The well-organized opposition to the Jefferson Park project could also be making Emanuel reluctant to wade into the controversy as he tries to strengthen his support in relatively conservative, largely white Far Northwest Side neighborhoods ahead of a possible 2019 re-election run. Many homeowners in that part of the city are already upset with him for various tax increases he's pushed through, for dumping lots of retired city workers from the city health care program and for re-assigning police officers to more violent areas.