Okay, four special interests. But no, I don't hold it against him that he ran a heck of a campaign. Perhaps the reason I didn't find the use of the word "machine" offensive is that, even though I support Carl, I wasn't as firmly in his camp as I suspect you are. I hesitate to defend Trane in this forum, but in my view, he did more than put negative flyers in my mailbox. He also responded to every email I sent him in his capacity as Alderman in a thoughful and engaged manner, and he got pedestrian crossing signs put up on Broadway --the original one in Teele Square he paid for himself, or so he told me. This sounds like a trifling issue, but it's the sort of thing an Alderman should do, and he did it well.
The signature thing and the way Carl handled it always bothered me, and it's the reason Carl needed to make such a big push to get re-elected. So where does that leave him? Stronger or beholden?
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Date: 2008-09-17 05:21 pm (UTC)The signature thing and the way Carl handled it always bothered me, and it's the reason Carl needed to make such a big push to get re-elected. So where does that leave him? Stronger or beholden?