No doubt she's been trying to get his name in the news for all these honors with his contract running out this year (I think)...

North was quoted about his "China Man" usage in the Sun-Times today.

"At the time, I had been saying it for 15 years, to be quite honest with you. Nobody told me it was offensive, so it just went under the radar. And then someone told me it was just as bad as using the N-word. I just want to explain to them [Asian- Americans] I would never do anything like that," said North, who never graduated from Senn.

1. How pathetic that nobody in management ever said anything to him.

2. He's lying because I remember him reading an email or a fax from a pissed off Asian-American telling him it was offensive. He just laughed it off.

3. You can only play I'm the street kid that doesn't know these things for so long. You don't need a high school education to know that saying that was wrong. He's just playing dumb. He's 55 years old. But it's North so nobody said anything to him because they think he's cute.

from nbc5.com

POSTED: 5:36 pm CST December 27, 2006
UPDATED: 6:08 pm CST December 27, 2006

Senn High School's local school council said Wednesday it wanted to discuss dedicating its refurbished baseball field to sports radio host Mike North.

North is known as a strong advocate for youth-based sports organizations, NBC5 reported.

But then, Asian-American activists raised objections to North's on-air use of the term "Chinaman."

North has apologized for the comment.

The Organization of Chinese-Americans said it would accept North's apology, as long as it's "genuine."
NBC5.com.

Rock has the apology on tape, why not play it for them?

LOL

This is NOT Genuine and I am not sure someone could make a 1 minute statement more disingenius that Mike actually did. He dug his own grave here.

1. Apology was taped
2. Mike read it from someones writing and you could tell it was the first time he read it.
3. He never told anyone he was going to apologize
4. They played it after Mike's show was over
5. The "I didn't know it was a bad word" excuse has been used by him, 20 times more than you have heard any apology.
6. Not sure he actually said "I AM SORRY" ever in his prepared statement.

SOLUTION: A live remote from Senn on Race Relations hosted by Mike North, Sponsored by.........?

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I don't know what to think about this mess. On one hand, I don't want North to get name on the stupid field because he's a loud, annoying, stupid assclown. But on the other hand, I really can't stand the "politically correct" people and I hate the fact that if something is ok with 99 out of 100 people, but offends ONE guy, it's considered horrible.

I don't think I would want to hear him say he was sorry. If I were offended, knowing his track record, I would want to hear him say he was "Wrong" and that he knows what he said was WRONG. That, maybe if he had graduated HS, he'd know enough about history and race relations in this country to understand that just because something isn't offensive to HIM, doesn't mean it isn't offensive. That, maybe he is sincerely going to try to do something positive to LEARN from this mistake and make something positive come of it.

On a side note, I was listening to WGN right before the election and they had the guy running against Stroger I think, was it Pereika? Anyway, he mentioned that his opponent was a "chinaman" to which someone called in to complain. He then explained that "chinaman" in Chicago politics is a common term to refer to a political sponsor and that no offense was meant. They then just moved on. Not to defend North (because I sure don't want to), but I think the Asian-American group should take a hard look at those references as well so as not to look hypocritical.

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I just checked the State Board of Elections Campaign Disclosure website (had to be there to check something else, so it is not like I made a special effort to do this):

North, Michael N. Western Ave
Park Ridge, IL 60068 $200.00
3/7/2003 Individual Contribution
Homeowner's Campaign Committee

This committee supported:

Ellen Upton
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 1

Richard A Dipietro
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 2

David Rundblad
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 3

John K Kerin
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 4

Steven R Huening
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 5

Frank Depaul
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 6

Frank J Bartolone
Park Ridge, IL Alderman/Park Ridge Ward 7

A 60 year old woman with health issues who has no visibility outside of her ward is not a candidate for bigger offices. Even if someone holding a higher office in her ward left his position, there is at least one or two people that she shares office space with who would be above her in the pecking order. Anyway the ward is an insane mix of crazy liberals, homeless, yuppies and old school edgewater residents. Building an organization out of these groups is as easy as coalition building in the Balkans.

This is a bad conspiracy theory.

GD - Maybe not as crazy as you think. ISBE reports as of July 1, she had "funds available at the beginning of the reporting period" of $30,606.37. Her D-2 Pre-election Report from 7/1/2006 to 10/8/2006
shows Individual Contributions:
a. Itemized $71,860.00
b. Not-Itemized $0.00

Does she even have a challenger? That's not bad fundraising on her part.

A 15 year alderman in a ward with decent development and commercial vitality with $30,000 available...that's not impressive. That is not enough to scare off a challenger as a motivated individual could raise that kind of money in a week.

The real man behind the political organization that you were talking about is Ed Kelly. The man is over 80 and had the last indicia of his political power eliminated by his protege Gene Schulter 4 years ago. They may be able to scare up some money but they will have to find a young charismatic candidate to be their flag bearer. Mary Ann Smith does not fit that bill.

"Had I known about his pattern of behavior, I would have said 'no' to the request," Smith wrote.

I think that says it all.

I have never met her, because of her health issues, she had not been around so much when I did work in her ward and I highly doubt she even knew who Mike was.

She might still get a check but not enough to sway her vote which will be made very public in this case.

Going to say it again, Mike can walk away the bigger man here and make himself look good at the same time or he can fight it and look as bad as the people who organized this F up

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Not sure if this is it or not, but...

Licorice LTD Inc.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
$200.00 Individual Contribution
8/16/2003 Citizens for Michael F Sheahan

Licorice LTD Inc.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
$200.00 Individual Contribution
8/18/2004 Citizens for Michael F Sheahan

Licorice LTD Inc.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
$200.00 Individual Contribution
7/10/2006 Citizens for Michael F Sheahan

The only thing North is worthy of being named after is what I just flushed down my toilet.

I didn't need a news story to tell me how this ball got rolling.

It's all Bebe North behind this stuff! All of it! Every Bullshit Hall of Fame induction!

I would love to see the letter or application that started all this.

Also , good for the Asian group standing up and telling everyone what a jerk this guy is.

I really don't like when I see Mike North telling anyone who will print it, that he didn't know CHINAMAN was an offensive term. I guess it does reinforce how stupid he is. Not that he really didn't know, but that he thinks it is an acceptable position?

So should I stop calling my lawyer Jewboy? Because nobody ever said anything to me I always thought it was OK.