Illinois considers allowing recall attempts of Chicago mayor

[WhiteTara]

Source: yahoo

CHICAGO (AP) — The furor over recent Chicago police shootings has legislators considering whether voters should be allowed to recall Mayor Rahm Emanuel or future officials who hold his post.

In light of the unrest in the city, Ford said, "It's clearly the right thing to have on the books."

But what about mayors in other Illinois cities? What about state lawmakers? How does Illinois compare to other states when it comes to recalls? Here's a closer look at those questions and the particulars of Ford's measure.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/illinois-considers-allowing-recall-attempts-chicago-mayor-165359981.html

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Looks like Rahm is in trouble

[Proserpina]

1. Only fair. Rahm is Trouble with a Capital T, and now he's getting some of it back

[ValasHune]

2. what do you bet he survives it like walker did.

i wouldn't be surprised.

[WhiteTara]

3. well, he is a democrat

and usually IOKICYAR as the saying goes. But nothing surprises me anymore.

[Ed Suspicious]

4. He will. It will energize the pro-order folks. The racists will be all on board. Many are simply

opposed to recall. It won't work, but I wish them the best. I hope like hell it does. I fear it will cement Rahmbo as a permanent fixture in the Mayor's office.

[Chakab]

7. You're forgetting the most important factor. Like Walker, Rahm also has access to an unlimited

amount of cash from his establishment backers. Money is pretty much the only factor that matters in any kind of election in the US.

[Paula Sims]

5. Doubt the law could be made retroactive

For the future, yes, but wouldn't touch Emanuel.

Besides, Emanuel helped to get Rauner elected and Rauner needs Emanuel...at least for now.

[SmittynMo]

6. Rahm needs to be in trouble

Something is awful fishy here. I suspected him when this all went down, just prior to the election.

I trust him about as far as I can throw his state.

[Faux pas]

8. Oh Bravo!

I believe any elected official should be recalled for f-ing things up.

[murielm99]

9. They are recalling the wrong person.

Get rid of the Ruiner. Then get to the bottom of what is going on in Chicago.

Rauner is bankrupting our state.

[whereisjustice]

10. That fucker should be recalled if he won't resign. Remember when the 3rd way/Hillary crowd

was crowing about how he was going to "tame the left" and move the party to the right and purge the liberals so the Democratic party could be more mainstream and acceptable to Wall Street?

I do.

Goddamn it, we told you so. Everyone with a moral compass has a right to be red-hot angry at this fucker and the conservative cancer eating away the Democratic Party.

[former9thward]

11. Rahm is not in trouble.

Speaker Madigan controls the legislature with an iron fist and he will not allow a vote on the bill. He will probably not even allow a hearing.

[davsand]

12. Not sure Rahm has anything Madigan wants or needs.

Madigan serves himself, and I'm not seeing much that Rahm can offer to protect himself. Rham is already in bed with Rauner, that may be his best hope right now.

[former9thward]

14. Rahm employs hundreds of Madigan's precinct workers.

That is how the Chicago machine has worked for decades.

[ChazII]

13. Arizona can recall

elected officials.