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Mary Schmich [email protected] In mayoral race, forget high school

We can all agree that certain kinds of people are unfit to be . Crooks. Wimps. Anyone who can’t at least pretend to love base- ball. And how about people who went to high school on the North Shore? When the rivals to replace At Super in Naperville, Esther Liu eyeballs a winter melon with her daughter Patricia Liu, a student at Aurora University. When the par- Mayor Richard Daley met for a ents make the seven-hour drive to visit from Bloomington, Minn., they always make a point to shop for groceries. CHUCK BERMAN/TRIBUNE PHOTOS debate Thursday, Gery Chico suggested that doesn’t pass mayoral muster because of where he’s from. “He comes from the wealthy Super shoppers come long way North Shore, I come from the Back of the Yards,” Chico said, talking with the media after the debate. “If you come from the South Side, you think of Chicago for suburban Asian groceries like a South Sider. He’s North Shore wealth, entitlement and recently, stocking up on moon- pers in the Southwest U.S., gro- states get their own stores. “Met- privilege.” Specialty stores cakes, Moutai liquor and other cers have recognized both the ro Chicago is a world-class mag- Chico pointed out that Emanu- delicacies for Lunar New Year immigrant demand for ethnic net for immigration. … We get a el attended “the wealthiest high draw customers celebrations that began earlier products and mainstream lot more immigrants than any- school in the state of .” this month. America’s expanding palate, one else does in the Midwest.” That’s New Trier in Winnetka. from other states “It’s like, how can I say — it’s a Peterson said. For now, the managers of Chi- “If you come from Wilmette, big entertainment for us,” said Meanwhile, Asian grocery cago’s Asian super grocery Winnetka, Lake Forest, that’s By Vikki Ortiz Healy Chikako Siebers, who routinely stores were opening in Chicago’s stores are happy to welcome the what you think like,” Chico said. TRIBUNE REPORTER travels from New Berlin, Wis., to suburbs. super shoppers. “I didn’t go to some elite high the Mitsuwa Marketplace in Ar- Mitsuwa Marketplace opened At Mitsuwa Marketplace, man- school. I went to Kelly High By noon on a recent Sunday, lington Heightsto choose fr om in Arlington Heights under an- ager Masato Takai has negotiat- School.” Jin Bong’s monthly grocery its 10 varieties of miso seasoning. other name in 1991, offering fresh ed deals with area hotels so Chico is partly right. The shopping trip was almost com- “I’m like a kid in an amusement seafood for and an Asian guests receive a discounted room North Shore is different from plete. She paid $250 for meat, park. It’s a lot of fun to look food court, as well as an expan- rate if they show their grocery Chicago. noodles, spices and vegetables at around and pick different items.” sive Japanese book and comics receipt. Takai tries to direct new The city is fast, vast, rich, poor, the Super H Mart in Naperville, Twenty years ago, Asian shop- section. out-of-town shoppers to the bleak, gorgeous, multicolored. then thanked the bagger who pers visiting from other states store’s special features, like its The lakeshore towns to the north escorted her to the parking lot headed straight to Chinatown, selection of 100 kinds of . are small, clean, green, serene; if and lifted a giant box of cabbage Koreatown, Argyle Street and Paige Yun, a customer service you lived there and never ven- into her trunk. other ethnic Chicago neighbor- “You wouldn’t get it representative at the Super H tured out, you might have trouble With that done, Bong had just hoods for the authentic tofu sal- in Minnesota.” Mart in Naperville, helps to or- fathoming Chicago. one thing left on her to-do list: A ads, frozen dumplings and bok ganize calendar giveaways, gift Emanuel, of course, has ven- two-hour,116-mile drive home. choy they craved. — Joe Liu, of Minneapolis, picking promotions and Asian Food tured beyond the North Shore. He “To buy here is more conven- Since then, the Asian popula- up a case of Korean pears Fairs to make long-distance was born in Chicago, moved back ient,” insisted Bong, who used to tion has grown significantly in drives worthwhile. as an adult, and from 2003 until hop from one tiny Asian market Chicago’s suburbs. In Naper- “A lot of our customers, they 2009, when he went to Washing- to the next near her home in ville, for example, the number of The Korean Super H Market in miss their home country,” Yun ton as President ’s Clinton, Iowa. But even then, she Asian residents has grown an Niles opened in 2006, followed by said. “Since we’re Asian, they chief of staff, represented a var- couldn’t always find fresh ingre- estimated 50 percent during the a second store in Naperville in feel more connected to us.” ied swath of the city in the U.S. dients for her Korean beef bulgo- last decade — to almost 19,000 — 2008. Shoppers there can choose Joe Liu is Chinese by heritage, Congress. gi. according to demographer Rob from 25 varieties of rice cookers, but took pleasure in seeing prod- But Chico is right about anoth- “They have it, but sometimes Paral, citing U.S. Census Bureau an aisle of nothing