Instead of waiting for the shoe to drop, Ramsey - by accident or by design - withdraws from the field of battle:
Philadelphia police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who was a front-runner to become the next Chicago Police superintendent, is no longer a candidate — and money was a key reason.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, who takes office next month, has praised Ramsey, who formerly was a deputy superintendent with the Chicago Police Department and chief of the Washington, D.C., police. Ramsey had said he was interested in the Chicago job.
But a source said Ramsey was asking for a compensation package of more than $400,000 and Emanuel found that unacceptable.
J-Fled got $330,000 a year for three years and he had never run a police department, nor served in municipal law enforcement, in his life. Ramsey probably asked for pie-in-the-sky numbers (again, on his own or at Rahm's direction) to withdraw somewhat gracefully.
At least now he's just a greedy man instead of an Emanuel patsy.
At least now he's just a greedy man instead of an Emanuel patsy.