He’d think he’d want a good street brawl followed by a good drink is my guess. Kass laments the lack of opposition in Chicago Politics.
I’m not so sure. Certainly Harold would have wanted to see the corruption spotlighted–well as long as they weren’t his pals, but he started the path Chicago is on now and I think he’d love to see a city that might be imperfect, but is certainly maintaining itself as world class even in tough times. Does anyone miss Vrdolyak (well besides the Outfit)? Does anyone miss the overtly racist campaigns? Did anyone like the Chicago Public Schools having the worst in the nation as a modifier?
Kass is right in saying that the city needs a loyal opposition, but the city has come a long, long way since 1983 and Daley deserves some credit for that. So does Washington because he started a lot of the improvements. I think Harold is up in heaving smiling down at a beautiful city and watching Barak Obama and some other young turks who don’t have to associate with the thugs that used to run the South and West sides and thinking things will work out just fine….