but soy sauce, ucts from all Asian groups at the er thing: He and Emanuel are it’s kind of old,” she said. figures. and countless specialties from Super H Mart in Naperville. A different kinds of Chicagoans. Every weekend, Asian immi- Meanwhile, since the 1990s, the Far East: dried baby squid in few steps inside the store, a Chico was bred in the city, in a grants like Bong wake up early to large companies flattened bags, kimchee vegeta- display of boxed Korean pears time when neighborhood iden- drive from Indiana, Wisconsin, across the country have ex- bles in a rainbow of colors, rice justified his seven-hour drive tities were even stronger than Michigan, Iowa — even Ne- panded ethnic food offerings, candy with Asian cartoon char- from Minneapolis. they are today. braska — to spend hundreds of said Lee Peterson, an executive acters beckoning from the pack- “You wouldn’t get it in Minne- When he questions Emanuel’s dollars in the large, flourishing vice president at WD Partners, a ages. sota,” said Liu, who happily city cred, he’s appealing to a Asian grocery stores in Naper- Columbus, Ohio-based de- American oldies and reggae picked up a $16.99 case to add to certain Chicago tribalism, the ville, Arlington Heights and sign and development firm. music play over the store’s loud- his family’s grocery cart — as belief, held especially by some Niles. From smaller grocery chains speakers. soon as he could catch up with longtime natives, that only those These super shoppers push adding East African aisles in “It was kind of a perfectly good his wife, who sped off with it to who rise from Chicago’s grit can two carts at once in stores some Massachusetts to Wal-Mart’s storm for Asian big-box grocers,” peruse the exotic vegetables. understand or claim the city. He’s locals don’t even know exist. And 2009 opening of a string of su- said Paral, who added that it may also tapping into the fear that they have been in full force permercados for Hispanic shop- be a while before surrounding [email protected] anyone who grew up rich can’t care about the rest of us. But I’m guessing that Chico is doing more than just playing the politics of class and place. Though he’s a wealthy lawyer Pet shelter’s owner accused of neglect now, he’s still a guy from the Back of the Yards. When he talks about Dead and sick animals officials were part of Friday’s Emanuel, he’s talking about search of the shelter. something personal. found at site near “We need help,” Hamill said. I grew up as the daughter of a “We’re in a situation where we struggling house painter. If you Tinley Park, cops say just want to get down on the grow up without monied privi- (number of) dogs so we can care lege, you’ll always see life By Ashley Rueff for them the way I want to care through the lens of that upbring- and Liam Ford for them.” ing, even if your circumstances TRIBUNE REPORTERS Officials have shut down the change. You’ll always sense that facility. people who grew up with money The owner of an animal rescue The sheriff’s police said Ham- have a different lens. shelter just outside Tinley Park ill had grown increasingly un- So, yes, Gery Chico undoubt- has been charged with neglect able to care for the animals. edly understands some things and cruel treatment after more “After her arrest, Hamill about Chicago that Rahm Eman- than 100 animals, many mal- thanked investigators for inter- uel doesn’t. nourished and some dead, were vening in a situation that had But that doesn’t indicate who found at the site, the Cook grown out of control and which can best manage this city. Gov- County sheriff’s police said Sat- led to criminal charges,” the erning a city requires seeing it on urday. sheriff’s police said. many levels, and sometimes an Dawn Hamill, 41, was charged Marylou Hickey, who said she outsider’s eye is the clearest one. late Friday with misdemeanor has made monthly donations to Emanuel, insider and outsider, neglect of owner’s duties and the facility, defended Hamill on is the front-runner in the mayor’s cruel treatment. The charges An animal control officer leads a dog away from Dawn Hamill’s animal Saturday. race. Chico is his closest rival. came after sheriff’s police served shelter on Friday. She was later charged. ASHLEY RUEFF/TRIBUNE PHOTO “I’ve known Dawn for more They’d both, probably, make a warrant at her Dazzle’s Painted than 15 years and she would decent mayors. Pastures Animal Rescue and the sheriff’s office said. One cat health problems, according to never do anything to hurt ani- And Chico’s right about anoth- Sanctuary, in the 5500 block of also later died. the sheriff’s office. The cats all mals,” said Hickey, who has sold er thing. Social class does matter West 175th Street, near Tinley In all, 63 dogs, 31 cats, 6 rabbits had respiratory diseases and, in Hamill a horse and turned to her in Chicago, just not in the way he Park, according to the sheriff’s and 30 livestock animals — in- many cases, eye infections. Eight for advice on how to care for suggests. office. cluding horses, sheep, goats and puppies had been exposed to another. The city remains deeply segre- The investigation arose from llamas — were rescued, the sher- parvovirus, which infects the “She wouldn’t let animals