Yesterday's news: Officials in Stockton said Tuesday that mediation with creditors has failed, meaning the Central California city is set to become the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy. ... The river port city of 290,000 in Central California has seen...
Politics
More Bad News on the Pension Crisis
If I was Rahm I would so totally throw Daley under the bus on this issue. The debt from 10 Chicago-area pension plans swelled more than 600 percent to $27.4 billion between 2001 and 2010, according to a study released Monday by the nonpartisan Civic Federation. That's...
Police Boss: No Emergency = No Police
As Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy tries to streamline the way his department fights violent crime, he is stepping up his potentially controversial plan to reduce his officers' load of 911 calls. Facing heat over a surge in homicides as he enters his...
Compstat
I can't believe that I have not already written a post on Compstat but I can't find anything. Grrrrrr!! Ok so, for those that don't know Compstat is a system of policing accountability which originated in New York with the NYPD. And in case you don't know Garry...