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...became known that blacks were being hired for patronage jobs at a much higher rate than Hispanics. When Washington suddenly died in 1987 just a few months into his second term, a succession battle split the city. Two years later, 75% of Hispanics deserted the black candidate, city alderman Timothy Evans, and cast their ballots for the winner, Richard M. Daley, son of the late Chicago boss. Explains alderman Luis Gutierrez: "Rich Daley sent a message -- 'I'll build a coalition with Hispanics, and my government will respond...
Perhaps it is still true, as former Chicago Alderman Mathias "Paddy" Bauler said in 1955 after Mayor Richard J. Daley's election, that "Chicago ain't ready for reform...
...even the opposition of the N.A.A.C.P. could prevent Connecticut's Gary Franks from becoming the first black Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1935. Franks, 37, a prosperous real estate investor and a Waterbury alderman, is a fiscal conservative who opposes racial quotas. The Yale graduate hails his win as a classic victory over "tax-and-spend" liberalism...
Everyone suddenly was concerned about the neighborhood. A forum was organized at the local Episcopal Church, St. Martin's. Our Alderman, who seldom appears on Midway Park except to claim credit for someone else's achievements, came, as did the local police commander. Tribune and Chicago News Service guys showed...
...place, but comforting. Marina's employer eulogized her. One of the boys who'd turned her over broke down, saying he wanted to say how sorry he was he never knew her. Marina's tenant told how they'd become fast friends over the past year. Alderman Davis, who maybe met her once, stood up near the end and gave a long-winded speech insisting that Marina Justice Must Not be Forgotten...