Month: February 2011
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Residents Flee St. Louis
Does this sound familiar? St. Louis is losing residents, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday, and the population decline goes deeper than being another blow to the proud city’s image. The drop will mean a financial loss that could cost the already cash-strapped Gateway City millions of dollars. Figures from the 2010 census were…
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CPS racial disparity grew under Daley
A study by two University of Illinois at Chicago professors Thursday dumped on the idea of a Chicago Public Schools “miracle’’ under Mayor Daley and pushed for an elected — rather than appointed — school board to move city schools forward. The disparities between black and white students, and between Latino and white students, have…
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Tomorrow’s Email Today
The following email is scheduled to go out at 5:00AM CT 02/09/2011 Dear Friends and Neighbors, I don’t like being over-dramatic but this may be one of the most important emails you’ll read this month. Please give me 1 min of your time on two topics concerning the upcoming aldermanic race. First Topic: Genita Robinson,…
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The Supreme Court Decision
I realize this is now old news but it is worth mentioning that the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court placing Rahm on the ballot is going to have far reaching consequences. Justices Freeman and Burke appear to be the only members of the court with any vision: Suffice it to say, therefore, that this…
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Yes it’s been a few days
Yes, I realize that it has been several days — and a lot has happened — since my last posting. About a week before snowpocalypse I ran into a buzz saw and I’m just getting caught-up. Everyone gets busy from time to time and this blog on occasion takes more time that it should. But…