Author: Jimmy
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Beavers Indictment: Talking When Should be Quiet
Talk about passing the buck: Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, an old-school Chicago politician who likes to call himself “The Hog With the Big Nuts,” has been indicted on federal tax charges. … But Beavers, 77, called the indictment “horse s— I’m not worried about.” He said the feds only indicted him because he refused…
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Workers Occupy Goose Island Plant
A group of about 65 workers who occupied a Goose Island window factory in 2008 have once again locked themselves inside the plant in a desperate move to save their jobs. California-based Serious Energy said Thursday it is closing the plant’s doors and consolidating operations in Colorado and Pennsylvania. via Chicago Tribune. This is not good…
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Our Per Capita Government Debt Worse Than Greece
This chart was put together by Senator Jeff Session’s office. I found it over at The Weekly Standard.
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It’s Not All Bad
It’s important that every once in awhile we remind ourselves that aside from all the corruption, the parking tickets, the traffic, and the weather (generally but what happened to winter this year?) and the massive debt that the Machine has thrust upon us and our children that Chicago totally rocks for business. [LevelUp founder Seth]…
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Chicago Teachers Asking for 30% Raises
The Chicago Teachers Union is asking for raises amounting to 30 percent over the next two years, the opening salvo in heated contract negotiations with school officials who are implementing a longer school day across Chicago Public Schools next school year. Documents obtained by the Tribune show that in the face of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s…
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American And Canadian Homeowners
We’re alike and yet we’re different. What I would like to see is this information from 2003 and 2007. The Difference Between American And Canadian Homeowners.
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Lawyers for Occupy Say Crackdown was Practice
Lawyers for dozens of Occupy Chicago protesters arrested in Grant Park said Wednesday that the mass arrests amounted to a “dry run” by the Emanuel administration for handling protests during the G-8 and NATO summits in May. “This was Mayor Rahm Emanuel being Mr. Tough Guy to show the world that they could come to…
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Chicago Aldermen Want Quiet Public
Some of the City Council’s most influential aldermen proposed a crackdown today on crowd participation at council meetings that would ban everything from signs and posters to clapping and booing in the public gallery. via Chicago Tribune. I guess they want their constituents like children; seen and not heard.
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We’re Number One… in corruption that is.
A former Chicago alderman turned political science professor/corruption fighter has found that Chicago is the most corrupt city in the country. He cites data from the U.S. Department of Justice to prove his case. And, he says, Illinois is third-most corrupt state in the country. University of Illinois at Chicago professor Dick Simpson, who served…
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Sun Times Editorial Board = Morons
I came across this while looking for something else: Some critics have said this won’t make as much of a dent in pedestrian fatalities as Emanuel suggests, and they may be right. Citing statistics from a city pedestrian study, the Chicago Tribune found that more than half of the city’s 251 fatalities between 2005 and…