Junior Takes On Beavers

The Chicago Tribune published an op-ed piece by Jesse Jackson,Jr. (free subscription may be required) that thoroughly raps William Beavers.

Stroger's outrageous $888 million tax hike plan would add 1,100 new jobs—after laying off hundreds of nurses and frontline health-care providers. It shortchanges the sheriff's police—but adds "administrative" jobs, apparently for Stroger's families and friends.

Hoping to obscure this ugly truth is dinosaurus-erectus, a.k.a. Stroger's floor leader and self-professed "hog with the big nuts," County Commissioner William Beavers. He seeks to deflect attention from bloated incompetent mismanagement by saying opponents to Stroger's taxes are racists.

The entire piece reads like this, and several commenters give it, and Jackson, props. On the other hand, some commenters see it as just a ploy for Junior, who has his own political ambitions. I don't know enough about him to speak either way. I can certainly appreciate that perspective. However, the point Jackson makes is valid, and I hope this doesn't turn into a 'pot meet kettle' moment.