Reply #47: Absolutely not. [View All]

One problem that Chicago has had with absentee slumlairds is that these scum live in Will or duppage. DuPage. Whatever. Simply owning property is precisely not enough. There is caselaw on it, and from what I have seen, Rahm has no basis for running as a resident.

I agree that residency would be achieved if he rented property, but then he gets bit by the second problem - the LENGTH of his residency. The instant that he rented out his entire house, and in the process, gave up his rights as a chicago resident, he voluntarily removed himself from Chicago. To run for office in Cook COunty, CHicago, whatever, there is a minimum amount of time that you must show as Chicago being his active residence - and this he cannot do.

That said, your cynical side won me over, and I agree, chances are that a rule will be bent, fractured, spindled, mutilated, folded, pierced, torn, shredded, and completely ignored . . . IF Rahm hires the right lawfirm, and finds the proper forum. Ahem.