tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post7162788866413967505..comments2024-03-26T13:05:52.830-05:00Comments on For What It's Worth: Why does the Sun-Times have a beef against Robert Kuzas?Jack Leyhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-22038396453517382102014-10-08T14:38:05.497-05:002014-10-08T14:38:05.497-05:00When the subcircuits were first set up only 500(va...When the subcircuits were first set up only 500(valid)signatures were required to get on the ballot. When too many people nobody sent ended getting elected the numbers changed making it tougher for kitchen table campaigns to make it. The subcircuit boundaries have not changed since the first election of 1992, even though there have been population (and demographic) changes. It is certainly no longer "one person-one vote" as far as numbers go. Additionaly, in looking at the demographics, the 7th Subcircuit is very different from 1992. It includes River Forest, Berwyn and Cicero, which were never black to begin with, and parts of the Near West Side which are less black now. The Sun Times fuss over "white" candidates being elected in a "black" subcircuit is somewhat misguided. As you note Mr. Kuzas has passed all the bar association evaluations. Judges are not (or should not be) representatives of any particular group's agenda. Would the earth stop spinning on its axis if it turned out someday a qualified 40ish African_American female got elected from a Northwest Suburban subcircuit? Why should it stop for a qualified 50ish white male getting elected from a West Side/ West Suburban subcircuit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com