But politics is the art of compromise, and somethings better than nothing. These days, the adage even seems to be true for Daley. That year he became the states attorney of Cook county. Elizabeth Wood herself had backed high-rises (and Cohen and Taylor's effort to exonerate her on the ground that she wanted only six- to nine-story buildings is unconvincing). Black was later charged on February 17 of this year. However, Black is alleged to have called it a targeted attack and called the police. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Then it becomes clear: Elizabeth Wood is Cohen and Taylor's model for what Daley should have done. Afterward, Daley was relaxed and happy. Get our free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday. Well, you listen now to what I am sayin': They're gonna run nothin'. Wood bravely attempted to build housing projects in white neighborhoods (though most of her projects were in black neighborhoods), and the few blacks who moved in sparked violent responses from white residents. The former first lady for years has been battling cancer. Theres a double standard, Daley said. Certainly these are not qualities of Irish peasants who, collectively, yielded to none in the rigidity of their social structure and their disinclination to adventure," Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote in a brilliant and heartbreaking essay in Beyond the Melting Pot. But, as Cohen and Taylor show, he did. He championed income tax as a substitute for the more regressive sales tax, and pushed to make it easier for the city to condemn substandard properties -- fine liberal causes in those days. This time around, thanks to federal investigators and a court-appointed monitor over city hiring, the mayor wont have as many jobs to give out or as many patronage workers to do campaign work. "They're two great young people, so we're excited," said another proud uncle, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley. Early and personal life. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Richard & Ruth Signore (Iverson) Daley. On election night in 1955, forty-third ward alderman Paddy Bauler famously exulted, "Chicago ain't ready for reform!"