Thursday, December 11, 2014

Rahm Forgets He Was Youngest Member on Freddie Mac Board Without Any Housing Experience :Rahm Blasts Governor's Appointment of 30 Year Old Political Aid to Sports Authority Job


The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday blasted outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn for muscling his former campaign manager into the job of executive director of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority as the lame-duck Democrat prepares to leave office.

Emanuel portrayed Chicago taxpayers as the big losers now that Quinn’s choice — 30-year-old Lou Bertuca —has been handed a two-year contract to run the state agency that built and manages U.S. Cellular Field and rebuilt Soldier Field.
Rahm knows all about youth and inexperience: he was the youngest person on the Freddie Mac board of directors , with no experience in the housing market. To be a politically connected hack can be quite lucrative. The $18 million investment banker is calling someone out for their "youth". Where's Elizabeth Warren when you need her? Rahm was "the top 5 percent of investment bankers." All without an MBA!