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Mitch Weiner's avatar

With all the shootings that have occurred on the highways which are not counted in the city of Chicago statistics the crime numbers are even more frightening than what are presented publicly. Until the issue of organized crimes' involvement, i. e., Street gangs in particular, and the bribe money they pay to Kim Foxx's office and others to allow their enforcers out of jails and prisons with just a slap on the wrist, this will continue. Until you remove handcuffs from law enforcement and allow law enforcement to place handcuffs on the criminals, this will continue. A once truly great city has fallen into disrepair and if responsibility for addressing that disrepair is not taken in the next few months or year, Chicago will go the way of Detroit. As the Baby Boomers continue to retire and move away, fewer of them will keep a primary or secondary residence in Chicago.

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Jeffrey Carter's avatar

I didn't even consider highway shootings. It's not just the Dan Ryan, but Eisenhower and Kennedy too. Satirically, they are shooting at you as you leave town.

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Contarini's avatar

Ds are funny. They destroy the places they take over. At some deep level they are actually malevolent, not just mistaken, or stupid.

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Jeffrey Carter's avatar

It's a bit different than that. They see themselves as some sort of benevolent ruler, that is making great policy and helping poor people. The reality is, they are hurting them. The policy they make doesn't really affect them-or they will do it when they are being seen and have to virtue signal, but it isn't something they do in daily life. Watch GothamGal.com's blog for a hint at how these things are framed. When NYC got tough during Covid, she decamped to her multi-million dollar Hampton home. In the winter, her multi-million dollar LA home.

I don't care where someone lives and if they have money, by all means live in whatever house you want. Doesn't matter to me. But, don't pretend to be empathetic to the common person's life. They aren't in touch with that.

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Scott Garl's avatar

She really is textbook!

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