Monday, February 14, 2011

Rickey Supports Patricia Horton for City Clerk

Patricia Horton currently serves as a Water Reclamation Commissioner. She wants to control car sticker prices, invest city pension funds wisely, and lease vacant city owned lots for parking in congested areas. She would also make city government more open to the people by having city council meetings broadcast and archived on line.

Pat has waged a people's campaign for the office of city clerk, vacated by Miguel del Valle who is running for Mayor. (other mayor candidates still in the race include Carol Moseley Braun, Patricia van Pelt Watkins, Gery Chico, Rahm Emmanuel and Dock Walls. Rep. Danny Davis dropped out on New Year's Eve.)

Above is Pat's Sun-Times candidate interview. Check out her own campaign site at
PatriciaHorton4CityClerk.com

Pat's opponent, Susana Mendoza, is not a friend of poor folk or civil liberties. As a state legislator she introduced two bills that would feed more people to prisons: to charge school children with a felony for threatening to hit somebody; and to allow police take DNA samples of any person upon arrest.  City races are nonpartisan, but she accepted a $5000 contribution from the Republican Party. 

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