Month: January 2010
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State Borrows Another $3.4 Billion
Clout Street is carrying a short story about Quinn standing at the bond counter selling your future and mine. As of today the State of Illinois is about $120 Billion in debt. That’s around $9,400 for every man, woman, and child in the state. And the Governor’s passing out paper making the whole situation worse. I’m…
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CPD May Scrap Entrance Exam
Local NBC is running with this story that the Chicago Police Dept. may Scrap Entrance Exam. Hello insanity my old friend. Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open the process to as many people as possible. I’m…
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We’re moving on out…
Today’s Tribune has a story about Hookah bars closing in Worth and Palos Hills. Seems the local town folk don’t want anyone smoking anywhere in public in their town. Here’s the money quote: Havana Cafe owner Ray Salem said he’ll likely reopen as a sandwich shop, although he estimates he’ll lose 50 percent of his business.…
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Relocate To Make It
Have you heard of this? According to a recent Pew Research Center study, one in 10 adults between the ages of 18 and 34 said the poor economy has forced them to move back in with mom and dad. Tribune has a story about it here. It’s pretty straightforward, kids leave home trying to make it…
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The Body Scan Scam
Let the dance begin. Security gurus versus privacy rights advocates are starting the new year off with a very loud public argument on the use of millimeter wave body scans at U.S. airports. The problem is that they’re not even debating the right question. Like many things, this would be funny it not for the potential deadly…
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Chicago Homicide Reality
Ok, I have this theory. It’s a theory about the homicide rate in Chicago and how it’s being touted by everyone from the Mayor to the media but the truth is that we’re being sold a bill of goods. “Chicago homicides drop for 2009” screams the Tribune headline and when I read it my jaw…