Mayor Richard Daley's old e-mail address -- MayorDaley@CityOfChicago.org -- no longer works.
No one expected Daley to personally field the blizzard of entreaties,
compliments, insults and offers that certainly poured in to that
address -- just one reason Daley has never announced a deal between the
City of Chicago and the wife of a deceased Nigerian dictator -- but it was
a useful, easy-to-remember way to get a message to City Hall.
Not long ago ( officials couldn't pinpoint the date) the city switched
to a system in which the "contact us" button at cityofchicago.org takes
readers to a feedback template allowing 2,000 character postings (this
item, for comparison purposes, is about 1,200 characters).
Staff then routes the messages to the appropriate departments.
"Obviously the mayor wasn't handling his own e-mail," said spokesman
John Camper. "So there was no point in pretending like he was."
Those who continue to send messages to the old address either don't get a response or find their e-mail returned to sender.
Meanwhile, those so inclined can still try to interest Gov. Rod
Blagojevich in online pharmaceuticals and male enhancement products by
writing to governor@illinois.gov.
