tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post9169075579215215463..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Right Away I Learned I Was Working for a Liberal Governorand I Mean a
Liberal; He Rejects Plan to Have Legislature Fill a Deficit Gap.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-41194215652030778922006-09-12T11:21:18.000-05:002006-09-12T11:21:18.000-05:00I said, Elmer, youre not looking at the partisan...I said, Elmer, youre not looking at the partisanship angle of this. The DFL will attack this and will side with the utilities and will endeavor to become the champion of the utilities.<br><br>Tom, do yo see any similarities with your story and the City of Chicago's big box wage ordinance? One difference: Daley is politically astute; your man appears not to have been.<br><br>By vetoing the big box wage ordinance Daley may alienate some white liberals, but those in the black community who believe Chicago would lose retailers if it passes can't gripe about Daley supporting policies that discourage those retailers from setting up shop in their neighborhoods. Had this ordinance been brought up immediately after an election, I wouldn't have been surprised if Daley signed on. (Solution: national legislation)<br><br>By the way, how can Jesse Jackson, Jr. run on the core project of his tenure as congressman -- the airport in the cornfields of Peotone outside of his district and some 30 miles south of Chicago -- to the voters of Chicago if he runs for mayor?Bob in PFnoreply@blogger.com