Six or seven months ago, it looked like Greg Brewer might be the most serious challenger to Stone, but that mantle has clearly shifted to Naisy Dolar. She has raised some serious dough (in part to an energized Filipino community) and has put together an impressive team, including a new campaign manager with experience in organizing.

Naisy can energize all of the filipinos she wants, but the fact of the matter is that a) a lot of them aren’t registered to vote b) a lot arent in the ward and c) there arent enough of them in the ward to carry an election! so let her do what she wants and Brewer, who has had the same great team since the beginning will only continue to gain momentum and carry the election come February 27.

Likewise, Brewer has gotten the most funds from within the ward. A large number of donations to the Naisy campaign have come from outside the ward. A sign of a weak candidacy.

A weak candidate attracts no money and very few volunteers. I’ve met enough people working for Naisy who originally were working with Brewer to know that she is for real.

What endorsement does Naisy have? Will she get the union endorsements?

i very highly doubt it, the unions have a very high standard for their endorsements, and they have no intention of being the backbone of a small campaign. Naisy hasnt raised the money, nor does she have the infrastructure. I expect the unions to either endorse Brewer or not endorse anyone and just attack Stone and see who capitalizes.

Naisy has energized many in the ward, including long time residents, and former Stone supporters (as well as Brewer). There’s no question about her ability to appeal to the diverse members of the 50th ward…want proof? Who has the most petition signatures? Those are the facts.

I’ve seen the Naisy Dolar people trying to promote her all over the internet and it’s pretty transparent. Coupled with them accusing other candidates of “racist push polls” when the Chamber of Commerce has been testing negatives, it’s just certainly all amateur hour over there.

Bridget Dooley (96 posts) Wed Jan-10-07 09:23 AM
Response to Reply #4
5. Greg Brewer for Alderman, 50th ward
Edited on Wed Jan-10-07 09:26 AM by Bridget Dooley
Hi Mo!

Yes, I am working for Greg Brewer in the 50th ward as the field director. Greg is an architect, planner, and project manager who has gone head-to-head with Berny Stone on several occasions regarding bad development. He is as progressive as they come (I wouldn’t work for anyone who wasn’t!) and a great person. Alan Cottrell & Owen Brugh (Claypool, Cegelis & DFA) as well as Nalani McClendon (Dan Seals) also work with me. We have a great team!

Mo, you actually have it backwards. Irv Loundy, Vice-President of Devon Bank and well-known community leader, is the chairman of Greg Brewer’s campaign. He definitely has been looking for someone to run against Berny for some time. He met with Naisy Dolar last April and wasn’t impressed. He saw how Greg was already acting as an advocate for the community with his group, Citizens for Responsible Development, and fighting against Berny Stone. Greg embodied all of the qualities that he was looking for, so he, along with many other people in the neighborhood, urged Greg to run. Irv is very tight with the business community in the 50th ward and is urging them to support Greg. Those that don’t support Greg are stuck on supporting Berny. I have heard nothing about businesses supporting Naisy Dolar, but I would not be surprised if she tells people that.

As far as the “naive” comment goes, I’m not sure what would cause anyone to think that about Greg upon meeting him. Mo, can you expand upon that? He is professional, very well-spoken, understands the type of work that alderman do, and as an architect and planner is uniquely qualified to work with members of the community to develop a longterm ward plan for development. It’s interesting that we have heard identical comments about Naisy Dolar from people all over the ward. That she is young, naive, and inexperienced.

My “beef” with Naisy Dolar is that she has been telling lies and saying nasty things about Greg in order to further her agenda. Whether it’s that “he’s just another developer who’s going to gentrify the place” (Greg is not a developer or involved whatsoever in residential real-estate), or “he’s backed by big business like Devon Bank” (Devon Bank is a community bank that does amazing things for the community), or “he’s just another white male backed by big business and big banks” (with the added little race-card twist), Naisy takes every chance she can get to trash Greg. It really makes me wonder what she has to offer and where she is ethically. This type of thing is completely unnecessary and does, in fact, work against her. It’s obvious that Ms. Dolar has an issue with telling the truth and nobody likes a liar.

Given her behavior, I’m not at ALL convinced that Naisy Dolar is an improvement from Berny Stone.

Wow, considering Naisy’s people spend so much time on here manipulating the market (because there is no way in hell that she’s that popular in the ward), where do they find the time to run an actual campaign?

i think they’re too busy patting themselves on the back for having such a “great candidate” (give me a break) that they forgot that they have to actually go out and talk to voters. Brewer volunteers have come to my house on various occasions and tell me that they plan to be back in my neighborhood within the next couple of weeks to make sure i havent forgotten his name and my pledge to vote for him. The only time i saw a naisy volunteer (and I mean just 1 volunteer) she looked like a lost puppy with no idea how to read her orange walk sheet. It was actually quite comical.

The Chicago Federation of Labor endorsed Greg Brewer today.

Looks like SEIU won’t endorse Brewer. Something smells rotten in Denmark.

http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/politics/2007/01/23/seiu-aims-machinelike-organization/

actually, it’a more like SEIU wont be endorsing Naisy. After all, she’s the one that’s been saying for months now that she had it locked up. Plus Brewer already got the CFL’s endorsement, as I pointed out a week ago.

T-Knight, you don’t know what you are talking about. SEIU just about endorsed every candidate CFL endorsed. For them not to endorse Brewer is a BIG blow to the Brewer camp. If they thought he could win, the money and troops would have followed.

Now he will have to ask Irv Loundy to bankroll more staff.

