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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Gentlemanly decorum and frog recipes for Chicago’s new mayor

The Chicago Way

WGN Plus

News & Politics, News, Columnist, Politics, Carlin, Plus, Wgn, Jeff, Tribune, John, Chicago, The, Kass, Radio, Way

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/16/23): John Kass & Jeff Carlin discuss local sports media ‘personalities’ making inane & tasteless remarks about Dan Proft’s dead mother -friend of the show, the dawn of the Brandon Johnson era in Chicago as the new mayor begins his tenure on the 5th floor of City Hall, and the departure […]

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0:00.0

You know, Brandon Johnson, the chef, Brandon Johnson, he's a BLM mayor, Brandon Johnson,

0:08.6

but he's also like a chef.

0:10.1

And here's why.

0:11.1

I was at Shaw's over the weekend for Mother's Day and Betty and I watched the beloved Chicago

0:17.0

Fire win their second game in a row in my first time at Soldier Field this year.

0:23.6

And I wanted to go to a fine seafood restaurant and find out the secret of chefs cooking frogs.

0:31.4

And you know why?

0:32.4

I really didn't order frogs.

0:34.9

All I ordered was a couple dozen oysters, great wine and clam chowder.

0:39.9

But frogs, they're like the people of Chicago.

0:44.4

You put them in the pot in cold water, so they're normal, so they're used to it and they're

0:49.4

not freaking out.

0:51.0

And then after you take power, you slowly turn up the heat like Alderman Ramirez-Rosa,

0:58.5

the communist or socialist Democrat, whatever he calls himself, he's the floor leader now.

1:05.6

And the transition team boss, yeah, that's the SEIU boss, union boss.

1:13.1

And so they don't want the frogs to jump out immediately.

1:18.5

But they will, and then it's going to be too late.

1:22.4

So much happened in just a few days.

1:25.8

We're getting ready for the funeral of Slane Chicago police officer, Ariana Preston, the

1:34.0

terrible killing of that officer, a direct result of the socialist left-wing policies

1:43.2

of Kim Fox, that's your legacy, Kim Fox, that woman should not have been killed.

1:49.4

The people that killed her or are obliged to have killed her should have been locked

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