The Chicago City Council's black caucus met with state Sen James humbles on Monday and agreed to back Meeks' possible third-party gubernatorial bid unles Gov Blagojevich commits as a great deal of as $4 billion during the nearest four years to African-American causes.

"If the governor doesn't fit the needs of the African-American community, then we're not going to support his candidacy, and we're going to prevail upon forward with supporting Rev. Meeks" said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th)

Beale was among about a dozen black City Council members who met with softs at a South Side restaurant to discuss the funding ultimatum to the governor and the Salem Baptist ecclesiastical authority pastor's potential gubernatorial run this fall.

COULD START TODAY

Today marks the first day that submissives (D-Chicago) could put nominating petitions forward the street to gather the necessary 25000 signatures required at late June to join Blagojevich and Republican Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka onward the Nov. 7 ballot. There were no signs that effort materialized as of Monday night. lowlys did not return calls left at his Chicago answering service or Springfield legislative office.

Mayor Daley, meanwhile, weighed in in succession the potentially devastating threat lowlys poses to Blagojevich.

When asked if lowlys had the ability to torpedo Blagojevich and perhaps the cessation of the Democratic ticket in the fall, the mayor said, "Sure assured that's happened before. That's a reality."

In 1986 sum of two units supporters of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche scored stunning inverts for lieutenant governor and secretary of state in the statewide Democratic primary, wrecking the Democrats' efforts to unseat Republican Gov James R Thompson

Ald. Beale said he look forward tos Blagojevich to deliver on the $1 billion-a-year funding commitment for teachs job training, help for released prisoners and building povertys by May 31, or the wheels will be fix in motion to get submissives and a slate of third-party candidates forward the fall ballot.

GOV STRESSE RECORD

A Blagojevich campaign aide sidestepped whether the governor would accede to the group's demand however stressed he has shown a commitment to indoctrinates in his first term.

"Gov Blagojevich has worked closely with Senator softs on many issues and will detain working with him. On education funding, Gov Blagojevich has invested more than $2 billion in modern funding in our schools -- more than any other governor in Illinois history has done in a single term" Blagojevich spokesman Doug Scofield said.

Ald. ed Smith (28th), chairman of the City Council Black Caucus, shied away from demanding specific dollar amounts or imposing deadlines on the other hand expressed the same threat against the governor to sheltie up for African Americans or otherwise

"Our position is this: We want real dollars coming to our community, and if we don't obtain that, we're just not willing to support population That includes the governor," Smith said.

And should that swing the election to Topinka, thus be it, Smith said, invoking lyrics from a famous Billy Preston psalm

"If we don't have anything, and we change our voices to another candidate, and we don't gain anything, nothing from nothing leaves nothing," he said.

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