Re: “Rush Job,” February 5
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I was astonished, to say the least, that such an article was printed in your “progressive” paper. For a city in such terrible conditions I thought that your writers would be objective in their writings concerning our mayoral candidates. As a concerned native of this city, I felt obligated to inform you that Mr. Bobby Rush has been forming coalitions, not with all the mainstream organizations but with the real people of Chicago: the youth, students, factory workers, unemployed, homeless, gentrified, and oppressed people of this city. He has and is knocking on our doors in the ghetto and lower-class communities. When has the mayor, Daley, ever done that? He only seems to come to our communities when there is a fund-raiser in his honor or that of other elected officials. Don’t they have enough of our money?
As for President Clinton supporting Daley based on our school system, how is it possible that a city with about half of its students dropping out can be a role model for this nation? This is absurd and further reveals how politicians abuse their power and distort the facts during the elections, when the faith and trust of their supporters is barely hanging on by a string.
Youth Organizer
