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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Thousands turn out in the cold for Chicago mayoral forum

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Thousands turn out in the cold for Chicago mayoral forum

Thousands turn out in the cold for Chicago mayoral forum

M. Klonsky photo
Rahm a no-show. Chico leaves early.

UIC's Forum was packed last night. Nearly 3,000 turned out, mainly from the city's community and social-service orgs, in the bitter cold, under the banner of New Chicago-201l. This poor frost-bitten soul was one of them. Big money candidate Rahm Emanuel wasn't, and his absence united the crowd with a round of boos.
The 2,800-strong crowd booed. They probably would have booed Emanuel if he had attended. The