The Machine taking care of its own: At first blush, a pension bill adopted by the General Assembly in 2007 seemed to have a laudable goal: extending retirement benefits to local police force employees’ widows after they remarried. But buried within the legislation was...
This is an idea I’ve discussed with CTU reps at a meeting one time. CTU cannot represent “the children.” The truth is that CTU, WEAC, and all other teacher’s unions have a fiduciary duty to the union members. The union cannot do anything...
Cruising the local business section I found the following: Caterpillar Opening Facility in Mexico Peoria-based Caterpillar said Friday it is building a parts distribution center in Mexico that will employ up to 150 people. … The 500,000-square-foot facility...
This past week Rahm launched an ambitious plan to revitalize the city. However in order to make that work, he must first prevent Chicago from becoming Gotham. The post below talks about how the lack of enough police officers is causing a false reduction in the...
Crime is out of control. It’s not reported because in this town No Report = No Crime. And because we have so few police — who are constantly running from call to call — a LOT of crime is going unreported. Sometimes you can call 911 and wait 30-40...