The Chicago City Council's black caucus met with state Sen. James Meeks on Monday and agreed to back Meeks' possible third-party gubernatorial bid unless Gov. Blagojevich commits as much as $4 billion during the next four years to African-American causes.Politics is rather a sleazy business.Anyway,it appears the Democratic party in Illinois isn't one,big happy family.This is quite a story because the state has no other strong parties.
"If the governor doesn't meet the needs of the African-American community, then we're not going to support his candidacy, and we're going to move forward with supporting Rev. Meeks," said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Black leaders send Ultimatum To Democratic Governor
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
