This is solid, unfettered gold.
Barbara Moore, the wife of an independent-minded Chicago alderman and backed by Michael Madigan, the omnipotent House speaker, seemed impressive. But, as she began, Joe Berrios, the county assessor and committee chairman, rose and headed to the back, where two boxes of Frisbee-sized concoctions had just arrived, emblazoned with a black marker’s notation, “Alderman Levar.”
I beckoned Tom Tunney, the 44th Ward alderman, for investigative aid, and we concluded they were glazed doughnuts.
The boxes were taped so tightly that Berrios struggled loudly to open them, paying no apparent attention to Moore. I figured she might be in trouble.
She wasn’t slated, but she might complicate the committee’s life by running anyway.
Please, Jim Warren, write like this every day.