Hahahahahaha

Is there anything funnier than Jackie Heard looking like the most out-of-touch spokeswoman in history?

• Mayor Richard Daley may have smoothed the waters in Switzerland this week by dropping his refusal to sign the International Olympic Committee's standard host-city contract. But his abrupt -- and unilateral -- decision to place the full financial responsibility for the 2016 Summer Games on the city has touched off a storm at home.
  
  Daley may not have anticipated the local reaction, because a day after he asserted that there was no reason to consult with aldermen on this commitment, his spokeswoman said the mayor would indeed meet with the City Council.
  
  Aldermen and civic leaders are railing against a perceived lack of information on how Daley could make that pledge and still say the city's liability will not exceed the $500 million guarantee agreed to earlier.

And why would Daley ever feel there was a need to consult with the City Council? He appointed over half of them to their seats. He owns them. They've been nothing but a rubber stamp for years now. Remember the parking meter fiasco from last week? That was approved by something like 42-4 or some other such nonsense with barely a whimper. How about the last 10 City budgets? Unanimous or one short of unanimous.

The rumblings of dissent grow louder...and this time, it's voters.