RAHM NOT RUNNING – AT 12:08 P.M. ET:  Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago just announced that he is not running for re-election.  

I don't  blame him.  Who would want to govern a city that doesn't want to be governed, and won't face the truth about its condition.  Emanuel was recently attacked severely for daring to say that morals might have something to do with crime in the city's minority community.  Didn't he know it was the gun manufacturers?  From NBC Chicago: 

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unexpectedly announced Tuesday that he will not be running for re-election.

In a last-minute press conference, the mayor revealed he would not be seeking a third term after serving since 2011.

"This has been the job of a lifetime but it is not a job for a lifetime," he said. 

The upcoming race began to take shape, with potential candidates already throwing their hats into the ring, including former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, who was fired by Emanuel in the wake of the release of video showing the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.

The mayor’s announcement takes place as Officer Jason Van Dyke’s trial begins in that case. 

Emanuel said he and his wife Amy, who was standing by his side during the announcement, decided to "write another chapter together" as their three children have left for college. 

COMMENT:  I have no doubt that the election for mayor will be all about race, gender, and ethnicity.  Nothing will be solved.  Nothing ever seems to be solved in this once-great city.

September 4, 2018