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THERE are a number of reasons why Alderman Tim Evans didn't win last week's mayoral election in Chicago. The biggest problem was pointed out by Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko, the consummate Chicago political pundit. "It boils down to what the late Mayor Richard J. Daley"--father of the new mayor, Richard M. Daley--"used to say when one of his candidates lost. The reporters would ask: 'Why did he lose?' With a straight face, Daley would always say: 'He lost 'cuz he didn't get enough votes...
Many blacks have not forgiven Sawyer for the manner in which he became mayor. Backed by 23 whites on the 50-member city council, he prevailed in a raucous all-night session a week after Washington's death. Supporters of Alderman Tim Evans, an ally of Washington's, smelled a sellout. Shouting "Uncle Tom Sawyer!" they asked, "How much, Sawyer? How much?" as they threw coins at him from the gallery...
...have to give kids something that inspires them," says Chicago Alderman Edwin Eisendrath, a former teacher. Imposing tighter standards without remedial help can backfire. Says Boyer: "It's like raising the hurdles and not giving students extra coaching when they were already tripping...
Vellucci also received endorsements last night from Somerville Mayor Eugene Brune and Alderman John Buonomo, Buonomo, who has been defeated twice by Marie Howe, called the Cantabrigian's attempt to oust Howe long overdue...
Howe also was praised by Somerville Alderman Michael Capuano, who described her as an unusual politician, one not afraid to take on the establishment. "If you don't know Marie Howe, you haven't been living in Somerville," he added...