Friday, September 29, 2006
No Patronage at Brookfield Zoo?
Yesterday the Chicago Tribune ran as an editorial a mock “State of Cook County” speech.
Here’s its next-to-last paragraph:
He used to work at Brookfield and he surely thinks patronage was alive and kicking when he left.
Here’s its next-to-last paragraph:
We need to get politics out of what we do. Look at our three best-run operations--Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the county golf courses. Those are the three places where the County Board least intrudes. When we don't play politics, things run better.Maybe someone from the Tribune editorial board should talk to my veterinarian.
He used to work at Brookfield and he surely thinks patronage was alive and kicking when he left.
Labels: Brookfield Zoo, Veterinarian
