Political Winds

Following Toni's lead I came across this. The most important comment, IMHO is this:

49th Ward (Rogers Park): These words describe David Fagus: Irrelevant, obscure and politically impotent. As the ward's Democratic committeeman, he can take about 1 percent of the credit for re-electing Alderman Joe Moore.

In the highly transient ward, Moore, who has been an alderman since 1991, won in April by just 247 votes, with 50.9 percent of the vote against Don Gordon. Moore had 3,657 votes in the municipal election and 3,862 votes in the runoff. In 2004 Fagus, a Moore protege, was elected committeeman with 3,679 votes, to 1,714 for Mike Harrington, Gordon's 2007 campaign manager.

Harrington will run again in 2008, with the backing of Gordon's organization. If he wins, it will be another indication of Moore's weakness.

According to ward sources, Moore may retire in 2011 and back community activist Katy Hogan, 2007 loser Jim Ginderske (who got 13 percent of the vote), or Fagus, if he's still the committeeman, for his post.

Dare I ask who may get Moore's support? Ass-kissing will be paramount here. And just what does Joey think he is retiring to? Hopefully not a Congressional seat, because I promise you I'll be out there campaigning against him. The Peter Principle may be alive and well, but that doesn't mean we need to live with it in action.