Who’s Sceptre is Bigger Anyway?
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009The queen of day time talk, Oprah Winfrey has decided that she want’s to take over one of the busiest shopping districts in Chicago, as well as a major arterial street into the business district of Chicago for two full days to launch her new “Oprah Winfrey’s 24th Season Premier”. What’s wrong with that? Well, considering the citizens of Chicago have paid for a multi-million dollar venue called, “Millennium Park”, that is equipped with some of the finest sound equipment and acoustics and can accommodate over 10,000 people, I have to ask, why Michigan Avenue instead? Why purposefully inconvenience thousands of people? Just because you can?
Could it be solely that what the queen wants the queen gets? And Queen O wants Michigan Avenue damn it!!! After all, any other production can use the Millennium Park facilities, but who but Oprah can get Michigan Avenue closed for two full days? Even the Pope couldn’t do that! To top that off, Mayor Daley has come out and stated that he thinks, “This is a great thing we’re doing, I wish we could do this everyday in the city of Chicago.”
Sure it’s a great thing… for Mayor Short Shanks and his machine maybe! I suppose Queen Oprah kicked out a hefty sum of cash to pull this off. I know, that’s just speculation, but hey, when did the Daley administration do anything for anyone that did not benefit them directly. As for the rest of the citizens, you know the people that are paying the taxes, the ones that King Richard is supposed to represent, the little people that actually carry this city on their shoulders in the, “city of big shoulders”, think of this? According to the recent Chicago Tribune Poll 80% of Chicago’s citizens think it stinks! Sort of like the LAZ parking meter fiasco that the Daley Administration pushed through as well!
Thanks, Mayor Daley, you’ve once again proven it’s all about you! You’re the finest Mayor money can buy!
