Chicago Mayor Daley running for 6th term

[brooklynite]

CHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Monday he will run for a sixth term, a move that could put him in office longer than his legendary father.

"I'm proud of what we've accomplished together to improve the lives of the people of Chicago," Daley, 64, said in announcing his re-election bid.

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Daley had been looking at two formidable opponents to his re-election bid — Democratic U.S. Reps. Luis Gutierrez and Jesse Jackson Jr. But after Democrats won control of Congress last month, the two congressmen chose to keep the higher profile positions awaiting them in Washington.

Other candidates who have said they intend to run for mayor are Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and William "Dock" Walls, a former aide to late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_re_us/chicago_mayor_9

[Catherine Vincent]

1. I guess there's no term limit in Chi town?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Chicago's nuthin'. Out in the suburbs it's practically feudal.

[Bucky]

3. His dad was another great liberal whose reputation was destroyed by Vietnam

As I recall, the original Mayor Daley wasn't even that much of a supporter of the war. But he did stay in office too long and paid the price for that power in becoming too imperial in his management style. With all the little corruption scandals breaking out around Richard Jr, it looks like we've got another political dynasty suffering from the delusion that they own the joint.