-By Warner Todd Huston
John Garrido is running to become Chicago’s 45th Ward Alderman and the left-wing, Chicago Democrat machine is not happy about it. Machine thugs are attempting to force Mr. Garrido, a Chicago Police Lieutenant, off the ballot with more of their silly ballot objections.
Democrats have spent billions over the years filing objections and challenges to their opponent’s petitions and candidacies all in an attempt to prevent the voters from being allowed to make their own decision.
The Garrido campaign has issued this statement:
CHICAGO — John Garrido issued the following statement regarding “Machine” candidate Marina Yolanda Faz-Huppert’s attempt to keep him off the ballot.
Aide to Joe Berrios, Thomas Jaconetty, has filed a frivolous objection to our petitions on behalf of two 45th Ward Democratic Operatives; Timothy J. Raddatz and Gerald J. Holst Jr. and the 45th Ward “appointed” successor Marina Yoland Faz-Huppert.
Instead of allowing democratic campaigns to face the voters, Huppert and her cronies find it easier to undemocratically remove candidates from the ballot. We look forward to beating this admittedly baseless challenge and putting an end to “machine” politics in the 45th Ward once and for all.
This should also provide a clear choice for the voters of the 45th Ward. If you want business as usual, vacant store fronts, and an alderman completely out of touch with the ward, Marina is your candidate.
However, if you prefer a candidate who is a dedicated neighbor, public servant, and committed to bringing jobs and businesses back to the 45th Ward, then John Garrido is the candidate who deserves your vote.
If you’d like to donate some money to the Garrido campaign to help him fund his defense against this legal challenge, go to his website: http://johngarrido.com/.
Or go straight to Garrido’s Donate NOW Paypal page.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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