Twitter user @LuigiDNapla worked up a fine froth of doggerel in May about city council eagerness to lay down for money:
It’s time for Aldermaniacs. We give Sterling Bay contracts. So just listen to our flacks! Here’s a seven-cent bag tax.
Come to the city council, we will listen to your woes About developers and cops and fears your businesses will close. And then we will do nothing – that’s why Troutman called us hos. I know you’re miffed the city’s TIF-ed, but we don’t like casting no’s.
We’re Aldermaniacs! We campaign on smear attacks. Some get caught in criminal acts Like Ed Vrdolyak’s.
We’re getting to the song’s climax Our oversight is lax Some were funded by Rahm’s PACs We’re Alderman-ee
Will it always be this way-ee? (The new crop’s a maybe) ALDERMANIACS! Those are the facts!
Chicago Social: Sam Cushing Takes the Windy City into the Influencer Realm Starting out on Instagram when he was living abroad in South America a scant three years ago, Cushing has expanded his range to YouTube with videos that discuss his experiences and offer advice on everything from exercise routines to travel.
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