By Kevin McCauley
Chicago PR man Joe Sanchez has launched the NotoRahm.com site to drum up opposition to Rahm Emanuel's run for mayor of the Windy City.
He told O'Dwyer's that Emanuel – as President Obama's chief of staff – "twisted many arms" to win Congressional support for bills that are currently bankrupting the country. He worries that if Emanuel and his cronies gain power in Chicago the city would fall into financial ruin.
Sanchez conceded that Emanuel, a former Chicago congressman, is currently the front-runner to succeed Mayor Richard Dailey, but Sanchez believes time is on his side.
The mayoral election is set for Feb. 22. Sanchez is looking for a huge Republican victory in the mid-terms to build momentum for a fiscal conservative to emerge as a viable challenger to Emanuel.
Sanchez, who served as an Army PA officer in Iraq for a little more than a year, has received donations from 270 people since the Oct. 1 launch of his site. That amounts to more than $7,000. He needs at least $50K for a NotoRahm billboard on a busy Chicago highway. He's confident that donations will pour in after Election Day next month.
Sanchez was on duty in Iraq on Dec. 21, 2004 when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mess tent in Mosul, killing 14 U.S. soldiers, four Halliburton contractors and three Iraqi soldiers. He handled media such as CNN, BBC, Reuters, AP, Agence France Press and Fox News.
He now runs PRSmart, which offers "a la carte" services.
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