for what it's worth, the subject should be "ward heelers." Being from Chicago, I know that there were many in the city under the old Mare Daley. "Heeling" gets its name, I believe, from wearing out one's shoe-heels walking around...
-- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
