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Elections
January 27, 2011
Illinois Supreme Court: Rahm Emanuel on Chicago mayor ballot
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From the Chicago Tribune:
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor of Chicago, saying in a unanimous decision that he meets the state’s residency requirements despite spending most of the last year as White House chief of staff.
The decision came without a moment to spare; early voting for the Feb. 22 city election begins Monday, Jan. 31. You can read the opinion by clicking here.
“The voters deserved the right to make the choice of who should be mayor. And what the Supreme Court said basically, in short, that the voters should make the decicions of who will be mayor,” a victorious Emanuel said after slapping backs and shaking hands with commuters at the Clark and Lake elevated train stop near his downtown headquarters.
“The nice part was to be able to tell the news to voters, because a lot of people had not heard it,” Emanuel said.
Read more at ChicagoTribune.com.
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Amazing display of Chicago politics! Even the State Supreme Court can define RESIDENCY within the city of Chicago as including actually living in Washington, D.C.
Something about changing the law to accommodate some is foreboding… it certainly it should be to Jews who should be sensitive to selective application of the law.