First, a bit of history. Here is what I wrote at the Grate Orange Satan place in early January.

Chicago has seen some truly bizarre events of late, even by Chicago’s standards. Last year, the mayor, Rahm Emanuel, (facing a surprisingly close re-election campaign) conspired with the Cook County State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, and the hand picked top lawyer for Chicago, Steve Patton, (he of cigarette industry fame). The weekend release of several thousand emails prove that not only did the Mayor and his staff all know about the police car cam video, showing the execution of a black teen by a CPD officer, the emails prove how hard they tried to keep the video out of the public eye, especially on the eve of the election. Rahm bulldozed the City Council (a collection of wet noodles that any self respecting Ramen Shop would adore) into paying the family $5,000,000 with a confidentiality agreement about the video and the circumstances of the teen’s execution.

Rahm also fired the Police Chief, Garry McCarthy, allegedly for not doing his job. This lame excuse of trying to shift blame completely backfired on Rahm. Even so, McCarthy is still jobless, mainly for doing what Rahm wanted.

Then, we learned that in 2013, the committee that Rahm wanted run by McCarthy to solve police crime issues, actually came up with 73 pages of concrete proposals. Rahm, through his top lawyer, Steve Patton, did everything possible to squash the report and prevent its adoption. Experts conclude that if even some of the reforms had been passed, many innocent victims would probably not have been killed or injured by the Chicago Police. In addition, the secret torture chamber on the near north side would have been shut and the files pertaining to that location opened to the public.

Alas, Rahm beat down the proposal, and now suffers the consequences.

Rahm Emanuel, as close to a Democratic DINO or TeaBuggerer that you could imagine (recall what he told liberals as Obama’s chief of staff — something like go Cheney yourself) made his millions screwing investors on Wall Street, much like our current radically conservative governor, Bruce Rauner.

Rauner and Rahm were good friends, dining together frequently, vacationing together, and both saying how well they could work together (ahem) for the good of the city and the state.

Until yesterday. January 4, 2016.

Bruce Rauner turned on his fellow millionaire pol and stated that he was “very disappointed” with both Rahm and Anita Alverez about how they mishandled the execution of the teen boy and the brain dead cover-up that followed. He also stated that when legislation came to his desk permitting the recall of the mayor, he would sign it. “I would sign that bill. I will be broadly supportive of the recall concept in general for all elected officials in the state.” (Beware what you wish for, Bruce).

Rauner has not displayed some empathic feeling for the family of the executed teen. Rauner has as much empathy as a pet rock. Instead, given his battles over the state budget in Springpatch, he is using this as a weapon to gain some edge for the budget, and if he screws over Rahm in the process, that would be just fine, especially on the Chicago public school budget.

Rauner continued, as only a slithery, eel-like venomous creature like Rauner could, “We’ll work together cooperatively if the city is helping us reform the state. If the city is opposing reform for the state, which so far they are, or staying silent and letting the Speaker (House speaker Mike Madigan) block reform, no, I’m sorry. We’re doing things to help the city of Chicago as much as I would like to.”

Translation from Raunerspeak into English: Rahm, you asshole. I am burning your ass over this. Unless, you break with the unified democrats in this state and let me destroy public unions, police and fire unions, and cut taxes for people in our (your and mine) income bracket. If not, I throw your carcass to the wolves.

Rahm barely won his bid for re-election, against a surprisingly strong Chewie Garcia guy. Short, fat, rumpled, and speaking with a hispanic accent, Chewie scared the pants off of Rahm.

Once the story that Rahm hid so successfully came out in public, the hatred that followed against Rahm (after the election, of course) was 100% USDA Prime Bile. Rahm then made things worse, especially with the Hispanic and Black communities (each around 30% of Chicago's voting population). Rahm pushed his local troops to insure that Tammy Duckworth would beat out Andrea Zopp, a highly regarded attorney, the CEO of the Chicago Urban League, and on the board of the Chicago schools. (I also have known her for several decades. She is a class act). She also is black.

Tammy Duckworth, a military chopper pilot, was shot down and lost both legs in the process. Although she is conservative, the powers that be in state and federal Democratic Halls of corruption, deemed her to be the go to girl to beat Mark Kirk as he tries to keep his US senate seat red. She is not a bad choice, she seems honest and not on the take, and she has shown a willingness to learn. Hopefully, just not the wrong lessons. While her military service and loss will have an impact on the general public, it also takes away the sympathy vote from Kirk, who continues to suffer from the aftereffects of his serious stroke.

I am not unhappy that Tammy won. She would be far better than Kirk. But I would have preferred Zopp, if only because I know and trust her. And she is far more liberal than Tammy Duckworth.

SO, here's the latest. Because of the way Rahm mistreated that family whose son was murdered by the Chicago Police, the black voting bloc had major issues with Rahm. The hispanics were and are pissed as hell at Rahm and how he cheated in his campaign against Chewie.

Today, Rahm announced that he is appointing Andrea Zopp as his deputy mayor. A payoff rarely seen in public these days. Will it be enough to erase all the harsh feelings that Rahm has earned? Good question. Time will only tell. But, frankly, he did so much damage to himself, that this step may not be enough.