Chicago's Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race

Chicago's Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race

By John Kass August 30th, 2026 Years ago when I first began covering Chicago politics-first for The Daily Calumet (America's oldest community newspaper)- we had a wild dog problem in the South Chicago neighborhood. The Cal had offices at 91st and Baltimore. From the corner window near my desk, you could smoke-the smoke drafting out through bullet holes in the ...

John Kass: Chicago’s Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race

"Chicago has been savaged by predatory machines from the Chicago Teachers Union to the radical Marxism of Cook County Democratic Party chair Toni Preckwinkle –who with her ally George Soros and protege Kim Foxx–are most responsible for the massive home building boom in Northwest Indiana as Chicago refugees hope to flee all that Preckwinkle legacy caused with violent crime in Cook County. All of this has contributed to a sense of exhaustion and h…