See Ya Ike

Like father, like son:

• The booming preacher's voice he often used to staunchly defend Mayor Richard Daley's policies at City Hall was missing Monday as a stone-faced Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers quietly pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery and tax charges, bringing to 29 the number of aldermen — his father included — to be convicted over the last four decades.

  The felony conviction capped a stunning fall for Carothers, who admitted his guilt in exchange for a 28-month prison term. Carothers was that rare alderman who agreed to work undercover for federal authorities, wearing a wire and secretly recording other public officials and businessmen. Next month he is scheduled to testify at the trial of a developer accused of providing Carothers with $40,000 in home improvements for backing a controversial project in his 29th Ward.

So now Daley gets to appoint yet another aldercreature who will owe him their very existence.

How about handing out sentences of 12 to 20 years in the pen? That would loosen some tongues and get some investigations rolling along.