The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday blamed his dismal showing in a New York Times poll on “40 years” of financial neglect of Chicago’s South and West sides — not on disenchantment with him.
One year after the mayor’s second inauguration, 62 percent of those surveyed disapproved of Emanuel’s performance as mayor. Only 25 percent approved of the job the mayor is doing.
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Without mentioning former Mayor Richard M. Daley by name, Emanuel laid the blame squarely on the doorstep of his predecessor and political mentor.
“Look. Over forty years, there has been a de-investment in the South Side and the West Side of the city. In four or five years, I’m not going to change that,” the mayor said at a South Side event called to highlight the city’s summer jobs program.
No word yet this story from Barack Obama who prefers one-party political rule.
