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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Mayor's Race

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Mayor's Race

The Mayor's Race

Chicago's Louisiana Purchase?

Chicago mayoral candidate and Mayor Daley's hand-picked former school board prez, Gery Chico tried to think of something clever to say after rivalMiguel del Valle came out strongly against Daley's sell-off of the city's parking spaces. A spokeswoman for Chico issued a statement Friday saying:
“Gery thinks the parking meter deal was the worst since the Louisiana Purchase."
I don't know what beef Chico has with the Louisiana Purchase. I mean, the U.S. got all of present-day Arkansas