Mayor Daley and His Brothers Promote Affirmative Action For Certain White People

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on how the Daley brothers get around a federal ban on patronage hiring :

Three Daley brothers, Cook County Commissioner John Daley, former U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley and Michael Daley are on the list as making a few recommendations for job seekers. Other job candidates are referred to on the list as friends of the mayor.

A secretary of Mayor Daley's offered names for job candidates, and one of his bodyguards, Sam Roti, tried to get his wife a city post too.

Current or former mayoral friends, including trucking magnate Michael Tadin and businessman Oscar D'Angelo, grace the list as sponsors.

The Rev. Jack Wall, pastor of Old St. Patrick's Church downtown, which Mayor Daley attends, recommended two people.

Daley's political base, the 11th Ward, came up more than 450 times as the sponsoring ward for job candidates.

It's amazing that Daley thinks a bunch of white people from his old neighborhood are the most qualified people to hold city jobs.The private sector doesn't work this way.The Democratic party in Chicago sure is "progressive".