Mayor Emanuel: a tough leader for a tough city, or just an a-hole?
by Ben Joravsky
During the 2011 mayoral campaign, I kept hearing a refrain from voters, especially relatively well-to-do north-siders: a tough town needs a tough guy for its mayor. ¶ Or, as one put it as we stood in line at a Starbucks on Montrose: "We need an asshole."…[ Read more ]