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Question of the day

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller

First, read this.

Chicagoans overwhelmingly favor wage and benefit standards for Wal-Mart and other “big-box” retailers, even if it places jobs at risk, according to a new poll commissioned by proponents to turn up the heat on the City Council.

Of the 500 registered voters surveyed last week, 84 percent want aldermen to require newly built and existing stores with at least 75,000 square feet of space owned by companies with $1 billion in annual gross revenues to pay employees who work more than five hours a week at least $10 an hour in wages and $3 an hour in benefits.

Wal-Mart said last week that Chicago could be home to as many as 20 new Wal-Mart stores over the next five years, but only if the big box ordinance is defeated. Sixty-nine percent of those surveyed believe that’s a chance worth taking. […]

The poll of 500 registered voters was conducted by Washington D.C.-based Lake Research Partners and was commissioned and funded by the Grassroots Collaborative, a coalition of community organizations in Chicago. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.

The 84 percent showing is identical to results of a March referendum on the issue in the 35th Ward.

What do you think of this idea?

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Memorandums of Understanding coverage

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller

Let’s just look at the ledes.

Daily Herald:

Millions of taxpayer dollars earmarked in private political deals for everything from a Little League program to street work for a Chicago alderman were detailed in state documents released Tuesday.

Copley:

There’s $50,000 to encourage “car sharing” in Illinois. Another $75,000 is going to the Puerto Rican Parade Committee to promote “cultural awareness.”

Sun-Times:

Engineering costs for a new tollway ramp in Rosemont, street improvements in Chicago’s 13th Ward and a new football field for a Southwest Side college where a state lawmaker once coached are among hundreds of special projects Gov. Blagojevich’s administration recently signed off on, documents released Tuesday show.

Tribune:

Democratic lawmakers agreed to pass Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s $56 billion state budget last month after cutting secret side deals for items ranging from police cars and tornado sirens to millions of dollars for after-school programs, documents released Tuesday show.

AP:

Gov. Rod Blagojevich wanted a budget. Democratic lawmakers wanted projects to take home to their districts in an election year.

You get the feeling that the spin went against the pols on this one?

The AP has also posted the list. Most of the projects are defensible, but there’s always a few that jump out at you.

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Morning shorts

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller

· Illinois graduation rate 14th in nation

· Mail fraud charge tossed

· Stroger allies thwart hearing

· Hiring scandals shine light on patronage in states

· Employees picket at Illinois prisons to protest staffing levels

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