Because John Kass is just an embarrassment. It’s as if he’s holed up in his office worried about who is conspiring against him and the community at large. He’s a famous low talker who always finds the conspiracy regardless of evidence and must be feeling like James DiLeo is taking away his binky by retiring. Capitol Fax has more on his fantasies about Tom Dart:
* John Kass continues to make stuff up…
[Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has] been offered up to voters as a young progressive independent, even though he’s also beholden to the Southwest Side political oligarchs.
The other day, Kass said Dart would run once he received the expected endorsement of Mike Madigan. Dart and Madigan are not allies. Far from it. So now, Kass appears to be recycling this charge without including a name so he can’t be called out as a serial fantasist.
By far, Kass has attempted to destroy more people with unsubstantiated nonsense than anyone else in the Chicago media. Dart’s late father was, indeed, a powerful behind the scenes player in city politics. But Dart himself has done a very good job of proving his independence. His connections have and will definitely help him, no doubt about it, but as I’ve said many times before the South Side Irish are not some monolithic beast, no matter how hard Kass tries to make them so.
Kass learned politics at the feet of Eddie Vrdolyak. Fast Eddie hated the Irish, except for Ed Burke. Kass often quotes Burke in a favorable manner. See? Two can play this game.
Dart is who I am generally leaning to in terms of support for full disclosure, but regardless of that, this wouldn’t even make good blogging. It’s factually wrong and that the Tribune continues to publish him is a clear sign of how the paper has fallen in standards.