Tag: Chicago Shakedown
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Pete’s Update – 09/27/2012
A couple of new things to report on the situation with Pete’s Fresh Market. As most readers know, the story has now made the local papers and WGN TV News. Here’s what’s new — and what you won’t read in those papers: #1 My original story stated that “the ring-leader of the group of thugs…
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Pete’s — Update 09/26/2012
“If we don’t work then nobody work.” via. WGN. Dude on camera telling the world he’s going to shut-down construction. This is insanity.
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Pete’s — 09/25/12 Update
The Sun-Times joins the discussion: The West Side is one of Chicago’s “food deserts,” so named because it lacks full-service grocery stores. Cheers went up from people in the neighborhood when the city sealed a deal two years ago to bring one to Madison and Western. Pete’s Fresh Market, a South Side-based chain, got the…
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Pete’s Fresh Market — Update 09/19
Reliable sources inform me that Pete’s and people from the city are sitting down and trying to work out a deal to restart construction. Reliable sources also have confirmed the facts of the original post. If any readers have stories of problems with any politicians please contact me privately with that information. We have been…
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Why It’s Impossible to Run a Business Without Breaking the Law
Shakedown in Chicago is commonplace. It’s not just at Pete’s. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHxcfQfL_M]