Chicago's Mayor Daley Defies Liberal Thinking

In what may be the first time in recent history a democrat actually did the right thing instead of following the way the wind blows.

Daley vetoed a law that would have required retailers earning over $1 billion in annual sales and stores with at least 90,000 square feet of space to pay workers at least $10 an hour in wages plus $3 in benefits by mid-2010.

He had campaigned against the measure for months because he claimed it would drive jobs and desperately needed development from some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods and cause most retail giants to abandon the city.

Hooray for Mayor Daley.