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Apr. 18th, 2007 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdwatcherПлохи дела! Лояльная мэру Дэли староста Хейскок проиграла выборы кандидату от профсоюзов Фиоретти. Мы голосовали, но ничего поделать не смогли.
The feud reached its low point last year, when Daley used his first-ever veto to reject a union-backed ordinance that would have raised wages and benefits at "big-box" retail stores such as Wal-Mart and Target. Daley's veto was sustained after a contentious council vote.
While loyal aldermen used to be able to depend on powerful patronage groups in Daley's political organization, that ability to help allies fend off challenges was diminished by an ongoing federal probe into fraudulent city hiring.
Hoping to fill the power vacuum left by the decline of the pro-Daley patronage armies, unions flooded wards with campaign workers and spent massive amounts for their endorsed candidates.
В другом районе: In the 49th Ward, the union's biggest council booster, Ald. Joe Moore, claimed victory over Don Gordon late Tuesday with a 138-vote lead and one precinct that could not be counted because of computer problems.
Labor leaders nervously watched the 49th Ward contest between Moore and Gordon seesaw.
A Moore loss would have severely offset the union gains in other wards. Moore sponsored the big-box ordinance and the foie gras ban, another measure that irked the mayor.
The feud reached its low point last year, when Daley used his first-ever veto to reject a union-backed ordinance that would have raised wages and benefits at "big-box" retail stores such as Wal-Mart and Target. Daley's veto was sustained after a contentious council vote.
While loyal aldermen used to be able to depend on powerful patronage groups in Daley's political organization, that ability to help allies fend off challenges was diminished by an ongoing federal probe into fraudulent city hiring.
Hoping to fill the power vacuum left by the decline of the pro-Daley patronage armies, unions flooded wards with campaign workers and spent massive amounts for their endorsed candidates.
В другом районе: In the 49th Ward, the union's biggest council booster, Ald. Joe Moore, claimed victory over Don Gordon late Tuesday with a 138-vote lead and one precinct that could not be counted because of computer problems.
Labor leaders nervously watched the 49th Ward contest between Moore and Gordon seesaw.
A Moore loss would have severely offset the union gains in other wards. Moore sponsored the big-box ordinance and the foie gras ban, another measure that irked the mayor.
