In this volume of A POLITICAL HISTORY OF BLUE ISLAND... Mayor Paul T. Klenk was a visionary. As mayor he began to shape modern Blue Island and set it on its course to becoming the biggest thing south of Chicago. How did the city go off course? Why did Mr. Klenk decide that he no longer wanted to be mayor? Who were his successors, and how would they contribute to the elevation of John M. Hart, not just to the mayor’s office, but to the throne of a new kingdom created in his image? Finally, despite a mighty effort by the mayor who succeeded him, why has Blue Island been unable—some would say unwilling—to escape the will Mayor Hart imposed upon it so many years ago?