Run, Gutierrez, Run; Immigration, Natarus, HDO, Munoz, Flores and the 4th CD
Jeff Berkowitz: Is the indictment of Al Sanchez an indictment of the HDO [Hispanic Democratic Organization, or as some put it—Hispanic Daley Organization], given Sanchez's close relationship to its formation?
Cong. Luis Gutierrez [D-Chicago, 4th CD]: Look, I have always said the HDO was...
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Pretty soon, people will be saying you can take the buffoon out of the Chicago City Council, but you can’t take the buffoon out of Ald. Natarus [See here].
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Giving an apparently abbreviated speech to the City Club of Chicago at lunch on Monday, Cong. Gutierrez [D-Chicago, 4th CD] spoke quite a bit about the importance of moving forward with immigration reform that has a well defined path to citizenship. The path he outlined would take, conservatively speaking he said, a minimum of 15 years for an undocumented worker to become a U. S. Citizen.
Cong. Gutierrez said he had to leave the lunch earlier than anticipated to catch a 2:00 pm flight to Los Angeles in order to attend a rally for immigration rights. Apparently due to his early departure, the customary post-speech City Club of Chicago question/answer session with luncheon attendees was omitted, and Cong. Gutierrez was literally running to the airport as he tried to leave the podium.
However, never one to follow rules, 73 year old former Chicago 42nd Ward Alderman Burt Natarus stood up at the end of the speech and shouted out his question to an exiting and running Cong. Gutierrez [Natarus was defeated in February by 35 year old Brendan Reilly, who nominally had been, at one time, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s flak catcher. For more on Reilly as the Phantom of the City Council, see here].
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Ald. Burt Natarus: One question, what can we do to improve the mail service?
Cong. Luis Gutierrez [D-Chicago]: Danny Davis is on the--
City Club of Chicago moderator Paul Green [smiling amiably and allowing a graceful exit for Gutierrez from the line of sight of Natarus]: Hire more Latinos, thank you very much.
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Although mail service in the City of Chicago is perhaps even more of a problem lately than is usually the case, there is a time, place and person with whom such should be raised. Clearly, this was the wrong time, place and person with whom such should be raised. Natarus must think if you are a racial minority, you should be answering questions about the mail service: anytime, any place, any minority.
Last summer, Natarus made a similar buffoon of himself at a meeting of the Cook County Democratic Party township committeeman and city ward bosses. [See here]. Isn’t it time for Burt to stop frequenting polite, civil society. Pretty soon, people will be saying you can take the buffoon out of City Council, but you can’t take the buffoon out of Natarus [See here].
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Stepping out on the sidewalk [the clean, if not mean, streets of Chicago so to speak], Cong. Gutierrez agreed to take a few questions from the media, including yours truly. Standing next to the previous product of former Streets and San Commissioner Al Sanchez, there was really only one question to ask, but the media came up with a few:
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Cong. Gutierrez [in response to a question]: I am not endorsing anybody for the 4th Cong. District. I am still alive and well, there is not even a 2008 primary date [set] yet.
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In response to another question in Spanish, Cong. Gutierrez responded both in Spanish and English, saying “this,” was not a prelude to a run for Mayor of Chicago in four years.
Cong. Gutierrez has made it clear he is serving his last term in Congress; Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz [See here] has started his run in the 4th CD Democratic Primary, and he was at the lunch; Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, Chicago Ald. Manny Flores and Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado are all thought to be likely candidates in the 4th CD Primary, but none of them has said so, officially, yet. However, Ald. Flores, at the lunch, sure sounded like a 4th CD candidate [more on that to follow, and see here].
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Jeff Berkowitz: Is the indictment of Al Sanchez an indictment of the HDO [Hispanic Democratic Organization, or as some put it—Hispanic Daley Organization], given Sanchez's close relationship to its formation?
Cong. Gutierrez: Look, I have always said the HDO was a mistake. I think it is very, very clear that it should have never been created and I know our judicial system will do what is right. [No chance for a follow-up question; by the time he finished his sentence, Cong. Gutierrez was on his way to L. A.; perhaps if Mayor Daley stays too long in the Mayor’s chair, Luis can run in Los Angeles, if that City tires of its first Hispanic Mayor ; The Hispanic base in Los Angeles is a bit more favorable for Hispanic pols than in Chicago, with 50% of the L. A. population being Hispanic, and more importantly, 25% of the registered voters in L.A. being Hispanic]
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Cong. Luis Gutierrez [D-Chicago, 4th CD]: Look, I have always said the HDO was...
