- Richard A. Chapman
- Firefighter alderman Nick Sposato supported the union’s donation to Mayor Emanuel.
For the record, let me say this—the firefighters of Chicago have no bigger fan than yours truly.
But it just gave him $25,000. Like this dude—who’s raised more than $30 million in the last four years—needs more money!
But it’s almost as much money as Alderman Robert Fioretti has been able to raise in the last month. And Alderman Fioretti’s the candidate most of the rank-and-file firefighters I’ve spoken with say they plan to vote for.
In terms of the firefighters, their contract expired in 2012. Instead of negotiating a new contract, the mayor spent over two years trying to squeeze pension cuts from them.
No, the International decided to make that contribution on its own—without any prodding from the mayor.
In addition to running a prodigious fundraising machine for his reelection, the mayor’s also organized a PAC—called Chicago Forward—to help reelect his aldermanic flunkies and punish council independents.
