Mayor of Chicago

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new Ad misses his real problem

By rayhanania | March 7, 2015

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel published a new campaign advertisement that tries to soften his hardened public image that so many voters dislike. But the Ad, which stresses that he’s not perfect and addresses some of his issues, misses the mayor’s real problem. By Ray Hanania Photo by txgr74 Mayor Rahm Emanuel looked at his polling this past week…

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel stumbles in re-election bid

By rayhanania | February 25, 2015

Rahm Emanuel has been Chicago’s most anti-Arab mayor, for no real reason. On Tuesday, February 24, many American Arab voters and activists celebrated Emanuel’s failure to win the 50 percent of the votes he needed to win re-election and that he has been forced into a run-off against pro-Arab Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. It’s the first time in Chicago…

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Arab Democratic Club endorses Garcia over Fioretti

By rayhanania | December 15, 2014

By Ray Hanania The Arab American Democratic Club this week announced it will endorse Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and will host a fundraiser “salute” for Garcia to support his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago in the Feb. 24, 2015 election against anti-Arab Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Many other American Arabs, however, are supporting Ald….