With another presidential election upon us, it’s time for me to write my quadrennial Don’t fool yourself, Chicago column, in which I plead with independents and Tea Party types not to view a vote for the Republican candidate as a vote against the Democratic machine.
Good God, my friends, please don’t fall for that argument. You’d only be fooling yourself.
Building that tower required making peace with Mayor Daley and virtually every other powerful Democrat in this town. And by cultivating ties with Democrats, he was rewarded with a tax break (surprise, surprise) and permission to build his big-ass sign.
In reality, Trump had a field day, because the controversy brought him tons of publicity.
Had that ordinance been in place before Trump received permission for his sign, his sign would be much smaller.
