Lori Lightfoot AKA "The Rona Destroyer", Is Up To Her Old Hijinks. Again, This Is Real Life.
So this dropped over the weekend.
One of the first things I saw when I opened the twitter on Sunday morning. Just a brutal way to start your day.
At first I thought they recycled old footage. After the backlash from her last debacle where she strutted out on stage in this costume there is no way "the rona destroyer" would suit up again right?
RIGHT?
Wrong.
Her and her bonehead buddy either didn't get the memo, or are so tone-deaf, they decided to run it back with this embarrassing charade because the rest of the country doesn't think Chicago is a big enough joke already.
Legit Blank Man but in real life.
p.s. - I get a lot of people thinking I hate Lori Lightfoot. For the record, I do not. I think she is a good person deep down. I voted for her (in the run-off). But who she is as a person, and the platform she ran on is not how she is governing the City of Chicago. And that's where my problem with her lies.
She ran as a non-conformist, somebody who would shake up the establishment. (Nothing gets my juices flowing more than somebody who wants to break up the establishment). She made a career of putting people on the stand for abusing positions of power, and her platform was an extension of that. No more aldermanic privilege. No more "Chicago Way". Even if it was a pipe dream, it was refreshing. And noble. And altruistic.
I think she means well. I genuinely do. But she is in SO FAR over her head she's lost. And Chicago as a city is suffering for it. It all started with alienating and ostracizing the city's police force almost immediately after taking office. Throwing them under the bus repeatedly. Then everything went downhill. The whole Juicy Smollet/Kim Foxx debacle wasn't her fault but how she handled Kim Foxx with kid gloves spoke volumes.
Then you've got the protests turned riots. Being caught with your pants down the first time was an eye-opener to her and her staffs lack of logic. But letting it occur a second time was an indictment on her character. Refusing federal assistance in the form of the national guard because you wanted to stand up to the president and letting your citizens, businesses, and tax base pay the price is the epitome of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
A major campaign promise was to clean up the city's finances in the form of ticketing, fees, and taxes. That tune has quickly changed as the budget deficit has only grown.
As has the insistence that property taxes wouldn't continue to grow. HA.
While in the meantime, the city's crime rate is at an all-time high
And her and JB's focus is shutting down small business bars and restaurants above all else.
We've got more new restrictions in place now where last call is at 9 and you can get shut down if you have anybody in your establishment past 10pm. Since the virus only comes out at 10:05 you know?
Also if you have too many patrons in your restaurant (51 or 40% of your capacity, whichever is fewer) you can get fined $10,000. But if you're Nordstrom or Whole Foods you can have as many as you'd like and your stock doesn't dip.
JB also told the state last week that we're not allowed to have more than 6 people over our houses for Thanksgiving this year. That won't stop him from eating for 6 though.
p.p.s. - maybe I'm actually in the minority on this one?
p.p.p.s. - In a stunning turn of events I think this lady has overtaken Lori for "THE worst"
(keep it moving, keep it moving)
100% that lady in the neighborhood with the weird kids nobody wants to play with but has to, who disciplines other people's kids and tells the parents how they should parent. Everybody hates that lady.
h/t bader