The $50 million he donated to Irvin would have done much to achieve a higher civic goal if invested instead in depressed areas, delivering what Griffin says he wants: safety, peace and quiet. It evidently never occurred to Griffin to try to buy civic tranquility, instead of wasting his cash on losing candidates like Bruce Rauner or Richard Irvin. Could he be in a snit over his inability to buy political outcomes here that nobody wants?īut at least he’s likely to be more comfortable living in DeSantis-land, where at the moment, right-wing Republicanism holds sway despite threatening to self-destruct from its fits of outrageous, anti-democratic governance, including picking fights with the Disney Corp. It’s reported that billionaire Ken Griffin intends to move his business to Florida. Shame on them for leaving Chicago and its interests twist in the wind. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in all of this? Absent and silent. Other business organizations have recently left the city, and you can be certain that many of those remaining are looking hard at Griffin’s decision as they, too, assess the situation. I do not understand howMayor Lori Lightfoot can come to work every day and not firmly take a stand and finally begin tocrack down on the criminal element. Innocent Chicagoans are beingkilled on a regular basis. I do not agree with him on some of his positions, but on crime he is exactly right. No matter what issue was before the Supreme Court, and there were certainly major ones this year pertaining to guns, religion and abortion, it was obvious to anyone paying attention that decisions were based on personal preferences that had little to do with the Constitution.Ī caption below a New Yorker Magazine cartoon published in 1973 was on point: A judge states, “I’m happy to say that my final judgment of a case is almost always consistent with my prejudgment of the case.” Gene Strohl, Chicagoan transplanted to California Prejudgment of the case And, remember, that is exactly what got humanity through those first million years.
They really have great basic, primitive intuition.
Let’s give those rear-view Republicans a hand. Letters should be a maximum of approximately 375 words. To be considered for publication, letters must include your full name, your neighborhood or hometown and a phone number for verification purposes. SEND LETTERS TO: We want to hear from our readers.
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