political interests. It looks to me like she is still nursing a grudge against LIghtfoot from the last mayoral election and is taking advantage of an opportunity.
mendoza is a sore loser - and an old-style chicago pol
I am never surprised by the headlines on older people. The media assumes that old people are infirm both physically and mentally, not action oriented, and unusual if they are not behaving in a kindly way. So, they assume this elderly person was either addled or uniquely active. In either case, it is a hook to get you to read an article that is less interesting if he were a younger man.
Vallas 28%
Johnson 21%
Garcia 19%
Lightfoot 13%
Wilson 10%
Others 9%
The coned dog and lamp shade was a total winner
Enjoyed the interview with Ms. Kapos-I am one of those readers here who go for it, her daily, Capitol Fax and NYT as just someone who wants to know what's going on. Isabel Miller has been doing a great job working with her dad at CF.
I wish IL was ready to elect a liberal like Brandon Johnson against a politically entrenched GOPer
Glad to hear the Jason Killborn story ended on a semi positive note-systems need to do better.
Glad to have gotten an inch and have of rain vs a foot or snow or all the ice this go round. Hang in there those in NO IL
again from me re the Mask information. There was another similar article yesterday in the NTY from a essay referring to a report that looked at a collection of studies (perhaps limited in scope) looking at wearing masks-we inconclusive in preventing the spread of Covid. As one who continues to wear them in crowded gatherings this is disappointing. We need to have better information before the next contagion arrives.
At the individual level, it appears that masks work. At the societal level is when there is more unknowns because people are not perfect mask wearers.