"This guy has never shown himself to be a jerk or asshole. He was always pretty damn competent"

Former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy speaks to the City Club of Chicago last year. File Photo. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
Fran Spielman@fspielman | email
Former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Wednesday “a lot of people” are encouraging him to run for mayor in 2019, but politics is “not in my DNA” and he’s “not very good at that.”
Instead of challenging the man who fired him, the outspoken and frustrated McCarthy offered to do what he views as the next best thing: support a challenger in the event that Mayor Rahm Emanuel decides to seek a third term.
“I would support anybody who would start thinking about performance-based government rather than

Former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy speaks to the City Club of Chicago last year. File Photo. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times
Fran Spielman@fspielman | email
Former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Wednesday “a lot of people” are encouraging him to run for mayor in 2019, but politics is “not in my DNA” and he’s “not very good at that.”
Instead of challenging the man who fired him, the outspoken and frustrated McCarthy offered to do what he views as the next best thing: support a challenger in the event that Mayor Rahm Emanuel decides to seek a third term.
“I would support anybody who would start thinking about performance-based government rather than
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