Karen Vs Rahm The Choice Is Yours Chicago

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• Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, says she’ll challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel if no one else will.

I was driving home down Western Avenue, listening to the NBA draft, when the call came in from my man, Mick Dumke.

Still, I haven’t felt so good about a breaking political story in this town since the International Olympic Committee gave Chicago the heave-ho in its bid for the 2016 Olympics. Thus saving you, me, and every other taxpayer gazillions of dollars in taxes.

For the last eight years of his reign, Mayor Daley never had any serious opposition, despite all the corruption and scandals.

Me: Why?

“I’m a little sick of the mayor and I don’t see anyone stepping up,” she told FitzPatrick.

Like her or not, you’ve got to go back to Harold Washington or Ralph Metcalfe to find a big-name player on Chicago’s political stage with her kind of guts. I mean, she backs down from no bullies.