The Soul of a Cook County Commissioner
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Born and raised in Chicago, I grew up in the “old ranch triangle” area when Paddy Bauer held Christmas parties at the old brewery (either I am over 40 or have a vivid imagination). There were always blacks in the area, then came the “poor whites” followed by the “Hispanics.” The mostly white Irish and Germans fled in a northwesterly direction and the area changed. But having a widowed mother raising three children by herself (I’m the youngest) we could not afford to move.
Re: “White? All Right! More tenure troubles for DePaul,” by Deanna Isaacs, April 7
The Wolf was kind enough not to mention DeRo’s ill-considered defense of Ben Weasel’s punch, something he redacted only after getting called out by his own readers. —Statesman
