Twangbanger
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- Oct 9, 2010
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This is quite possibly true. But there is also another possible interpretation. Remember that although the differences between Ms. Lightfoot and Ms. Preckwinkle may seem like big things to those inside the Chicago machine, in the greater scheme of things, they aren't that different in the direction they would take the city. One is a little more tied to the teacher's unions than the other, but they are both ultimately responsible to some of the same constituencies. On Education, both are opposed to closing any more city schools. Both are opposed to granting the creation of any more Charter Schools. The differences in how they will run the city are mostly the differences between frick and frack. "The movement" is going to be happy with either of them.
Viewed through that lens, does Foxx's act make her radioactive, or does it make her untouchable? She may lose her job through sheer alliance-loyalty, but I think although she may lose the battle, she won the war. You are talking about a city stuffed with people who have an alternative view of history and justice. When she expunged Jussie Smollett's record, Kim Foxx identified herself as a lackey for the "justice movement;" someone who believes the ends justify the means. It is a world within itself, where people can create their own reality. She will be holding down a spot on somebody's payroll.
