With the election now behind us I’d like to pause on a great little story in the Trib. today. Cook County voters Tuesday narrowly retained four Circuit Court judges who had been deemed unqualified to continue on the bench by several legal groups. Jim Ryan and...
Even on the way out Mayor Daley cannot be straight with us. After weeks and weeks of hammering away telling us that crime is down — when anyone west of the lake knows it’s not — along comes this half-truth. The city at the end of this year will have...
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...
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...
