Note to Grist: The "practical-minded alderman" voted no on the CCM move

Sheesh, I hate it when Grist occasionally remembers that the midwest contains more than corn and gets all "WTF is going on in the midwest? You mean there are people there?" From Gristmill:
The Daley show: Hot plans rile the Chicago waterfront
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"The $100 million museum plan was handily passed yesterday by the city council in what sounds like a stereotypical example of Chicago's sausage-making politics. The plan's foes have argued that Grant Park is intended to remain 'forever open, clear and free,' while museum supporters say the facility will be largely underground; those involved expect the fight to move to the courts. Then there's this practical-minded alderman: 'There's violence all over this city -- and we're fighting over a children's museum,' said Ald. Ed Smith. 'If you don't have children, you don't need a museum.' Wha-bam."
[Roll call! One point missed.]
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"Also, considering that the rich residents near Grant Park were worried that the underground children's museum would 'threaten views of the lake,' it should be fun when they turn their steely gaze to this one."
[No, no, no, no, no, NO, NO, NO. FRAK NO. Unholy ghost of Clarence Darrow, where do I begin? Maybe here? One huge, enormous, gigantic point missed. Thank you, Grist, for convincing bicoastal eco-snobs that we're a bunch of idiots who only like the lake for lookin' at. See if we give you money.]