Sweet Home Chicago
Sure, it’s got elevated rapid transit, two pro-baseball teams (including the World Series champs), it gets shit done—like build a huge new park in the middle of downtown—instead talking shit to death, and the city doesn’t collapse in a puddle of tears every time there’s a piddling little riot.
Today’s news, though, brought another good reason to love Chicago, my home town…
Thanks but no thanks.That’s Chicago’s answer to an invitation to submit a bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention.
The Republican National Committee said yesterday that Chicago and 30 other cities were selected to submit bids explaining why they’d be a good choice to host the 2008 convention.
But a spokeswoman for Mayor Richard Daley says City Hall isn’t interested.
Hey, Greg Nickels: You want to be Seattle’s Mayor Daley, but you fucked your city out of rapid transit, which a Daley would never do. Here’s a chance to redeem yourself, if only a little: If Seattle is one the other twenty-nine thirty asked to submit a bid to host the Rs in 2008, act like a Daley and tell the Rs to fuck off. Come on! Act like a big city mayor for once!
You know, with our rep, I'd be surprised if the GOP considered our town for a convention, unless they held it in Bellevue.