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Defensive Daley Disinforms

“Mayor Richard Daley today scoffed at complaints that next month’s increases in parking meter rates would affect people in many Chicago neighborhoods,” the Tribune reports. “Th… more →

Division Street

Former Blagojevich chief of staff pleads guilty, agrees to testify against ex-boss

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 1 week ago: Lost somewhat in the shuffle of Illinois political news Wednesday was former Blagojevich chief of st … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, BlagoGate, patrick fitzgerald, chicago political machine, John Harris, Tony Rezko, Lon Monk

Please hold.

trailerpilot wrote 2 months ago: What a weekend: Caught dress rehearsal for Searching for SuperGirl Thursday, The Moving Architects … more →

Tags: Blather, News, Alfonso Ribeiro, Art Institute of Chicago, Carlton Banks, cindy brandle dance company, Diego Luna, enrique granados, gael garcia bernal

Leon Despres Tribute.

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 2 months ago: Leon Despres, long known as the liberal conscience of Chicago's City Council, died last week at … more →

Tags: Current Books, the chicago reporter, Richard J. Daley, DR king, Leon Despres, political machine, plantation politics, Chicago Freedom Movement, Museum of Science and Industry

Carl Smith on The Plan of Chicago

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 2 months ago: Carl Smith gives an effective introduction to The Plan of Chicago, which celebrates its centennial t … more →

Tags: Current Books, the chicago reporter, Carl Smith, daniel burnham, make no small plans, Commercial Club, Lewis Mumford, WBEZ, wttw

THEATER REVIEW: 'Rod Blagojevich Superstar' — 2 comments

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 2 months ago: Second City announced Friday it extended the run of its hit musical spoof “Rod Blagojevich Sup … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, BlagoGate, patrick fitzgerald, chicago political machine, roland burris, Lisa Madigan, Patti Blagojevich

Two of Blagojevich's former chiefs of staff cooperating with feds

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 2 months ago: Lon Monk, a former chief of staff to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, pleaded not guilty in the … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, BlagoGate, John Harris, Lon Monk, Politics, Rod Blagojevich, roland burris

Methinks 'tis Talketh Like Shakespeare Day

annedkz wrote 2 months ago: Zounds and egads! Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the city of Chicago have proclaimed today, the 445 … more →

Tags: DePaul Faculty, William Shakespeare, Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Paula McQuade, hamlet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Hark! Talk Like Shakespeare Day is upon us — 4 comments

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 2 months ago: To blog or not to blog in Shakespearean dialect, that is the question which preoccupies my mind at t … more →

Tags: Talk Like Shakespeare Day

Chicago Green Series 1 of 5: America's Greenest City?

Philip Nowak wrote 2 months ago: Chicago has long been known for gritty industrial buildings, bloody stockyards, polluted waterways a … more →

Tags: 2008 U.S. City of the Year, bloody stockyards, Chicago, Chicagoans, chris brown should get his ass kicked, City Hall, City in a Garden, Eco-Friendly, Fast Company Magazine

Is Daley the next target of Operation Board Games? — 3 comments

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 3 months ago: Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley made a puzzling comment Friday about the 19-count federal indictment … more →

Tags: Politics, Rod Blagojevich, BlagoGate, patrick fitzgerald, John Harris, Operation Board Games

Chicago: The City That No Longer Works? Not if Mayor Daley is in Charge. — 1 comment

Philip Nowak wrote 3 months ago: Say what you want about the legacy of Mayor Daley, but the fact of the matter is that the man is a p … more →

Tags: Politics, Chicago, corruption, mayor daley

Can Private Security Guards Act As Cops? — 1 comment

heidilore wrote 3 months ago: *COME ON…* They’re private security guards, already on patrol, but they may soon have th … more →

Tags: News, Toronto, Chicago, police, Security, security guards, South Side, Outsourcing, Skyway

Daley won't reveal stimulus plans, probably wants to hoard money for Olympic spending — 1 comment

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 4 months ago: Lots of mayors across the nation have released detailed lists of the projects they hope to fund with … more →

Tags: Politics

Regarding Burris: Stroger supportive and Daley dismissive as Rush remains silent

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 4 months ago: More than a dozen elected officials have called on Roland Burris to resign his U.S. Senate seat, but … more →

Tags: Politics, Rod Blagojevich, roland burris, Bobby Rush, Todd Stroger

Everywhere you look, it's MoveOn.org — 5 comments

Procrustes wrote 5 months ago: It seems that Organizing for America (aka Obama 2012) is not the only tool available in The Unpresid … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, weather underground, ACORN, New Party, Real Barack Obama, Politics, the real barack obama, rbo

Ron Huberman's Reading List — 5 comments

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 5 months ago: CTA President Ron Huberman is slated to become schools chief today; here are some reading suggestion … more →

Tags: Current Books, arne duncan, Changing Minds, Charles Payne, chicago public schools, Common Ground, cta president, Death at An Early Age, Howard Gardner

Blagojevich appoints Burris to Obama's vacated Senate seat — 2 comments

Craig Wieczorkiewicz wrote 6 months ago: For a fleeting minute today, I thought the Burris Gambit worked. Before the smoke clears from the la … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, BlagoGate, Bobby Rush, chicago political machine, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, jesse white, Politics, Rod Blagojevich