Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley tensions boil over; Bill Daley defends brother

Long-simmering tensions between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former Mayor Richard M. Daley boiled over on Friday, with William Daley rising to the defense of his older brother.

The final straw was Emanuel's decision to blame his predecessor and political mentor Thursday for the avalanche of tax increases needed to solve Chicago's $36 billion pension crisis.

"It's unseemly to keep blaming the previous administration, which has been gone seven years," William Daley, who followed Emanuel as White House chief of staff under former President Barack Obama, told the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday. "It's kind of like Obama blaming Bush after seven years and saying, 'I've got this problem in the Middle East, and George Bush did this.' Come on. Put the big-boy pants on, and move on. It's kind of sad."

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