Even A Change Agent Needs A Change

By Carol Marin
|  Saturday, Jun 20, 2009  |  Updated 5:14 PM CDT
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Even A Change Agent Needs A Change

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Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool isn't taking his passion for change to the private sector.

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County County Commissioner Bill Beavers is always good for a soundbite.

And yesterday was no exception when he called fellow Commissioner Forrest Claypool a "born loser".

Claypool this week decided not to run for President of the Cook County Board.  But beneath Beavers bravado was the palpable relief felt in the camp of current President Todd Storger that Claypool, the heavy favorite, was moving out of politics and into the private sector.

Claypool's decision disappoints a lot of reform-minded voters.Should he have stayed in the fight?

Read the full column in theSun-Times. 

Posted Jul 14, 2009
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