how about the video of the new schock commercial featuring mendoza?
Levois
· 1 year ago
Mayor Daley wasn't having a very good day yesterday wasn't he?
Ravenswood Right Winger
· 1 year ago
Hoepfully the media gives Daley some scrutiny for his actions (or lack thereof) when he was Cook County State's Attorney when all this cop torture was allegedly taking place.
Given the media's lack of testicular virility to examine this (or Obama's record) I doubt it.
Amy
· 1 year ago
City budget difficult times....well, cut out the PR contracts! Katz and Jasculca Terman are listed as having done PR work for the Blue Bag system. since that was such a failure, why more money for people who got questionable results? If the times are tough, the purse strings should be tightened on outside contracts.
fedup dem
· 1 year ago
I think a big round of thanks should go to attorney Frank Avila, who served as the attorney for Aaron Paterson, one of the four former Death Row inmates who shared in a $20 million settlement from the City of Chicago back in January. Avila played a major role in keeping public attention focused on this case for years.
In addition to representing his client in court proceedings that seemed like they would never end, Avila repeatedly hosted numerous public affairs programs on Cable-TV to discuss the police torture issue. Avila and others were critical of the role of Mayor Daley (then the Cook County States Attorney when the police torture abuses took place), as well as outgoing States Attorney Dick Devine.
Making this stand and criticizing Daley, Devine and the powers-that-be on this subject of police torture was not the politically safe move for Avila to make. The criticism from Avila on this issue probably cost him his Democratic Primary race for Water Reclamation District Commissioner in 2002 and again in 2004. But in the end, it was the right thing to do, and he should be commended by everyone for his courage.
Cheswick
· 1 year ago
I'm really curious how the Illinois Dept. of Central Management Services came to be the middle-man for municipal salt purchasing. Apparently, CMS does this for more than just the South Suburban municipalities. Can all municipalities get in on this? What about counties? Does CMS get a fee for this? So many questions.
Deeda
· 1 year ago
The NCLBA is meant for all children in school. I have a child with autism and I bet he brings down the school goals.
wordslinger
· 1 year ago
The blue bag program was a ridiculous boondoggle from the get-go. Cost a lot, achieved nothing. Except some folks got richer.
Truthful James
· 1 year ago
The salt problem hits every commercial property owner in Illinois. Not only have the private sector snow plow people been faced with prices much more than doubling, the lurking presence of the State sequestering the barge loads (provided the Illinois River does not freeze shut and even afterward) for the State and the municipalities, leaves the rest sucking hind tit. That's what happened last year, and when supply was loosened the prices had gone way up.
The lack of sunspots on old Sol, presages a colder than normal winter, but is not a predictor of precipitation. Look for a River freeze up and even higher salt prices.
With the economy in the shorts and small stores in the strips going out of business, plus (in Crook County the property taxes on commercial property escalating while residentials are held back under the Assessor's 7% solution, there is no joy in commercial property Mudville -- gonna be a lot of Casey's striking out.
In other local news, the Blug Bag program was finally found out. Trash collectors were dumping it like they did everything else. Who had the bag concession? Put another way, who is left holding the bag?
Bubs
· 1 year ago
Instead of additional policemen, in Chicago we get a huge oversupply of middle managment political hacks.
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Given the media's lack of testicular virility to examine this (or Obama's record) I doubt it.
In addition to representing his client in court proceedings that seemed like they would never end, Avila repeatedly hosted numerous public affairs programs on Cable-TV to discuss the police torture issue. Avila and others were critical of the role of Mayor Daley (then the Cook County States Attorney when the police torture abuses took place), as well as outgoing States Attorney Dick Devine.
Making this stand and criticizing Daley, Devine and the powers-that-be on this subject of police torture was not the politically safe move for Avila to make. The criticism from Avila on this issue probably cost him his Democratic Primary race for Water Reclamation District Commissioner in 2002 and again in 2004. But in the end, it was the right thing to do, and he should be commended by everyone for his courage.
The lack of sunspots on old Sol, presages a colder than normal winter, but is not a predictor of precipitation. Look for a River freeze up and even higher salt prices.
With the economy in the shorts and small stores in the strips going out of business, plus (in Crook County the property taxes on commercial property escalating while residentials are held back under the Assessor's 7% solution, there is no joy in commercial property Mudville -- gonna be a lot of Casey's striking out.
In other local news, the Blug Bag program was finally found out. Trash collectors were dumping it like they did everything else. Who had the bag concession? Put another way, who is left holding the bag?
I guess that is the Mayor's idea of "realistic."