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| SIMS: Judgely? |
How
else to explain, “I don’t know how you define a judge, but he was as judgely as
a judge could be.”
ELROD,
WHO SERVED four four-year terms as sheriff before moving up the ranks to serve
as a judge for a quarter of a century, died last month. He was 80, and suffered
from complications due to cancer of the liver.
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| ELROD: Long career after injury |
Elrod,
whose father, Arthur, was once a Cook County commissioner himself, had an
incident in his life that would have traumatized many – a broken neck during a
1969 altercation during the “Days of Rage” Vietnam-era anti-war protests that
left him with limited mobility.
Yet
other commissioners who paid tribute to Elrod on Wednesday during the county
board’s meeting made mention of how he did not let that injury get the best of
him – and was literally still on the Cook County bench at the time of his death
April 19.
And as for Sims, her quip is notable, although not quite on the level with the elder Richard Daley once telling us the police were there to "preserve" disorder.
And as for Sims, her quip is notable, although not quite on the level with the elder Richard Daley once telling us the police were there to "preserve" disorder.
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