With only a couple of weeks left in this year's General Election campaign here in Chicago and voters having to face a monster ballot (with close to 100 separate selections to make on November 2) and some key close races, it was time to trot out something Democratic candidates talk about in reverential tones while Rethugs can only look on in dismay. I'm talking about the famed Senior Citizen Bingo held prior to Election Day at Gordon Tech Catholic High School on the 3600 block of N. California Ave. in the city's Northwest Side 33rd Ward.
The latest edition of this special Bingo event (which has been held on a Saturday prior to virtually every major election during the tenure of 33rd Ward Ald. Dick Mell, the powerhouse Democratic ward committeeman since the mid 1970s) took place on Saturday, October 16. Even though the event took place earlier in the campaign cycle than in previous years (most of the time the Bingo has been held during the last 10 days of the campaign), nearly every seat was taken by the 11 am free luncheon that preceeded the main event.
More details about the day (which brought in voters from the 33rd Ward and from across the city's Northwest Side) after the fold.
