Tag: Chicago
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Stripping Chicago Spending, Bare Down
“What do a Chicago strip club and the President’s campaign fund have in common?” ANSWER: BOTH were paid- with public funds- as “VENDORS” to the City of Chicago. _______________________________________ Yesterday, OpenTheBooks.com upgraded it’s transparency portal to include the City of Chicago checkbook from 2002-2011. It contains $74 billion in vendor payments. Last year 69,800 entities received checks. Here’s what I found while scanning…
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Chicago Aldermen: White Collar Criminals
An analysis of pension fund documents for 21 aldermen who retired under the plan shows they are in line to receive nearly $58 million during their expected lifetimes, though contributions and assumed investment returns are predicted to cover just $19 million, or a third of that sum. The pension deal was inked more than two…
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Worst Housing Market Is In?
New data out of Standard & Poor’s this morning painted a somewhat mixed picture of the U.S. housing market: showing home prices may have hit bottom. via Business Insider. Hit bottom? Unlikely. But what I really wanted to show what this chart: Looking at the worst performing cities: Atlanta, Las Vegas, Chicago. In January 2011,…
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Building a New Chicago
I was skeptical of Rahm coming in as mayor. But as time goes by I’m getting more and more impressed by his ability to take on the unions, manipulate the media, get things done, outmaneuver worthless alderman, and most importantly develop and articulate his vision for the city. (It appears that) He gets it. …
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Most Bedbug Infested Cities
Orkin announced its top 50 bed bug cities for the past year and several of them are popular spring break destinations. The following cities are ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments Orkin performed from January to December 2011. via Chicago Tribune. Thoroughly revolted that we’re number 2.
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At Least 10 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Weekend Violence
A bizarre weekend where the high exceeded 80 degrees also brought a rash of violence across Chicago, which left at least 10 people dead and some 40 others wounded. via CBS Chicago. There’s no end in sight. CPD is so undermanned that little can be done. Whatever the Mayor’s is doing, it’s not working.