MCKINLEY PARK — South Side drivers were puzzled when a sea of what appeared to be bright orange tickets were plastered onto the windshields of about 10,000 cars over the weekend.
Did the tickets have something to do with snow plowing? A crackdown on expired city stickers?
None of the above. The tickets weren't violations at all. They were part of a campaign stunt by supporters of Pete DeMay, an aldermanic candidate taking on incumbent Ald. George Cardenas (12th) in the Feb. 24 election.
On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Casey Cora discusses whether this crossed a line, or is just "politics as usual" on the South Side:
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