From the Tribune's John Byrne and Dan Petrella: "Mayoral candidate Bill Daley joined a mild-mannered televised debate Friday morning after avoiding what likely would have been a more hostile reception at a similar event he skipped the night before to attend an endorsement.
"While Daley fared a polite reception on the Friday panel, that didn't stop the hits from elsewhere in the mayoral field. State Comptroller Susana Mendoza held a City Hall news conference in order to rip Daley for skipping Thursday, comparing him to both a single-celled protoplasmic organism and a cartoon character with rage issues."
While Daley said the Thursday night debate conflicted with a union event, he also likely would have faced questions about a Tribune story about a 1970s scandal in which testimony and court records showed his licensing test to sell insurance was tampered with so he could pass an exam he previously flunked. As it turns out, that may have been a smart move on his part: Neither the moderator nor the other candidates gave him much grief about it Friday. You can read about Friday's debate here and Thursday's debate here.
Preckwinkle factor: The Daley development took some of the heat off of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who found herself facing a series of political attacks for accepting support from major public employee unions and her previous backing of ousted former Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, the Tribune's Bill Ruthhart and Gregory Pratt point out.
Al — Bill's pal: Former Vice President Al Gore was in town Friday to endorse Daley's mayoral bid. The two served in the Clinton White House, and Daley ran Gore's historic but unsuccessful presidential bid in 2000. Gore's environmental work may give Daley a boost with liberal voters and could get him some national attention with out-of-town donors. Read Tribune reporter Lolly Bowean's full story here.
Fioretti and 'Burke Four': Ex-alderman and mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti has a new ad that calls on voters to ignore "the Ed Burke 4" — the candidates he says are either allied with the embattled alderman or are part of the insider political ruling class: Toni Preckwinkle, Bill Daley, Susana Mendoza and Gery Chico. You can watch the ad here. Fioretti's also been doing robocalls in the 45th Ward urging voters to go with "anyone but" his one-time Progressive Caucus colleague Ald. John Arena. Says Arena: "It's disappointing that Bob Fioretti has taken a hard right turn in recent years and has sold out the progressive values he once espoused. I'm proud to continue to fight against corruption and for ethics reform in City Hall."
Starting Monday, vote early — and close to home: Early voting in Chicago's upcoming mayoral election expands from the Loop Super Site at 175 W. Washington St. to locations in all 50 wards. Check out the hours for the Super Site as well as locations and operating hours for the ward sites here. And here's a little primer on early voting, including registering to vote and a stern warning that once you cast a ballot, there are no take-backs.
Amara Enyia, Chance the Rapper to launch party voter bus: Details are still coming together, but the mayoral candidate and her most famous backer plan to announce during an 11 a.m. Monday rally on Daley Plaza the launch of a "party to the polls" bus tour, in which voters can sign up for a ride over the next several weeks to the downtown early voting super site. The aim is for college and high school students of voting age to cast a ballot, a campaign spokesman said. For more details and to sign up for a ride, click here.
Chicago back in the Amazon game From the Tribune's Ally Marotti: "The City of Chicago reached out to Amazon on Friday in a renewed effort to win a 25,000-job campus that would serve as part of the tech behemoth's second headquarters, said a City Hall source. The move followed a report from the Washington Post, which Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns, that opposition from local politicians has caused Amazon to reconsider its plan to bring the campus to New York City." Read the story here.
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