You say that like Brewer is dependent on SEIU’s money and volunteers. Yet he has people out everyday, he has a full staff, and new yard signs, all this before he even got the CFL’s staffer and money. To me it looks like he’s going to survive without it. Plus he got AFSCME’s endorsement today. He’ll live.

whatever. your candidate is milquetoast. irv loundy is the puppeteer of that operation. why else is he so prominently featured in all the lit?

Maybe because he is a well known an respected member of the community and we are extremely proud to have him on board? Yea that sounds about right. And if Greg is so “milquetoast”, why didnt the CFL endorse Naisy? How about AFSCME? Hell, why didn’t SEIU decide to back her? And wy has Stone singled out Brewer as his main competition by repeatedly attacking him in the press. It’s a sign of fear because he knows we present a clear and present danger to his personal feifdom. The real question is, why isnt Irv Loundy backing Naisy? Game, Set, Match.

Naisy isn’t milquetoast. Loundy is sexist. Ask any woman who has had to work with him. He believes a woman’s place is in the home. That is why he convinced Brewer to run after Mcmenamon backed out. He didn’t want to back a woman. Greg wasn’t even Loundy’s first choice!

And did you ever stop to think that Brewer didn’t get the SEIU nod because he is milquetoast?

i dont know if u were paying attention today, but EVERY SINGLE BREWER SIGN GOT PULLED! Yet not a single Naisy sign was touched. Now why would Stone leave take out the signs of the #3 candidate and leave his major competitors untouched? doesnt make much sense does it? nah didnt think so. And even if SEIU thinks Greg is “milquettoast”, then they’re the only ones because the CFL and AFSCME have endorsed Greg and given more than the campaign could have hoped for. Did they, or SEIU for that matter, give anything to Naisy? and whats with the personal attack on Irv? The man is considered a major community leader in this ward and your just sad that he, despite having met with Naisy months ago, felt she was a poor candidate with a snowflakes chance in hell of beating Berny.

1. Stone has pulling everyone’s signs. You’re just finally noticing it because you were the last to get your signs up. Stop waiving it like a badge of honor.

2. Brewer is milquetoast. Loundy wants an alderman he can control. Why else is Irv’s name featured so prominently in the lit? “Paid for by Citizens for Brewer, Irv Loundy, Campaign Chairman.” The guy wants his name known as much as or even more than Greg’s.

3. Loundy is sexist. Ask any woman in the Brewer camp. Better yet, try to observe it yourself. See how he treats the women compared to the men. In a mixed-sex meeting, he’ll defer to the men or not even address the women while speaking. Subtle, but not really. Even when you do see it, you would never have the guts to confirm it here.

u know what i love? you keep saying Brewer is milquetoast yet you dont actually say why, u just keep making personal attacks on Mr Loundy, and its not up to Irv whether his name appears on the lit. it’s there because it draws the response “oh, Irv Loundy is supporting him?” As i said, as much as you hate to admit it Irv is a respected member of the community and a true asset to it and the campaign. and explain to me again why all of Naisy’s signs are still up? because you didnt really explain that. you would figure that if he was worried about everyone then he would take them all out at once. seems inefficient to just take out one candidates today then anothers tommorow then anothers the next day. just doesnt make sense. plus, the Dolar signs in my area have remained untouched since they first went up, so if they did take them out, it was in a small area. EVERY Brewer sign in the ward got pulled today, in broad daylight mind you.

if this ain’t milquetoast:

-i’m going to participate in the west rogers park community organization’s candidate’s forum.

-umm, on second thought, my big bad campaign manager says i shouldn’t go b/c stone won’t go. plus, wrpco supports dolar so it won’t be fair. _sigh i already had to go through the apnc’s forum. can’t they just watch my youtube videos?

-awe shucks…now my supporters are mad that cottrell decided for me not to go. i guess i’ll have to do it now…do the rules allow me to bring my irv loundy teddy bear?

i don’t know what is.

Is that it? Oh, because i thought that you were going to bring something with substance, you know, involving issues that concern our ward, not whether or not we attend a forum where our opponent doesnt even show up, it’s like we’re debating ourselves. And considering the group is openly supporting Naisy, why the hell should he walk right into what may very well be an ambush? Would you send Naisy to something organized by AFSCME, the CFL and DFA? didnt think so, but then again, they probably wouldnt invite her anyways cause SHE DOESNT MATTER!

i’m sure naisy would go to any forum/meeting set up by any group, whether they had already endorsed brewer or not. she is a fighter, not a coward.

timid, unassertive, and easily intimidated. are these the qualitites we want in a leader?

keep telling urself that buddy.

and again with the personal attacks, tisk tisk tisk.

i’ll tell you this, brewer has to self-finance his campaign: $85,000 in loans to himself! “Irv…Irv ol’ buddy, can you help me out?”

You guys are SOOOO dumb! Attacking each other instead of Stone! Each of the challengers have groups they can REALLY reach out to. THey can also each nibble at groups that are predominately Stone, but may have some people in that group who would want to switch over.

Fighting each other will either turn people off of ANY chalengers and/or sway people toward Stone.

Thechallenger that makes it to the runoff will HAVE to acknowledge the other challengers’ help & leadership in getting enough people to vote so that Stone wouldn’t win. The runoff chalenger will NEED those others’ help in getting people to vote AGAIN in the runoff.

Wow, I haven’t seen Democratic infighting since…the last primaries.
So glad to see that the same 150 people, or rather unique usernames, are here duking it out where it’s nice and warm in front of your almighty computer screens. Oops…hide that other window quick b