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Loser: Cook County commissioner William Beavers. The self-proclaimed “hog with the big nuts” thought his daughter Darcel’s election as Seventh Ward alderman was in the bag. Then he realized that Jackson had secured every billboard around, saturating the south side. Sandi Jackson went on to trounce Darcel Beavers.
Winners: Ducks and geese. Critics of alderman Joe Moore’s foie gras ban vowed to overturn it, but the legislation never advanced. As a result, animal rights advocates say, fewer fowl have iron rods thrust down their throats in force-feeding.
Winners: The boys and girls soccer teams from the Latin School, one of the city’s wealthiest and most exclusive private schools. The Park District gave them (as in for free) prime lakefront park property to build a soccer field.
Loser: Congressman Gutierrez. Once safely reelected, Daley broke his promise and got the council to commit $500 million for the Olympics.
