* Report: Chicago homes in foreclosure up in 2009
A new report say the number of Chicago homes in foreclosure was up 16 percent in 2009 compared with 2008.
* City commission wants feds to investigate racist Beverly signs
The signs read, “Say no to the ghetto,” “White power” and “Mt. Greenwood - the next Englewood.”
A smaller sticker read, “White Pride Worldwide,” and a tiny noose was hanging from his garage. […]
Reached Monday, Corrigan said he hadn’t heard of the commission’s wishes.
“I’m maintaining it was yard art,” he said. “Other than that, I really have no comment.”
* Huberman warns of 37-student class sizes if CPS must trim $700 million from its budget
Hundreds of teaching jobs also could be at risk. Full-day kindergarten, magnet schools, gifted programs, early childhood programs and bilingual education also would take a hit under the plan that outlines $301 million in school-based trims and $398 million in central office and citywide cuts.
* Schools could use your help
If you want a say in running your local Chicago public school, now is the time to raise your hand.
* Coalition gives Mayor Daley ‘D’ for job performance
Mayor Daley is already reeling from a personal low 35 percent approval rating tied to the parking meter mess, City Hall corruption scandals and Chicago’s first-round Olympic flame-out.
Now, a coalition of liberal-leaning civic groups is piling on — by giving the mayor a “D” for job performance.
Developing Government Accountability to the People (DGAP) accused the mayor of “mortgaging the future” by selling off Chicago parking meters and draining most of the $1.15 billion windfall to fill a massive budget shortfall.
* Daley: No blanket moratorium on landscaping ordinance
Mayor Daley said Monday he’s willing to let Chicago businesses substitute plastic fences for more costly wrought-iron, but he’s not about to declare a blanket moratorium on Chicago’s landscaping ordinance.
* Video archives of City Council meetings available on clerk’s website
* Video of Chicago City Council meetings now archived online
* Judge fines Sheriff Dart $1,400 over eviction delay
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart — who made international headlines in 2008 when he temporarily stopped evicting tenants in foreclosed buildings — was fined $1,400 Monday over a delay in carrying out a 2009 eviction order.
* Edens Spur resurfacing to create a bottleneck
Just as most of the massive rehab of the Illinois tollway system ends, construction on a small segment, the Edens Spur, threatens to snarl the commute for thousands of motorists and handcuff Chicagoans’ escape to Wisconsin this summer.
* Cabbies working longer hours and facing increased risks, experts say
In a recent survey conducted by a researcher with the University of Illinois at Chicago, more than one-fifth of Chicago-area drivers said they had been attacked or threatened with violence by a passenger at least once in their careers. However, only half of them said they had reported the attack to police.
* Chicago and U.S. Underprepared for Bioterror Attack
* Full-body scanners come to O’Hare
* Full-body scanner debuts at O’Hare
* Gangs here but shouldn’t be tolerated
“It’s hard for these towns to adjust to the fact that gangs are everywhere,” said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. “It’s not a stigma against any town, because they’re everywhere.”
He said that his gang-intelligence officers have detected increased activity in pockets of Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Arlington Heights because of an influx of rival gang members.
* School board president: Bus driver allowed to work despite suspicions of drinking
Mount Prospect official says incident a ‘districtwide failure’
* Now illegal to use hand-held phone while driving in Evanston
* School renovation hits a wall: Neighbors
A renovation plan for the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka has neighbors voicing design concerns that could delay the project.
* Tough times are right times to redevelop city
This “tough time” is the right time to make fundamental investments in Rockford’s recovery.
* Behind closed doors, LeRoy council talks Open Meetings law
* Normal hopes to get more money through higher totals in 2010 Census
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Mar 16, 10 @ 7:59 am:
Rich - in you fax, you quote the Governor last nigth: “The bottom line is, this past year we were able to kind of exempt education from cuts because we got a billion dollars from the federal government. This year the federal government has said on July 1st the money is gone.” And then say that that’s not true. However, if you parse the words, it IS true. Given the budget shortfall last year, education would have had to take a hit. But it didn’t, because of the Federal money. This year, the Federal money is gone. So again, education is on the chopping block. (P.S. Why don’t you open the subscription section to comments from subscribers)
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Mar 16, 10 @ 8:18 am:
–City commission wants feds to investigate racist Beverly signs–
I saw this guy on TV claiming his signs were “yard art.” I can save the city the time of an investigation: the guy’s a racist slob. Case closed.