November 24, 2021
VIRGINIA RESULT PRESAGES 2022 DEMOCRATIC DRUBBING, AS DEM VOTE DOWN BY 800,000 IN VA
As Stacey Abrams goes so will the Democrats in 2022. Abrams ran for Georgia governor in 2018, lost by 54,723 votes in a 1,976,685 turnout, and then founded the Fair Fight Action voting rights organization to combat what she claimed was “Republican voter suppression.” So successful was she in generating a huge spike in African-American voter turnout in the Atlanta area that Donald Trump lost GA to Biden-Harris. His 2016 win of 266,341 votes in a 3,966,867 turnout was transformed into a 2020 loss of 11,779 in a turnout of 4,935,487. There is no doubt that the Nov. 2 Virginia governor result has had a chilling effect on Democratic recruitment, and on Abram’s intentions. Full Article...
November 17, 2021
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November 10, 2021
D'AMICO'S RESIGNATION ENDS 56-YEAR 'LAURINO DYNASTY'; MIKE KELLY LIKELY SUCCESSOR
It is said that all good things must end. But that does not mean that they can't or won't end badly. Not so with state Representative John D'Amico (D-15), the 59-year old scion of the 39th Ward's 56-year Laurino dynasty, who resigned Nov. 5 after 17 years in Springfield. He had a soft landing, having snagged a six-figure job as political director of Local 130 of the Plumbers Union in July 2019, just after he retired from his job as assistant superintendent for the Chicago water department. That culminated 38 years as a city jobholder, beginning in 1981. Obviously D'Amico's good thing didn't end badly. But his family's dynasty looks like it ended. Full Article...
November 3, 2021
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