Last Stand for Children First: Last Stand for Children First endorses Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor

Last Stand for Children First: Last Stand for Children First endorses Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor

Last Stand for Children First endorses Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor

by Last Stand for Children

As an organization with a national outreach, it is unusual for LastStand to get involved in local politics. However, a true hero of education reform has arrived in Chicago and he's promising to take Chicago's miracle Renaissance 2010 and make it even Renaissancier in the years to come.

Emanuel returns to Chicago from serving his country in Washington DC, where he deserves much of the credit for taking a vaguely optimistic and undoubtedly historic figure in President Obama and taking him from his election day victory over John McCain to his current popularity.

Rahm has just the attitude to stand up to teacher's unions and he proved it while working for the Obama administration when he let it be clear in no uncertain turns that he wished to "F*** the UAW." This is a man who will not be intimidated by union thuggery.

Chicago faces some very difficult financial times ahead in part because of Mayor Daley's disastrous deal leasing