At a news conference today, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley was asked why he was not actively supporting the efforts of Illinois state legislators to pass stronger ethics legislation in the wake of the inditement of now-former Governor Rod Blagojevich.
This was Daley's response:
We've done everything here. We're leading the way with our inspector general, office of compliance, all the things we've done. We're more transparent than any other government. Look at it. We're doing a tremendous job here, we lead by example.
He was being funny, right?
It's not remotely possible that Richard M. Daley--the chief executive in charge of a city administration that had yielded numerous corruption convictions and insider deals--could have made the statement above with a straight face. He must have giggled when he said it. Or smirked, at least.
I mean, he couldn't possibly have meant for us to take him seriously...right?
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You're very astute, bro. Insiders at City Hall have let the secret slip out to City staffers like me: Mayor Daley has been training with Second City. His performance at today's news conference was practice for an upcoming guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.
That explanation is more plausible than any of the words that came out of the Great Man's mouth today.
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