Mayor Daley's Regime Compared to Police State and Criminal Enterprise

Chicago media critic Steve Rhodes has some pointed words for Mayor Daley:

The Daley administration is perhaps unique in the annals of American history in simultaneously placing its citizens under the control of both a police state and an organized criminal enterprise.

For more excellent reporting by Steve Rhodes, click on this piece on Chicago's most famous Clown. For a look at Mayor Daley's friend who's a domestic terrorist. For a look at the Chicago Police's SOS unit. For a look at the man at the head of the Machine, click on this.