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Postby bicycle made for two » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:36 pm

this BEZ investigation from January on how governmental revenue from video gambling has fallen far short of initial projections since 2009 single-handedly changed my mind about legalizing gambling in Chicago. I used to be pretty blase about it - who cares, sure, can't hurt - but this now seems like absolutely terrible, regressive policy. very glad we don't legally have it in this city
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Postby bicycle made for two » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:45 pm



damn, Rep. Kelly was a top aide to Preckwinkle in the county right before she ran for the House in 2013. increasingly convinced that Lightfoot has one of the runoff spots locked down
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Postby tgk » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:51 pm

ugh
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Postby Fullscreen » Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:10 pm

bicycle made for two wrote:this BEZ investigation from January on how governmental revenue from video gambling has fallen far short of initial projections since 2009 single-handedly changed my mind about legalizing gambling in Chicago. I used to be pretty blase about it - who cares, sure, can't hurt - but this now seems like absolutely terrible, regressive policy. very glad we don't legally have it in this city

thanks for this. citations needed covered it recently as well:
Episode 63: Gambling and Neoliberal Rot - How Our Most Regressive Tax Flies Under the Radar https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/citationsneeded/CN63_20190123_gambling_balzarini_bernal.mp3
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Postby tgk » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:33 pm

you know this race is depressing when your best case scenario won't even make you happy. if michelle obama announced a write in campaign today she could blast through that 50% threshold like it didn't matter.
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Postby pokethedoke » Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:22 pm

fuck I want some eduardos
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Postby Fullscreen » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:41 pm

oh here's more on why state-sanctioned gambling is Pretty Bad (feat. ongoing dystopia thread):
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Postby nosebleeds » Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:34 pm

Early voted today. I think the people there were surprised that anyone walked through the door.
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Postby tgk » Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:41 pm

who'd you pick out of the shithole of mayoral candidates (if you don't mind divulging)
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Postby nosebleeds » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:41 pm

Preckwinkel.
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Postby Kuboaa » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:04 pm

yeah, I voted for Toni too, it was pretty depressing
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Postby razzle » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:05 pm

I held my nose and voted toni today. I honestly stood at my booth for 20 minutes


Also does anyone have 2 extra bauhaus tickets for tomorrow
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Postby Fullscreen » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:13 pm

y'all voted for some socialist aldermanic candidates where applicable though, yeah?
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Postby Kuboaa » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:15 pm

of course
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Postby tgk » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:18 pm

Really interested to see wholl replace solis in my ward field looks wide open
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Postby nosebleeds » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:21 pm

Fullscreen wrote:y'all voted for some socialist aldermanic candidates where applicable though, yeah?

Rossanna Rodriguez. Does that count?
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Postby pablito » Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:19 pm

i was sending GOTV texts at carlos rosa’s office today and got a very snippy reply from lori lightfoot lol
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Postby Fullscreen » Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:33 pm

nosebleeds wrote:
Fullscreen wrote:y'all voted for some socialist aldermanic candidates where applicable though, yeah?

Rossanna Rodriguez. Does that count?

hell yeah.
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Postby tgk » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:27 am

very interesting poll here

Chicago’s historic mayoral race remains wide open with Toni Preckwinkle, Bill Daley and Lori Lightfoot tied with 14 percent and Susana Mendoza at 10 percent in an online/English-only poll conducted over the weekend. (Poll memo here.)


The survey shows 4 percent are unsure about how to vote, down from polls a few weeks ago that had undecideds as high as 20 percent.

The poll was commissioned by 270 Strategies, the consulting firm started by Obama 2012 campaigners. The firm’s partner, Hari Sevugan, says it’s not advising any of the 14 mayoral candidates vying for the seat being vacated by Rahm Emanuel. Change Research conducted the survey. Some highlights:

Numbers down the line: Gery Chico (9%), Willie Wilson (9%), Jerry Joyce (8%), Paul Vallas (6%), Garry McCarthy (5%), Amara Enyia (4%), Bob Fioretti (2%), Neal Sales-Griffin (1%), LaShawn Ford (1%) and John Kozlar (0%).

Voter breakdown: African American voters favor Preckwinkle, Lightfoot and Wilson. Hispanic and Latinx voters like Chico and Mendoza. Among female voters, Preckwinkle and Daley lead. And male voters like Lightfoot and Daley.

Hypothetical runoffs: Lightfoot beats Preckwinkle, Daley and Mendoza. Mendoza beats Preckwinkle and Daley. And Daley beats Preckwinkle.
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Postby bicycle made for two » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:56 pm

my final guess:

Lightfoot: 23%
Preck: 19%
Daley: 18%
Chico: 11%
Mendoza: 10%
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Postby tgk » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:01 pm

a lightfoot/preckwinkle runoff would be quite the scene
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Postby Kuboaa » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:46 pm

I'll take that over anybody/Daley
still gonna be a dumpster fire
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Postby tgk » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:48 pm

daley seems like a shoo-in for the runoff, who else are the rich and racist whites gonna vote for?
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Postby kirito » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:41 pm

hey guys vote lightfoot over toni ok peace
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Postby bicycle made for two » Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:33 am

turnout was pretty danged low in my precinct this morning, hope it picks up the rest of the day

also smh at these age breakdowns

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Postby goldsoundz » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:14 am

i voted a little before 7 at truman college and it was pretty empty. stark contrast to november when i had to wait 20 minutes at the same time

granted the ballot is a lot shorter for this one but yeah. the awful mayoral candidates is probably gonna re-elect a few bad incumbent alderman
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Postby tgk » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:21 am

I can't even be mad at people for not voting this go around, I've never seen a more dispiriting slate of candidates. Its all triage and damage control to avoid a true disaster like daley getting elected and that's not a very motivating thing for most people.
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Postby wuk » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:24 am

I last minute switched to Lori over Toni.

Nobody was there. Bare bones ballott, no referendums or anything. Just mayor, clerk, treasurer and alderman.
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Postby darger » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:27 am

waguespeck was uncontested so i only had three.

i voted lori.
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