Lighten Up, Harold
Maybe he’s pooped. And that worries us because of the other thing we hear from the campaign trail. Which is that the mayor’s not exactly in fighting trim. He weighs too much.
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We called around. The ballooning of an already fleshy physique is generally laid to the mayor’s success in swearing off cigarettes a year or so ago. Also to a lack of sleep, a lack of exercise, and a diet weighted in favor of greasy fast foods. Observers say the mayor — who turns 65 on April 15 — could lose something from 15 to 40 pounds and never miss them.
If the mayor’s foes make calculations based on his actuarial prospects, his allies despair to think about them. The mayor better be made of steel; because the black-Hispanic-white progressive coalition he’s put together wouldn’t last long without him.
Lotto Bunk
We waged this debate several years ago, when the lottery was new, and over the years our feelings on the matter have only hardened. Last year’s protest against those helpful billboards, HOW TO GET FROM WASHINGTON BLVD. TO EASY STREET, baffled us. Gosh, CTA maps should be so easy to read! We wondered what these natterers would make of a sign that said: “No Way to Easy Street. You Can’t Get There From Here.”
Everybody needs that.