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Pretty soon, people will be saying you can take the buffoon out of the Chicago City Council, but you can’t take the buffoon out of Ald. Natarus [See here].
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Giving an apparently abbreviated speech to the City Club of Chicago at lunch on Monday, Cong. Gutierrez [D-Chicago, 4th CD] spoke quite a bit about the importance of moving forward with immigration reform that has a well defined path to citizenship. The path he outlined would take, conservatively speaking he said, a minimum of 15 years for an undocumented worker to become a U. S. Citizen.
Cong. Gutierrez said he had to leave the lunch earlier than anticipated to catch a 2:00 pm flight to Los Angeles in order to attend a rally for immigration rights. Apparently due to his early departure, the customary post-speech City Club of Chicago question/answer session with luncheon attendees was omitted, and Cong. Gutierrez was literally running to the airport as he tried to leave the podium.
However, never one to follow rules, 73 year old former Chicago 42nd Ward Alderman Burt Natarus stood up at the end of the speech and shouted out his question to an exiting and running Cong. Gutierrez [Natarus was defeated in February by 35 year old Brendan Reilly, who nominally had been, at one time, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s flak catcher. For more on Reilly as the Phantom of the City Council, see here].
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Ald. Burt Natarus: One question, what can we do to improve the mail service?
Cong. Luis Gutierrez [D-Chicago]: Danny Davis is on the--
City Club of Chicago moderator Paul Green [smiling amiably and allowing a graceful exit for Gutierrez from the line of sight of Natarus]: Hire more Latinos, thank you very much.
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Although mail service in the City of Chicago is perhaps even more of a problem lately than is usually the case, there is a time, place and person with whom such should be raised. Clearly, this was the wrong time, place and person with whom such should be raised. Natarus must think if you are a racial minority, you should be answering questions about the mail service: anytime, any place, any minority.
Last summer, Natarus made a similar buffoon of himself at a meeting of the Cook County Democratic Party township committeeman and city ward bosses. [See here]. Isn’t it time for Burt to stop frequenting polite, civil society. Pretty soon, people will be saying you can take the buffoon out of City Council, but you can’t take the buffoon out of Natarus [See here].
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Stepping out on the sidewalk [the clean, if not mean, streets of Chicago so to speak], Cong. Gutierrez agreed to take a few questions from the media, including yours truly. Standing next to the previous product of former Streets and San Commissioner Al Sanchez, there was really only one question to ask, but the media came up with a few:
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Cong. Gutierrez [in response to a question]: I am not endorsing anybody for the 4th Cong. District. I am still alive and well, there is not even a 2008 primary date [set] yet.
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In response to another question in Spanish, Cong. Gutierrez responded both in Spanish and English, saying “this,” was not a prelude to a run for Mayor of Chicago in four years.
Cong. Gutierrez has made it clear he is serving his last term in Congress; Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz [See here] has started his run in the 4th CD Democratic Primary, and he was at the lunch; Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, Chicago Ald. Manny Flores and Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado are all thought to be likely candidates in the 4th CD Primary, but none of them has said so, officially, yet. However, Ald. Flores, at the lunch, sure sounded like a 4th CD candidate [more on that to follow, and see here].
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Jeff Berkowitz: Is the indictment of Al Sanchez an indictment of the HDO [Hispanic Democratic Organization, or as some put it—Hispanic Daley Organization], given Sanchez's close relationship to its formation?
Cong. Gutierrez: Look, I have always said the HDO was a mistake. I think it is very, very clear that it should have never been created and I know our judicial system will do what is right. [No chance for a follow-up question; by the time he finished his sentence, Cong. Gutierrez was on his way to L. A.; perhaps if Mayor Daley stays too long in the Mayor’s chair, Luis can run in Los Angeles, if that City tires of its first Hispanic Mayor ; The Hispanic base in Los Angeles is a bit more favorable for Hispanic pols than in Chicago, with 50% of the L. A. population being Hispanic, and more importantly, 25% of the registered voters in L.A. being Hispanic]
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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