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Corruption Scandal Loosening Mayor Daley's Grip on Chicago
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 05, 2006 10:33pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Saturday, January 7, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By JODI WILGOREN
Published: January 6, 2006
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 - Mayor Richard M. Daley was explaining away $48 million in overruns for renovation of a terminal at O'Hare International Airport when a regular at his daily news conferences asked if the mayor would be reciting a similar refrain, five or 10 years hence, for busting the budget in his $15 billion expansion of the airport.
"I'm coming back in five or 10 years?" Mr. Daley replied. "Thank you!"
It used to be that no one (let alone the mayor himself) questioned the longevity of Mr. Daley, the country's longest-serving big-city mayor whose staggering margins in four re-elections earned him the name originally bestowed on his father, the legendary political boss Richard J. Daley - Mayor for Life.
But mired for months in the most difficult stretch of his mayoralty and with a ballooning corruption scandal swirling ever closer to his City Hall suite, Mr. Daley has lost some of his political luster. He faces opposition on the City Council he long controlled. Ordinary voters lob accusatory questions his way. And for the first time since Mr. Daley took office 16 years ago, a serious and well-known politician from his own Democratic Party, Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., is doing early legwork for a possible challenge in next year's mayoral race.
"You can fool some of the people for 16 years - the question is whether the people want to be fooled for 20 years," Mr. Jackson said in an interview, sounding every bit the candidate, though he insists that, for now, he is only seeking re-election to his Congressional seat. |
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