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- Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson (wait, who?)
If you’re a nihilist—and it’s hard not to be one around here—these are your glory days as mayoral candidates attempt to throw each other off the ballot for violating this or that absurdly onerous and arbitrarily enforced election ballot access law.
The mayor’s not the only one playing the election-challenge game.
But they call it racism when Mayor Rahm tries to throw Wilson off the ballot.
On some level, Mayor Emanuel must agree. As the mayor’s followers are trying to throw Wilson off the ballot for not having filed enough valid nominating signatures.
I mean, when Kasper walks into an election board hearing room, it’s almost like Tom Jones coming on stage at Caesar’s Palace—it’s all the hearing officers can do to keep from throwing their hotel keys at him.
Among other things, they’re asking the hearing officer to force Mayor Rahm to testify. Let’s hope they win on that point, for the entertainment value alone.
