Insensitive. others like new york mayor mime block bloomberg say freedom of religion is the reason the project should go ahead. rahm emanuel s campaign for chicago mayor under way. the former white house chief of staff started visits to chicago. there he is on the great street in chicago. announcing the tour kickoff sunday in a web video. chicago is a world-class city today because of mayor daly s leadership. he deserves our appreciation, but we are facing tremendous challenges, to attracting jobs to improving schools to making all our neighborhoods facer. well, the mayor, richard daly, decided not to seek another term after 21 years running city hall. emmanuel gave up his white house job friday. he has not an official candidate yet. time magazine reports that