The Gatekeeper

With the arrest of Alderman McGee, a season of fear is coming to an end. The sun is beginning to shine once again on the 6th district. People are starting to stumble from the darkness and as they do, pieces of the puzzle will fall into place... like why so many people were afraid of Michael McGee, Jr.

Fear and intimidation. It’s the same old story but with a McGee twist. Instead of emulating the gangsters of old or even the new, McGee took a page from his hero, Hugo Chavez, and he tried to turn his district into a third world dictatorship.

I really think it’s that simple. Delusions of grandeur.

Now that McGee has been deposed, people will eventually start to talk. Especially when they are sure that McGee is gone for good (or at least twenty years). It’s no different than the Russians’ love for Stalin, the Cubans’ love for Castro, or the Iraqis' love for Hussein. The politically abused tend to love their abuser, but once free they spit in the dictator's face.

McGee is a thug and he turned his district into a “thugocracy.” As his (soon to be former) constituents start talking we will begin to understand the depth of McGee’s delusions.

McGee wasn’t just delusional. He was brazen -- stone cold stupid in his actions. That’s why he was caught “every which way but loose.” He can’t even say he was entrapped; he took bribes so many times as to be routine. Bribery by cell phone!  By cell phone!!!

The word on the street is that “Michael has done a lot for his constituents and for the constituents of Milwaukee.”

o.k.

“He was a good man.” “ He stood up for the community.” “He returned my calls…”

Right!

This is why the NBA shouldn’t let fans select the All-Star team. Fans are blindly stupid.

So what if he did some good things! What do McGee’s good deeds have to do with the price of tea in China?

Nothing.

Michael McGee, Jr. is a shyster. He won’t be remembered for any good deeds. He will be remembered as a stupid criminal who had the stupid good luck to be enabled by a weak D.A., a bunch of frightened pansy politicians and a derelict dad.

Good luck Mike and viva la reality!

Let us now hope and pray that the next Alderman of the 6th district isn’t another vote for failure.

Photo: JS Online

Comments

[Andy]

I don't think his reign will end when he's behind bars.
UNLESS, someone else stands up and has a benevolent, charismatic, honest, & lawful nature. And not someone who sees a chance at a sweet $70,000/yr alderman gig.

[EC Anderson]

As so often happens with right wing and some left wing bloggers, you misconstrue the facts. OJ Simpson was found not guilty by a jury of his peers. Whether he committed the murders or not is irrelevant at this point. The common theme of the US Justice system is that if one is Black it makes no difference that the police were caught in lies and the evidence against him was weak. Similarly, while Mike McGee Jr. has been arrested and charged let's wait until we see the evidence against him before condemning him as a criminal. Is this a nother trumped of case of rushing to judgement with out substantial evidence of a criminal act being committe? I am willing to wait and see. Are you?

[Bruce]

I am truly willing to "wait and see", as I would be with anyone regardless of their color or creed...
but from what I've seen thus far, the onus of "wait and see" is far more strong on those offering blind defense than upon those who have brought charges against Mr. McGee.

Where exactly is the "rush to judgment" in nuances of the same story being repeated over and over again (they haven't even exposed a fraction of the complaints they have against Mr. McGee, and I know this to be FACT) regardless of the victim's color - business owners, and also normal individuals, no different than presumably you and I - people trying to complete simple property transactions, and being shaken down, only to receive nothing promised in return.

Doesn't it trouble you that the system has seemingly been manipulated in such a way as to deny anyone not willing to hand a minion a wad of cash the services they deserve as an American?

And should you truly believe that the practice of "rush to judgment without substantial evidence" is limited only to non-minorities, might I suggest you do a Google search on "Richard Jewell".

[Nic Cruickshank]

There is nothing wrong with waiting and seeing, but James T has been wary of McGee's actions and conduct. For him at least this is validation that what he spoke of was absolutely true. I was on the McGee4me site and he surely has some blind followers and detractors but its hard to fault one as perceptive as James T