He hits a fairly thoughtful note here on the African-American community seeking a single candidate:
But there’s another point here–these people didn’t come together in unity over the same policies. Meeks is fairly different from the other two on social issues and education. The guy with the most administrative success was Meeks. Braun doesn’t support a state income tax increase which is at the core of funding the CPS. What is it that brought these three together?
Transportation Solutions
Support measures to DOUBLE transit ridership in Chicago
Support measures to DOUBLE bicycling usage
Really? What is she going to do that Daley didn’t? Other than wrought iron the man’s next obsession is with bicycles. That doesn’t mean Chicago couldn’t improve, but there’s nothing in what she would do differently.
Web sites hit the high points, but compare it to Chico, Del Valle, or even Rahm. She’s a candidate with few ideas or reasons for being Mayor other than her race.