Laughable.

We missed a Scum-Times article a couple of days ago:

When [Ron] Huberman signed on as Daley's 10th chief of staff, he had a mandate to clean up the mess and keep the lid on future troubles.

Little did he know that the Hired Truck scandal would branch out into city hiring, prompting the conviction of the mayor's patronage chief and the appointment of a hiring monitor who would become a permanent fixture at City Hall.

Okay, so we're reminded that Daley appointed to a post in charge of remedying "patronage," a person who spent one year on the street as a police officer in a slow district, was immediately elevated to exempt rank because of a parent's relationship with Daley, appointed as head of the OEMC, and then appointed to the position of Mayoral Chief of Staff. All of this happened within the course of, say, 6 years of starting the police academy, and this is who's in charge of the "patronage" and "ethics" problems?

Like the title of this post says: Laughable.

Now it's time for Huberman to move on -- either to the private sector or to another government challenge.

But 35-year-olds don't go backward professionally. If Huberman is determined to remain in government, he's more likely to emerge as a long-shot candidate to replace soon-to-be-retiring Police Supt. Phil Cline.

A 35-year-old with one year of police experience (if that) as the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.

Laughable. When we were told about this article, we laughed out loud at how preposterous the concept is.

But then again, this is Chicago, and it WOULD be "The Chicago Way." King Richie's been known to do worse, but we still doubt that this one fly.

But who knows, he's been reassured of his invincibility by everyone who voted him back in. And a big "Fuck you very much" to all of those people.