As of this past weekend, Democratic slating committees in Subcircuits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14 and 15 have either not met or have not reported any endorsements, according to Jacob Kaplan, Executive Director of the Cook County Democratic Party.
FWIW had learned, and Kaplan has since confirmed, that all Cook County Democratic subcircuit slating committees were encouraged to meet during the week of August 13-19. Some did. But many did not. The suggested meeting dates were a recommendation, not a requirement, Kaplan said in response to an email request from FWIW, adding, "the subcircuits you mention have not yet held their slating, and I am not sure they will. They have not notified me of their plans as of yet."
And, of course, in two of these cases, in 12 and 14, the vacancies only recently opened.
Slating sessions did take place in the 8th, 10th and 11th Subcircuits (all after August 19). FWIW had posts up about the endorsements in 8 and 10. Judge Joanne Rosado was endorsed for the 11th Subcircuit seat she presently holds pursuant to Supreme Court appointment. (I only retweeted that last result, on September 5.)
And then there was the 6th Subcircuit meeting. Endorsements were made in that meeting, too. But there was a problem. More on this, immediately below.
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There will be no slating in the Second Sub. Too many candidates with various ties to numerous committeemen. Much cleaner to let the candidates have at it and for the respective Committeman back their respective dog in the fight. And as the last cycle has shown, the real power is with the suburban mayors and NOT some chump cook county democratic Committeman back. Yes, even the one whose last name ends with the letter Z.
What do you mean, no slating in 3? There was slating. The winner will be declared on March 20, 2018 after all the votes in the 13 and 14th wards are tallied. Who cares if you were appointed by Theis and live in 19. She didn't do what she was told and now her appointee is going down in a ball of flames. Nope. No short list for that one either.
Thanks for keeping tabs on all of these; much appreciated.
p.s. Has the 15th been decided yet?
Professor, the 15th should have been included in my list of committees-that-haven't-yet-met. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. But the list is fixed now. Sorry.
I heard the 4th is also not slating despite the fact that one candidate is going around claiming he was slated
As D. Renee Jackson and Tiana Ellis-Blakely have said, "only the VOTERS matter!" To hell with slating! To hell with the politicians! Take it to the PEOPLE who VOTE! Powers to the PEOPLE!
...Anon forgot to mention that apparently bar ratings don't matter either, huh? I guess that's something about which we should be especially proud...
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