Byline: Greg Hinz
It's easy to understand why, after 19 years as mayor, Richard M. Daley would want to see a familiar face when he shows up at the office in the morning.
Mr. Daley's management style is one of creative tension on steroids. It's aide against aide and faction vs. faction. Bright Young Things arrive, blossom and burn out, only to be replaced by new generations of Bright Young Things. The old man must yearn for someone he knows and trusts.
Which leads to the reappearance at City Hall of one Frank Kruesi, the sometimes-dark eminence of the Daley administration. Mr. Kruesi definitely is bright but, more important, he's someone the mayor knows and ...