Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Rahm’s Residency Issue
Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel was twice purged from the city voter rolls in the last 13 months but was reinstated by election officials, who allowed him to vote absentee in the February primary even though he did not live at his North Side address. (Full story here.) This is not a comment, up or…
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Chico’s Education Plan
Just got back from Gery Chico’s presentation of his plan to revive CPS. The 15 page plan handout can be found here if you’re interested. For those just looking for the bullet points: As the former head of the Chicago Public Schools Gery knows something about education. Further, as the leader when the schools were…
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December 04, 2008
Just a bit of history: Posted at 10:55 a.m. Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) said the lease will help the city during a tough budget time. (Daley plans to spend much of the one-time windfall to shore up the city budget during the next few years.) “I think it is a good ordinance that is going…
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IL High Schools Failing the College Bound
Eight of 10 public high school juniors in Illinois weren’t considered ready for college classes in all subjects based on ACT testing last spring — and many students missed the mark even at posh suburban Chicago schools that graduate some of the state’s brightest kids. At Lake Forest, Deerfield, Northbrook and Hinsdale high schools, more…
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From you the voter
I was reading this story here at the Sun-Times about how Chicago compares to other cities (we rock by the way.) And in the comments I found this observation by someone posting as nomoretears: Chicago is fine, and Chicago needs to worry about being Chicago. We just need new local and state leadership across the…
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CPS is Broke, State not Helping
Two months into the school year, Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year’s deficit at $700 million. … Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year’s deficit at $700 million. During the meeting, officials revealed the state still owes CPS $164 million from last school year…
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Rahm Talks Trash
An interesting bit, shows that Rahm’s not just another pretty face: (1) Establish a “benchmark” price per ton after comparing the cost of collecting Chicago’s 1 million tons of annual garbage to costs in 10 major cities. (2) Give the city’s 1,142-strong, $173.7 million-a-year refuse-collection army a chance to generate the savings necessary to meet…
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Strong-arm Robbery
At 12:30 a.m., a female Roosevelt University student was robbed of her iPhone in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to Central District police. (Full story here.) This is the kind of event that troubles me. No camera is going to stop this. And let’s be honest, it’s just not practicable to say…
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Why Gutierrez Isn’t Running for Mayor
From the Sun-Times: Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko gave U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez free upgrades on a riverfront town house after the congressman asked for them, Gutierrez told the FBI, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Gutierrez’s comments to federal agents in a previously undisclosed 2008 interview contradict what the congressman told the Sun-Times in 2006…
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More Crime Nonsense
Let’s start with the premise: Chicago police officials reported today that October crime statistics continued a drop in violent and property crime for the 22nd consecutive month.Total crime dropped by 3.7 percent compared to the same time last year while property crime dropped by 2 percent and violent crimes dropped by 9.8 percent, police said.…
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