And - wither Bettlejuice?

"The good people of Chicago need to come to their senses and do a house cleaning. Get rid of 'Bettlejuice', and all her cronies in city hall. Might as well get rid of that lousy Governor while they are at it."

Somebody asked me a while ago if I ever got tired of writing about Chicago. Yes, I do. I get tired of writing about how bad Chicago has become. Why? I really do like and miss the "old" Chicago. The one which used to be known as "Second City". It had glamour and glitz, but not the haughtiness of the "First City" - New York. It was mid-west all the way. Da Bears, the Cubbies, and the home some of the best pizza and sausage on this planet.

While at IBM, when I worked as a member of the Chicago team, I loved going there. Landing at O'Hare? Not so much. But once downtown, it was a delight. We all learned the safe places to venture, and the not so safe places. The safe places heavily outnumbered the not so safe places. But that was then, and this is now. Chicago has devolved into a mass of blue city mayhem. According to the Epoch Times, there have been 500 more shootings this year over last year at this time - and last year was horrible. The residents of Chicago have always elected some oddballs to govern them, but this latest crew, including Lorie "Bettlejuice" Lightfoot, takes the cake.

In case you have not heard, last night in Chicago (besides the usual black on black carnage which happens every weekend), all hell was breaking out. A mob of misfits, decided it was their civic, yet unlawful duty, to take out a statue of Columbus. As most of us know by now, taking down any statue, or desecrating any monument, is a huge no-no. Heavy jail time awaits those who try. But this band of misfits did not give a whit. As they were trying to take it down, the police intervened. 

What happened next was beyond terrible. As the police were tying to protect and defend, this unruly mob decided it was okay to hurt the police. Rocks and fireworks were thrown at the police as they stood firm to protect this statue. Many cops were injured. And where was the Mayor? I don't know - where is the Mayor on any weekend when her town is burning down? She is worse for Chicago than Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

No, in the mind of "Bettlejuice", every problem that Chicago has right now, is the fault of President Trump. Yesterday, she took off after the President's press secretary, calling her a "Karen". Please don't ask me what that means. I do know it you live on the wacky left side of the street, "Karen" is supposed to mean something not good.

Oh yes - besides blaming Trump for all the violence and chaos in Chicago, she also blames guns. However, when any cop is asked what the cause of all today's problems are, all fingers point to city hall - particularly, Mayor "Bettlejuice". 

The good people of Chicago need to come to their senses and do a house cleaning. Get rid of "Bettlejuice", and all her cronies in city hall. Might as well get rid of that lousy Governor while they are at it. The people in Illinois, the people in Cook County, the people in Chicago deserve so much better.

So do the rest of us. We, America, want our "Second City" back. We sure the hell don't need another Detroit - or worse.