Statements of agreement or disagreement

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Substantive replies go beyond statements of agreement or disagreement to provide some explanation for the response below.

  • Step 1-You must find a news article or editorial (from a reputable news source (Links to an external site.)) from within the last two weeks, preferably the last week.
  • Step 2-Provide an APA citation for your news article from a reputable news source (please find an article no more than 2 weeks old).
    • Most likely, you will need to use the format for the “Online News Article.
  • Step 3- Present a short, unbiased summary of the article/current event (this will probably be about a paragraph long)
  • Step 4- Provide a minimum one paragraph explanation/analysis of how the current event relates to an ideology discussed in this week’s readings and/or explain how these ideologies apply to this current event. Do you see evidence of classical liberalism? Progressivism? Fascism? Why? I want you to demonstrate that you understand these ideologies and how they relate to contemporary politics. (Please note: you don’t have to ask/answer these exact questions in your analysis, but these are examples of what you might look for and write about).

1) Respond to the message below if you agree or disagree

In the city of Chicago traffic lights have speed cameras that will fine you for going 6 or more mph above the speed limit. Ninth Ward Ald. Anthony Beale, Is leading an effort to bring the minimum to 10mph. He wants to do this because he claims that these fines are hurting the black and latino communities the most.The mayor Lori Lightfoot is fighting to prevent the minimum speed for a fine being increased due to an increase in crashes recently. The speeding fines have also given the city tens of millions of dollars.

Lightfoot made a parliamentary move last wednesday to delay the vote to raise the minimum which did not sit well with Beale and his supporters. Beale said to Lightfoot “You are changing the rules as you see fit” in which Lightfoot responded saying it is “not debatable”. Unhappy about with Lightfoot Beale said “We can’t debate it. We can’t bring it to the floor. That’s a dictatorship. Not a democracy”. The unwillingness to discuss an important political matter is not good and is why Beale compared Lightfoot to a dictator although I would argue that’s a little exaggeratory. A fascist characteristic seen in this article is opposition not being permitted.

I am definitely not saying Lightfoot is a fascist by any means!

What do you guys think is the right decision. Should they Keep the minimum the same or raise it?

Yin, A., & Pratt, G. (2022, June 22).

Mayor Lori Lightfoot after allies block vote to limit Chicago speed camera tickets: ‘No one likes speed cameras. I get it. But this is life or death.’ Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-speed-cameras-tickets-chicago-minimum-20220622-sqgmrfnslvhllm2hwqp74ee25i-story.html.