When considering the curious rift that’s supposedly developed between our governor and mayor, it’s important to remember that they’re actually pals. They’ve vacationed together, drunk really expensive bottles of wine together . . . one even helped the other make his first million.
By the way, while we’re on the subject, the president of SBC at the time was William Daley, brother of Mayor Daley.
The governor’s ostensible purpose was to talk about the need for less governmental red tape in regulating the distribution of liquor licenses—not exactly a burning issue of the day.
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
To boil it down, Rauner says he won’t approve a budget unless Madigan agrees to end collective bargaining rights for many union workers.
The mayor has been largely uninvolved in this fight, watching from the sidelines as though it were taking place in another state. The only time he offers an opinion is when he points out how dysfunctional the state is in contrast to Chicago, where he gets to do whatever he wants, even if it means farming out a $20.5 million no-bid principal consulting contract to a company that also employs the schools CEO.
