- Just Equally Speaking….
- Eagles owe Philadelphia the 8 million it needs to keep libraries open
- who would like to see Verizon offer cable TV in Phila?
- Council Committee Passed the Freeze
- Carol Campbell Passes Away
- My first trip to the public library
- Fight digital exclusion
- What if half of Philadelphia didn't have roads?
- You know, let's not even worry about the City Commissioners office messing up voter registration processing
- Bold ideas to fix the budget
1979: A Snowstorm brings down Chicago's Machine
Submitted by Aardhart on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 3:10pm.
The posts about Philadelphia's inability to clear the roads with 3 inches of snow reminds me of something I once heard.
"With the coming of a new year, incumbent Michael Bilandic had a seemingly insurmountable advantage in Chicago’s mayoral election, with underdog Jane Byrne given little more than the proverbial snowball’s chance. Ironically, it was Chicago’s snow that gave her the opening to unseat Bilandic and the mighty Chicago political machine."
http://press.weather.com/index.php/press_releases/55.html
If Street were running for reelection, I bet the snow would be a hotter topic in this race.
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You are correct. It did
You are correct. It did happen. It is a popular story for those of us from the Chicago area.