By Steve Rhodes
Chicago has elected as its mayor a black woman with a white wife and a daughter who lives in my neighborhood, loves craft beer and eats at Taqueria Moran. Also the first time since I moved here in 1992 that a mayoral candidate I voted for won. Now we hold her accountable. https://t.co/fhxZqGwqtH
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 3, 2019
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My other golden Election Day tweets are too numerous to embed here, so go see them in their original form. You won’t be disappointed!
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And maybe all night, who knows.
I’ll be offering my election analysis to anyone within shouting distance all day as I sit here at Logan Bar in the new mayor’s neighborhood. Tune in!
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 3, 2019
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Beachwood 2023.
Encouraging our very own Tim Willette to run against Lori Lightfoot in four years under the slogan, “Bring in the Dark.”
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 3, 2019
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New on the Beachwood . . .
Who’s With Who?
Find out which aldermen were with Lightfoot and which were against going into Election Day. A new roadmap to power in the city council.
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The Political Odds
Updated with results. See how The Beachwood Bookmaking Bureau did.
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Scene Report: Ward 1, Precinct 19
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ChicagoReddit
Well, their most popular story is essentially a puffy press release about Preckwinkle, which the campaign shared a zillion times, so there’s that.
I never thought Chicago Mag was all that great, and now, after a historic election, their first article is about the best restaurants in the suburbs. Is Chicago Mag just bad? from r/chicago
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Prayer Lines Are Open.
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BeachBook
Mark Zuckerberg Does Not Speak For The Internet.
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TweetWood
A non-Election Day sampling.
Mueller should have made him sit for an interview. https://t.co/S1KLt4S9o8
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 2, 2019
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Libertarian paradise. But at least we’ll have more freedom!
FAA approved @Boeing ‘s shift to a nose-diving plane without proper study.
Safety comish allowed @Britax to keep selling strollers that kept crashing.
Now, pork industry will oversee more inspections of the meat they sell us.@kimberlykindy https://t.co/QhX51Lg7F8
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) April 3, 2019
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I see the Airport in the Forest concept won out. Seems like more of a Portland idea. https://t.co/6aH6Rh36uo
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 2, 2019
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The Beachwood McRibTipLine: Wooden.
Posted on April 3, 2019