Anonymous Alderman calls Mayor Daley's foot soldiers "thugs"

The Chicago Sun-Times has an interesting quote from an Alderman who's are afraid to go on record against Emperor Daley:

aldermen now see a measure of justice in the fact that the renegade organizations the mayor used to govern by fear are at the root of scandal. Chief among them is the Hispanic Democratic Organization, led by Victor Reyes, former director of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

"The single most important fear was this army of thugs that he had on the street. Come election time, all he had to do was snap his fingers, and 500 of them were in your ward kicking your ass," said an alderman who asked to remain anonymous.

Yes,this is a squabble between Democrats.But,you've got to admit having these people run a school system,convention center,or disaster evacuation is kind of frightening.