BRANDON JOHNSON was polling at just 2% a few months ago but when several Chicago mayoral candidates cancelled each other in the primary, it allowed Johnson to take advantage of a perfect storm and absorb the votes of the primary losers which gave him just enough votes to out distance PAUL VALLAS and win the seat at city hall so congratulations to him.
Johnson inherits a myriad of problems including rising crime, a short staffed police department and rising property taxes. The west and south sides are like the wild, wild west and Johnson plans to bring big businesses into those areas to provide stability and jobs to those beleaguered communities. Good luck with that.
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It seems that shootings have become a daily occurrence and we are becoming numb to them. Three shot here, six shot there and so on and so on and the shooters have no connection to the victims or their families. I just don't get it. AND I HAD NO SOONER TYPED THIS when the news from Louisville broke with 5 killed and 8 others wounded inside a bank, which makes mass shooting #146 for this calendar year.
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Ok, here's one for the smile department: Man walks up to the teller at a bank in Waterloo, Iowa and initially asks to cash a check and the teller requests his driver's license which he already has in his left hand but the man pulls a gun with his right and he quietly and politely tells her that it's a holdup and to fill his plastic bag with cash. She follows orders and hands him the cash.
He leaves quickly and leaves his driver's license on the counter.
Local law enforcement was waiting AT HIS HOUSE when he walked up the sidewalk with the bag stuck in his shirt and twirling the gun like a cowboy. No bullets. Case closed.
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WALMART has decided to close 4 Chicago stores due to the stores losing "tens of millions" every year and the losses have doubled since 2018 as internal theft and people 'jobbing' the automatic checkout stands by only ringing up 40% of what they had in their baskets.
Pretty simple decision, right? But the corporation is being vilified by the affected neighborhoods for not 'trying hard enough' to overcome the problems. WHAT???? If you'd stop stealing in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. Reap what ye sow.
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So the Democrats will be in Chicago for their 2024 convention and the Republicans will be just up the north shore in Milwaukee. Great news for the local economies but the traffic will absolutely suck for at least a week. Gotta give to get.
Today's poll says that 34% of the people trust PRESIDENT BIDEN and 25% trust donald trump. But does trust convert into votes? We'll see.
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Is Justice Clarence Thomas as arrogant as I think he is??
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Done for now. Enjoy the weather.
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