suf- gated, racially and economically. tips to Cook County Animal and iff’s office said. gastrointestinal tract, and were fer. She’s not that kind of person.” Its mansions and skyscrapers are Rabies Control about conditions They had been kept in barns, in an unheated garage without The domestic animals taken surrounded by neighborhoods at the pet rescue sanctuary that trailers and sheds, many of food or water. Many dogs also had from Hamill’s facility are being where jobs are scarce, guns are Hamill founded in 2006. which were unheated and with- skin problems and one had diffi- housed at the Animal Welfare abundant, schools are chaotic At the animal rescue, investi- out water, sheriff’s police said. culty walking, police said. League, 10305 Southwest High- and it’s hard to buy a fresh vege- gators found a dead 3½-year-old Hamill procured animals from In an interview last week, way, Chicago Ridge. table. miniature horse in a barn stall the Internet and other sources, Hamill acknowledged that she The candidate who sees those and a dead Himalayan cat, ac- keeping them in the sanctuary had about twice as many dogs as Tribune reporter Bridget Doyle divisions clearly, and has the best cording to the sheriff’s office. with the idea of eventually facili- her facilities could handle. She contributed. plan for repairs, is the one to vote Officials euthanized two dogs, tating their adoption, sheriff’s added that she had been working for, regardless of where he or she one because of age and the other police said. with animal control to fix the [email protected] went to high school. because of “aggression issues,” The animals had various problems there. Animal control [email protected]

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By Mary Schmich identities were even stronger than they are today. Sunday, February 13, 2011 When he questions Emanuel’s city cred, he’s ap- pealing to a certain Chicago tribalism, the belief, We can all agree that certain kinds of people are held especially by some longtime natives, that only unfit to be mayor of Chicago. those who rise from Chicago’s grit can understand Crooks. Wimps. Anyone who can’t at least pre- or claim the city. He’s also tapping into the fear that tend to love baseball. anyone who grew up rich can’t care about the rest And how about people who went to high school of us. on the North Shore? But I’m guessing that Chico is doing more than When the rivals to replace Mayor Richard Daley just playing the politics of class and place. Though met for a debate Thursday, Gery Chico suggested he’s a wealthy lawyer now, he’s still a guy from the that Rahm Emanuel doesn’t pass mayoral muster Back of the Yards. When he talks about Emanuel, because of where he’s from. he’s talking about something personal. “He comes from the wealthy North Shore, I I grew up as the daughter of a struggling house come from the Back of the Yards,” Chico said, talk- painter. If you grow up without monied privilege, ing with the media after the debate. “If you come you’ll always see life through the lens of that up- from the South Side, you think of Chicago like a bringing, even if your circumstances change. You’ll South Sider. He’s North Shore wealth, entitlement always sense that people who grew up with money and privilege.” have a different lens. Chico pointed out that Emanuel attended “the So, yes, Gery Chico undoubtedly understands wealthiest high school in the state of Illinois.” some things about Chicago that Rahm Emanuel That’s New Trier in Winnetka. doesn’t. “If you come from Wilmette, Winnetka, Lake But that doesn’t indicate who can best man- Forest, that’s what you think like,” Chico said. “I age this city. Governing a city requires seeing it on didn’t go to some elite high school. I went to Kelly many levels, and sometimes an outsider’s eye is the High School.” clearest one. Chico is partly right. The North Shore is differ- Emanuel, insider and outsider, is the front-run- ent from Chicago. ner in the mayor’s race. Chico is his closest rival. The city is fast, vast, rich, poor, bleak, gorgeous, They’d both, probably, make decent mayors. multicolored. The lakeshore towns to the north are And Chico’s right about another thing. Social small, clean, green, serene; if you lived there and class does matter in Chicago, just not in the way he never ventured out, you might have trouble fath- suggests. oming Chicago. The city remains deeply segregated, racially Emanuel, of course, has ventured beyond the and economically. Its mansions and skyscrapers North Shore. He was born in Chicago, moved back are surrounded by neighborhoods where jobs are as an adult, and from 2003 until 2009, when he scarce, guns are abundant, schools are chaotic and went to Washington as President Barack Obama’s it’s hard to buy a fresh vegetable. chief of staff, represented a varied swath of the city The candidate who sees those divisions clear- in the U.S. Congress. ly, and has the best plan for repairs, is the one to But Chico is right about another thing: He and vote for, regardless of where he or she went to high Emanuel are different kinds of Chicagoans. Chico school. was bred in the city, in a time when neighborhood

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