Tear down those statues, Mr. Mayor . . .

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. . . of Washington and Jackson, and get their names off our parks.

And if he refuses, will he get his puss on Sun-Times page one, like Republicans Rauner the governor and Trump the president, with nasty things said about them too? Will he be called a racist? Will he be called a fake mayor?

(Don’t count on that, he’s a Dem.)

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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