That twatty old town

Chicago today votes on its city council members, whose political principles appear to be modeled on San Francisco and Stockholm.

From a nanny state standpoint, Chicago has become the laughingstock of the nation, and its City Council is largely to blame. Once home to Al Capone and Bugs Moran, who scoffed at Prohibition, it has become one of the most prohibition-friendly cities in the country. Smoking ban? Got it. Ban on driving while holding a cell phone? Got it. Ban on foie gras? Not even the European Union, whose onerous regulations are the stuff of legend, has seen fit to ban foie gras. Virtually every trendy ordinance proposed across the country has been introduced at one time or another in City Hall, where aldermen apparently feel it is within their mandate to legislate arcane elements of citizens' lives. A Google search for "Chicago City Council useless law" results in over 2,400 hits. "Chicago City Council stupid law" results in almost 10,000. - Time for a Change The author, and Cato Instituter Nicole Kurokawa tosses in confusing rhetoric like "In November, Americans took a stand against a government that ignored their wishes, electing a new class of politicians they hoped would be more in touch with their interests. It's now time for Chicago to elect aldermen who ...  respect the limitations of their mandate to govern."  Yeah, Nicole, I know when I want a representative who understands limits on government, I always turn to a democrat.  Sheesh.  As an erstwhile Chicagoan, I am sick over this abdication of Midwestern values in favor of effete West Coast Leninism.  I'll hate to B-52 my birth place, but I will if I have to, so vote right Chicago.  I'm not kidding.  As soon as our new uniforms arrive, the Barn Army is doing some serious smiting.