Erin Go Chuy: Leprechauns endorse Garcia
Forget last night's contentious debateand all those fancy-schmancy mayoral endorsements from newspapers and presidents of the United States and other big shots. The endorsement that Chicago has been waiting for this St. Paddy's Day finally is out, and the leprechauns have spoken.
According to a press release out this morning, Local 317 of the Amalgamated Brotherhood of Leprechauns has has thrown its weight behind Jesus "Chuy" Garcia—or, perhaps O'Garcia, I should say. The stated reason: "Pots of gold and rainbows (are) at risk."
Says ABLMSM Secretary-general Kelly Carney Ambrose in the release (before disappearing), "Rahm Emanuel has been a disaster for everyday leprechauns, perhaps mistaking us for Chicago schoolchildren. His TIF-funded shillelagh to Chicago's finances also has put the pots of gold of working families, and leprechauns, at risk."
Of course, one could argue that Garcia's failure to produce a plan to balance the city's budget and keep it from financial meltdown threatens everyone's pots of gold. But I digress.
OK, SO WHO'S REALLY BEHIND THIS?
Continues the release—which actually came from United Working Families, a progressive coalition that includes the Chicago Teachers Union, SEIU Healthcare and other pro-Garcia groups—"(Emanuel) fits into (Gov.) Bruce Rauner's waistcoat when it comes to the rights of leprechauns to organize, and we have found his promises on school closings to be pure blarney. Chuy Garcia, meanwhile, has laudable facial hair and will preserve the soles of the shoes of working families AND their pots of gold."
One more blast: "Emanuel's rainbow-light cameras have unfairly targeted those leprechauns least able to pay. And under the Emanuel administration, leprechauns have been wrongly targeted for our festive breeches and wee pipes. We weave straw into gold all day for Erin Go Chuy: Leprechauns endorse Garcia - Blogs On Politics - Crain's Chicago Business:
