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Creating a strong mayor for Miami-Dade County might go a ways to cleaning up the political culture, but voters are having a tough time figuring out what the change would mean, and why it matters.
Speaking of strong mayors, the Chicago Federation of Labor has decided not to endorse a candidate, marking the first time it has not endorsed Daley since he became mayor. Since Daley is a sure thing, this is mostly a way to lodge a symbolic complaint about the mayor's privatization of city services, and vetoing of a labor-backed city council bill to force Wal-Mart and other big box stores to boost wages.
Daley at least has nominal opposition. In Indianapolis, the leading Republican choices to oppose Democratic Mayor Bart Peterson are declining the opportunity, leaving the party scrambling to so much as field a candidate in time for its Feb. 10 convention. And in the greater Milwaukee metro area, nearly two-thirds of all local and school board elections are uncontested.
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