CommentarySeptember 1, 1999

The Heights

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Standard Staff
Standard Newspapers
2 min read · 337 words

This is what happens when Downtown Daley/Madigan political despots give

their marching orders to oppress and dictate what happens in Chicago Heights

or other communities of color without regard to their wishes. We have letters

flooding the Black community by an alleged friend of Blacks,  but

in reality a bigot in Democratic clothes. This type of scullduggery is

similar to the late  racist Senator Bilbo, George  C. Wallace,

or today's Clint Lott of Mississippi. Sully's name should be known in every

home for what he is, an enemy of Black people and people of good will.

Representative Scully's complete disregard for the Black community in

Chicago Heights can be demonstrated on two occasions.

On September, 1998, the Bloom/Rich Committee to Re-Elect John H Stroger,

Jr. held a reception at the Hacienda Inn Hotel. Representative Scully had

a special initiation sent to him requesting his presence. This was followed

by a phone call and finally a reminder via fax. What was his response?

Representative Scully ignored the invitation and only showed up in shorts

as Mr. Stroger was leaving. When asked why, he reported that he was at

an Art Fair and that  was important.

Chicago Heights Mayor Ciambrone snubbed the affair, because he also

arrived after the affair when President Stroger was leaving. Scully was

informed by the mayor's assistance who was sent in to monitor the affair

and Democratic Bloom Township operative Leon Norwood who seen snooping

around.

The second insult to the Black community occurred when his office liaison

person Sheila Hightower ran for Alderman for the 4th Ward. This bigot has

the nerve to support not Sheila, but Dave Zarante, a Republican. Sheila

and the Representative are Democrats.

He also urged the reelection of the incumbent who has fought the voting

rights case against the city. The two Black Alderman, McCoy and Kevin Perkins

are the ones who are fighting to see that equal representation is instituted

in a city which has the representation of being racist and reactionary

against African Americans and Latinos.

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