Fed up with the Cook County Board of Commissioners? Looking for a way to stick it to them? If you happen to live in the county’s weirdly gerrymandered Third District, you’ll have an opportunity in the fall election to present that august body with its biggest nightmare: “Chicago’s most concerned citizen,” George Blakemore.
Bill Lowry, the winner among seven Democratic candidates for the same seat, got about 16,600 votes. The seat’s being vacated by the retirement of former A-list soul singer and 33-year commissioner Jerry “Iceman” Butler.
His platform includes opposition to Chicago’s sanctuary city status, which he says has a negative effect on employment in the black community.
