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The [Wednesday] Papers
The next Papers column will appear over the weekend.
To follow up, sort of, on part of yesterday's column, there is a third person in the race for Cook County Assessor: Andrea Raila.
Raila seems like a worthy candidate except for the fact that she got in the race relatively late - after Fritz Kaegi - as noted by the Beachwood Bookmaking Bureau. The Bureau sees things like this:
Joe Berrios gets the Dem nomination for Cook County Assessor: 50 percent. He shouldn't, of course, but he is the Machine.Fritz Kaegi gets the Dem nomination: 30 percent. Got started early, though hasn't picked up much traction. Still.
Andrea Raila gets the Dem nomination: 20 percent. Her second shot at Berrios; could become the better alternative.
Raila ran against Berrios in 2009. Here's a blog post I wrote about her then, noting, among other things, kind words about her from Ben Joravsky and Studs Terkel.
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Raila didn't get to Election Day back then. Berrios forced her off the ballot.
"The Machine will assess your taxes," I wrote. "Barring a surprise Republican insurgency, Cook County Democratic Party Chairman and Machine Monster Joe Berrios will be the next Cook County Assessor. He will value your property for the purposes of taxing it to fund government operations and Machine shenanigans."
I also argued then for a change in balloting rules, which has not been forthcoming.
For a deeper dive, see one of the pieces I'm most proud of: Rahm's Rules: Part 1.
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The good news today is that it looks like Kaegi will survive a ballot challenge by Berrios.
Raila, too, is expected to survive a challenge by Berrios, according to the Tribune. But Kaegi has also challenged Raila's ballot petition signatures and, in the Trib report, sounds more aggressive about it than the Berrios camp. Of course, it would be to Kaegi's advantage - and Berrios's disadvantage - to get the incumbent in a one-on-one match-up instead of Raila possibly dividing the anti-Berrios vote, as the Trib notes.
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Meanwhile, the Cook County ethics board (yes, there is one) has fined Berrios and Kaegi has filed a defamation suit against him.
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P.S.: I missed this from October, just came across it today: "Berrios Opponent Plagued By Fake Websites."
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Reminder: Joe Berrios is the chairman of the Democratic Party of Cook County. Rahm Emanuel and Toni Preckwinkle and a whole lot of other Democrats continue to stand by him after years of nepotism, cronyism and all-around malfeasance.
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New on the Beachwood today . . .
Media Hyperreality
If journalists ever engaged in self-reflection, they would show more interest in people like media theorist Jean Baudrillard.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Chicago Dude Plays Bongos Over "Everyday I Write The Book."
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BeachBook
One Way Sanctuary Cities Are Safer Than Non-Sanctuary Cities.
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MSNBC Ignores Catastrophic U.S.-Backed War In Yemen.
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Standard Depression Survey May Not Work As Well For Black Teens.
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For Some In America, Including Chicago, China's Looming Surveillance Nightmare Is Here.
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Kadner: Don't Just Close Veterans Home, Close The Whole State.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
This is ludicrous. Trump claims "a lot" of TV anchors sent him "letters" claiming his immigration meeting was "one of the greatest meetings they've ever witnessed" even though their bosses made them do negative coverage. https://t.co/YTm0JF6BeR
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 10, 2018
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Yesterday, professional journalists praised Donald Trump for remembering the names of members of congress who were *sitting around a table with name placards in front of them*
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 10, 2018
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Some have said this is a shameless way of denying accountability for a tragic situation and turning it into political opportunity. Let me be crystal clear. It is.
Veterans Home at Quincy: Some have said they want this Home to close. I came here because I wanted to see first-hand the nature of service and care. Let me be crystal clear. I do not support closing this facility. pic.twitter.com/9LOP2ibpPn
— Bruce Rauner (@GovRauner) January 10, 2018
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Who is behind him - Rahm?
This is how broken our campaign finance system is. Like Jeb Bush, this candidate was involved in formation of supposedly "independent" super PAC, making a mockery of rules. @FEC must act. https://t.co/8HYcOhvBQS @MarkBrownCST via @suntimes
— Sheila Krumholz (@skrmhlz) January 10, 2018
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OTD in 2013: What Rahm Saw In Vietnam https://t.co/xGc2aQHyIV
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 10, 2018
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If there's ever been a party structured around race and gender, it's the modern-day Republican party.
How can #Democrats deny the presidential nomination to #Oprah2020? The can't & they know it. A party restructured around racial/gender identity politics welcomes its queen. Please Oprah, may I have another? https://t.co/Or2hIoSRkR
— John Kass (@John_Kass) January 10, 2018
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Hypersurreality.
Posted on January 10, 2018
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