Chicago Local Elections Tomorrow!

Chicago city elections are tomorrow and it looks like the most exciting election in the city may be in the 46th Ward, a ward that contains the Uptown neighborhood. Unfortunately my alderman Ted Matlak may very well be re-elected tomorrow; unfortunately nobody on my block is politically connected so we have problems getting some city services. I saw Scott Waguespack at the Fullerton el stop very early this morning;. I’ve met Scott before and he’s a good guy, he will get my vote. A friend told me this morning that he went on YouTube looking for local election coverage and found it filled with videos about the 46th Ward and most of those were about James Cappleman. In this morning’s Sun Times Laura Washington lamented the lack of interest in local politics by her journalism students and added one Lincoln Parker’s lament “"(t)he local politics that are more interesting are in Uptown and Rogers Park". Indeed they are. Good luck to James Cappleman and his crew as they aim to unseat long time problem Alderman Helen Shiller. I will definitely be watching the guys over at What the Helen for updates on any last minute fun and games up in the 46th and any updates on Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie and the Jell-O on the Irish Pirate’s roof!