WRONG WAY JACKSON? I hate people who explain jokes as much as the next guy, but if you just read Geoff's latest guest post and didn't click the link where he referred to "Council President Douglas Corrigan", you may be feeling that you missed something important. So click the link to get the joke.

But be sure to read the whole thing, not just the title, because the joke's a little edgier when you know that Wrong Way Corrigan actually got to his intended destination.

Also let me observe, for the record, that a Draper campaign armed with $250,000 could chew into a lot more than Frank Jackson's base. Jim Draper started out with a law enforcement background and police and fire union support. He's now got business credibility, and lately he's in the media being the candidate who has doubts about the school levy. Skin color aside, that's a profile for Wards 16, 20 and 21. What he lacks -- name recognition -- is exactly what money can buy.