Comments on: Pulling a “Fioretti” http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pulling-a-fioretti My off-road journey to Judaism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Garamoosh http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/comment-page-1/#comment-7932 Garamoosh Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:00:44 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=215#comment-7932 I hate greaseballs I hate greaseballs

]]> By: Pedestrian Danger at Museum Campus http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 Pedestrian Danger at Museum Campus Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:02:33 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=215#comment-2403 [...] Office: First I tried to contact 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti (the only Chicago alderman I ever refused to serve birthday cake). But 20 minutes of repeatedly calling the Ward and City Hall offices never yielded a live person. [...] [...] Office: First I tried to contact 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti (the only Chicago alderman I ever refused to serve birthday cake). But 20 minutes of repeatedly calling the Ward and City Hall offices never yielded a live person. [...]

]]> By: CHICAGO CARLESS http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/comment-page-1/#comment-565 CHICAGO CARLESS Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:16:39 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=215#comment-565 <strong>10 More Things Brendan Reilly Should Stick in a Cave</strong> (Photo: Alderman Brendan Reilly, a man willing to get to the bottom of the Second City.) Of all things I thought 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly would offer as a compromise in the ongoing controversy over the Chicago Children's... 10 More Things Brendan Reilly Should Stick in a Cave

(Photo: Alderman Brendan Reilly, a man willing to get to the bottom of the Second City.) Of all things I thought 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly would offer as a compromise in the ongoing controversy over the Chicago Children’s…

]]> By: Spy http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Spy Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:12:38 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=215#comment-564 Build a bridge through Dearborn Park. Better yet, demolish 80% of it and start over again now as that's likely going to happen in the future anyway. How long do people expect non-historic 2 story homes in the middle of downtown to last? Build a bridge through Dearborn Park. Better yet, demolish 80% of it and start over again now as that’s likely going to happen in the future anyway. How long do people expect non-historic 2 story homes in the middle of downtown to last?

]]> By: jack http://www.chicagocarless.com/2007/03/15/pulling-a-fioretti/comment-page-1/#comment-563 jack Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:27:28 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=215#comment-563 There's another wrinkle: the ongoing war at the Congress Hotel between UNITE-HERE Local #1 and Albert Nasser, the hotel owner. Haithcock has been very unsupportive of the 3.5 year old strikers, while Fioretti was the 1st Alderman to show up at the Dump Haithcock Rally sponsored by Local One right before the election. This is especially important because the only pressure that will likely work now is city pressure to do something about a landmark hotel that's falling apart and down to 30-35% occupancy. I'm not sure Fioretti can win though. My fear is that the 27% or so he pulled is his natural total and won't be dramatically increased by the structure of the runoff. Racialized politics are real in Chicago, and I wonder how many votes for other African-American candidates (Askew, Johnson) will go to Fioretti and how many to Haithcock. The flip side of the development in the 2nd ward is the relative dilution, through displacement and growth of white population, of the African-American vote and population in the ward. How comfortable will that still potent block be with the first white alderman since the 19teens? I'm not sold on Fioretti necessarily, I just want some movement on the Congress. Also, wouldn't it be great if the 2nd, 3rd (Pat Dowell hooray!) and 4th wards were all represented by independent (please Bob be one) alderman. As long as he can find city hall. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Jack was one of my colleagues in the room when Bob Fioretti asked for my birthday cake. It was Jack who coined the term, "pulling a Fioretti." -Mike Doyle] There’s another wrinkle: the ongoing war at the Congress Hotel between UNITE-HERE Local #1 and Albert Nasser, the hotel owner. Haithcock has been very unsupportive of the 3.5 year old strikers, while Fioretti was the 1st Alderman to show up at the Dump Haithcock Rally sponsored by Local One right before the election. This is especially important because the only pressure that will likely work now is city pressure to do something about a landmark hotel that’s falling apart and down to 30-35% occupancy.

I’m not sure Fioretti can win though. My fear is that the 27% or so he pulled is his natural total and won’t be dramatically increased by the structure of the runoff. Racialized politics are real in Chicago, and I wonder how many votes for other African-American candidates (Askew, Johnson) will go to Fioretti and how many to Haithcock. The flip side of the development in the 2nd ward is the relative dilution, through displacement and growth of white population, of the African-American vote and population in the ward. How comfortable will that still potent block be with the first white alderman since the 19teens?

I’m not sold on Fioretti necessarily, I just want some movement on the Congress. Also, wouldn’t it be great if the 2nd, 3rd (Pat Dowell hooray!) and 4th wards were all represented by independent (please Bob be one) alderman. As long as he can find city hall.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Jack was one of my colleagues in the room when Bob Fioretti asked for my birthday cake. It was Jack who coined the term, "pulling a Fioretti." -Mike Doyle]

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