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Text of Remarks of Bobby Rush Concerning This is a tale of two Chicago’s. In one Chicago, citizens are digging out cars that are wedged into snow banks. They are missing school and work because streets have not been adequately cleaned up. They are waiting in the cold for trains and buses that are hours late or don’t come at all. In the other Chicago, contractors with intimate ties to Daley -- contractors like Michael Tadin of Marina Cartage and John Kenny of Kenny Construction -- who already receive millions of dollars of city business, are getting rich off of these hardships of ordinary citizens. Yesterday, Richard Daley said blocked streets and slow trains are to be expected because "In Chicago, you can count on snow." What Daley didn't say is that in Chicago, you can also count on patronage and cronyism. The sixty-three mile per hour winds that blew a blizzard through our city this week also blew in a windfall to private contractors like Tadin and Kenny. Their pockets are being lined with no-bid contracts for work that clearly is not being performed adequately. Moments ago, my campaign filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Streets and Sanitation on behalf of citizens who are sick of this snow job. The request was also delivered to Daley’s office. Simply put, we want Daley to reveal what contracts were let? To whom were they let? How much were they for? And what are the terms of those contracts? Daley has said there is nothing political about this snowstorm. I beg to differ. There is nothing more political than using this blizzard to turn a buck for his well-placed sandlot buddies. We must move all of Chicago forward. ### |
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