Mayor Daley’s Revenge

WE haven’t had decent weather for a St. Patrick’s Day parade since Mayor Daley died,” said one onlooker.

“It’s Mayor Daley raining on Jane Byrne’s parade,” said another. And maybe it was. Mayor Byrne, after all, an erstwhile Daley protégée, had driven Mayor Daley’s beloved machine into a ditch, and on the way had alienated the bus drivers, the teachers, the firemen, and the President of the United States, to name just a few. But worst of all, from a celestial point of view, she had worked actively for the defeat of State Senator Richard Daley, the Democratic candidate for Cook County State Attorney and the favorite son of Himself.

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WE haven’t had decent weather for a St. Patrick’s Day parade since Mayor Daley died,” said one onlooker.

“It’s Mayor Daley raining on Jane Byrne’s parade,” said another. And maybe it was. Mayor Byrne, after all, an erstwhile Daley protégée, had driven Mayor Daley’s beloved machine into a ditch, and on the way had alienated the bus drivers, the teachers, the firemen, and the President of the United States, to name just a few. But worst of all, from a celestial point of view, she had worked actively for the defeat of State Senator Richard Daley, the Democratic candidate for Cook County State Attorney and the favorite son of Himself.