This is it , Chicago . Tonight , your Cubs confront off against the Giants in the untier of the five - game Division Series that decides whether or not they go all the way to advance their first World Series in 108 years . I am unrestrained as netherworld for you , Chicago , because I am a New Yorker whose Mets call back they were the Mets on Wednesday andlost to the Giants , but I am farmoreexcited because waiting 108 years for your day of wine-coloured and roses will only make its arrival all the sweeter .
I am also excited for you toboo the shit out your local pol at every game at Wrigley Field . That will be howling .
Back up – when and how is Chicago going to boo its politicians at Wrigley Field?
Earlier this hebdomad , the Chicago Sun - Times reported that 50 alderman and state lawmakers had been offered primo playoff seating – " two terrace reserved or upper deck tickets for each home playoff game at Wrigley Field at face time value . "
This is a nice perquisite given the playoff ' potentially historical importance for Chicago , and it comes with a baked - in conflict of interest . As Fran Spielman at theChicago Sun - Times account , lawgiver O.K. much of the goings - on at Wrigley , from construction , to inebriant permits , to public wellness oversight .
Moreover , to sell lawmakers slate at face note value is an specially lucrative perk in Chicago . The most expensive ticket for this weekend ’s games at Wrigley is $ 210.Marketwatch pointed outthat patriotic fans have already shelled out as much as $ 920 for a exclusive playoff ticket .
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To the Chicago ethics board , this is all a defective look .
“ It could be construe as a proscribe natural endowment to the city official if they are not announce or if they give aside or resell all ticket they buy at this extra price , ” wrote Steve Berlin , executive film director of the Chicago Board of Ethics . Importantly , the offer itself is not illegal , but could , in Berlin ’s words , " make the appearance of impropriety . "
If elected functionary and metropolis employee go to the game , he said , they must do so “ in his or her official capacity – not as a private Cub buff ” – and take the inevitable booing .
cub spokesman Julian Green said the squad plan to “ patronage the Board of Ethics legal opinion by expose the names of aldermen in attending on the video board throughout the playoffs . ”
To their credit, some of the lawmakers really don’t give a shit.
This is Northwest Side Alderman Anthony Napolitano ’s take , per theSun - Times :
“ Boo me as much you want . I ’ve got thick skin . I ’ve dumbfound fire station hide . I wo n’t hear anything I have n’t heard at the firehouse . If hoi polloi hiss you , oh well . You know what I ’ll do ? I ’ll get up and put my magnanimous - boy pant on in the morn and I wo n’t misplace any eternal sleep about being booed , ” articulate Napolitano , a former Chicago firefighter .
Keep your heart , big male child . Keep your heart .
