Everyone by now knows that Don Gordon will not go quietly, especially when there is evidence of votes being cast by folks who live in vacant buildings, among other problems. Is that an oxymoron by chance?
I saw Tom W's take on it, and he may have a point about the affidavit. Having sat on a hot seat and testified during an arbitration over the firing of an employee (I lost because my predecessors failed to act, let alone act timely) I can appreciate what it takes to come up with a document that will withstand the rigors of judicial review. Tom also notes that the precincts identified are mostly black and infers a racist twist to this. I wonder if he has considered that JoMo's folks may have targeted these very precincts to perpetrate voting irregularities because he could exert more influence with less hassle. Or is he looking for a polite way to call Eva McCann a liar?
I hope this filing doesn't add to further division in the community. The Truth Is Out There, and I hope we all see it soon.
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Tom also notes that the precincts identified are mostly black and infers a racist twist to this. I wonder if he has considered that JoMo's folks may have targeted these very precincts to perpetrate voting irregularities because he could exert more influence with less hassle.
I'd guess that this is exactly the reason why JoMo's folks picked these precincts. The fact that we have more votes than registered voters in some precincts gives new life to the old phrase "vote early and often."
Kheris:
I appreciate your reasoned approach to all of this. I don't think anything Don will do will increase the division that exists in this ward. Was Joe guilty of electioneering? Yes, we have photographs of that. Is Don a racist? No, we do not have any evidence of that. Do we know that Joe took campaign contributions from people who had zoning matters before him? Yes, his D2's are evidence of that. Did Don take a large campaign contribution because he was committed to espousing Republican causes? No, there is no evidence of that nor has there ever been. If there is any way to heal the divisions in this community, it would be by Joe standing up like a man and apologizing to Don for all the lies he and his associates spewed forth about a guy who has lived in and cared about this community for decades, a man whose campaign was grassroots, largely void of professional staff and run on a shoestring. A man who, in truth, probably would have beaten Joe Moore had Joe not embraced the old style Chicago politics he claims to be against in public.
Sigh.
Bottom line - Joe's not going to heal this community by planting a bunch of flowers with his son and girlfriend on 5/5. And I don't think he wants to. If it serves his purposes, he will make sure that the polarization of this community continues. It is the tactic of "divide and conquer."
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