An alderman indicted on corruption charges while he sat in a City Council meeting is merely the latest in a rogues' gallery of elected officials to face such allegations in Chicago, a city that over the years became saddled with a national reputation for corruption. [More]What they really need is a ban on "gun lookalike cellphone cases."
Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.
But if a person has one of these cases it would give the cops in Chiraq a really good excuse for shooting someone carrying a cell phone. Sounds like a win for the cops.
ReplyDelete...Chicago, a city that over the years became saddled with a national reputation for corruption.
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice of words, "saddled with", but it implies a false narrative of the facts.
"Saddled with" implies that the city got the reputation unfairly; the horse, after all, doesn't ask for the bit and harness, but the rider insists. In contrast, all honest accounts show the city earned their image, and did so willingly.
By allowing corruption to prosper, by not rejecting and purging it from their midst, the City Council welcomed their reputation.
"Saddled with" is a lie.