Moms vs. mayor
Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mark Konkel came out to the playlot at Daley Bicentennial Plaza in Grant Park to this week to see who was there, and he found just what you'd expect and want to see in any public park: a diverse group of parents and children. He also got quite an earful from some of these neighborhood moms, who speak for themselves in the article Moms vs. mayor, which opens with "A bunch of mommies from the New East Side want Mayor Daley to walk his "large tuchus" over to their neighborhood and call them racists to their face."
Speaking of the the mayor (and some of his friends)... In every neighborhood, there are a few spoiled kids, bullies who will use any tactic to have their way. These aren’t necessarily big or physically tough kids. Who needs brawn when emotional manipulation is so effective? Bragging, name-calling and tantrums get them what they want, at least until a mature adult comes along to set things straight.
Though these kids get older, they don’t necessarily grow up, and when not-very-mature people get their hands on objects of power, like large quantities of money or bulldozers, they can be very destructive. But the adults in Chicago turn out to be a lot harder to manipulate than they expected. Thousands of people have signed petitions, attended meetings, called the mayor and contacted the newspapers and television stations calling for the preservation of Grant Park.
Look, for instance, at the Chicago Sun-Times informal online poll of readers. At the time of this writing, 5604 people had responded to the question, "Do you think the opposition to kids museum is a racial issue?" Of these, 4448 (79%) responded, "No." A smaller poll by WMAQ, drew 89 responses to the question "Would you support the building of a museum in Grant Park?" Of these, 61 (69%) said, "No."
Editors of the major papers are finally weighing in. Read all about it:
Say no to museum in park [Sun-Times Editorial (September 21, 2007)]
Daley vs. the people [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 21, 2007)]
Children's Museum's bad lessons [Chicago Tribune Op-Ed (September 20, 2007)]
Reilly's right -- Daley's wrong [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 19, 2007)]
A museum in Grant Park? No. [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 2, 2007)]
You can find more articles on the websites of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Skyline newspaper and Chicago Journal and Chicago television stations. A quick web search will lead you to many relevant discussions on forums and blogs.
Speaking of the the mayor (and some of his friends)... In every neighborhood, there are a few spoiled kids, bullies who will use any tactic to have their way. These aren’t necessarily big or physically tough kids. Who needs brawn when emotional manipulation is so effective? Bragging, name-calling and tantrums get them what they want, at least until a mature adult comes along to set things straight.
Though these kids get older, they don’t necessarily grow up, and when not-very-mature people get their hands on objects of power, like large quantities of money or bulldozers, they can be very destructive. But the adults in Chicago turn out to be a lot harder to manipulate than they expected. Thousands of people have signed petitions, attended meetings, called the mayor and contacted the newspapers and television stations calling for the preservation of Grant Park.
Look, for instance, at the Chicago Sun-Times informal online poll of readers. At the time of this writing, 5604 people had responded to the question, "Do you think the opposition to kids museum is a racial issue?" Of these, 4448 (79%) responded, "No." A smaller poll by WMAQ, drew 89 responses to the question "Would you support the building of a museum in Grant Park?" Of these, 61 (69%) said, "No."
Editors of the major papers are finally weighing in. Read all about it:
Say no to museum in park [Sun-Times Editorial (September 21, 2007)]
Daley vs. the people [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 21, 2007)]
Children's Museum's bad lessons [Chicago Tribune Op-Ed (September 20, 2007)]
Reilly's right -- Daley's wrong [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 19, 2007)]
A museum in Grant Park? No. [Chicago Tribune Editorial (September 2, 2007)]
You can find more articles on the websites of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Skyline newspaper and Chicago Journal and Chicago television stations. A quick web search will lead you to many relevant discussions on forums and blogs.
posted by Meta Brown at 8:28 PM
1 Comments:
I am a mom.
I would love for my kids to have a destination (like the CCM) so that I could justify the $$$ parking to use that fancy (and empty) park. Why should that park be for the rich condo kids alone? Did Montogomery Ward's edict mean that he only wanted the condo kids to use the park? And OOPS, if it is "free and clear" maybe that needs to go too? Like the field house and the tennis courts...?
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