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Morning Shorts
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Posted by Kevin Fanning * Kadner: Illinois can vote for con-con in November…
* Con Con Considerations: Compensation * Still deliberating on Rezko * Report criticizes GOP power broker over hotel deal * Former Hotel Owners May Have Abused State Loans * Illinois treasurer denounces ‘cozy’ hotel * Chicago City Council Committees Evade The Law, Experts Say * Children’s Museum vote unlikely Tuesday * Michigan Ave. ‘wall’ on danger list * Daley Contends Crime Numbers * City wants its cut from Stubhub, eBay tickets
* Cronyism is the star of Stroger’s hiring show * Hoffman Estates chief critical of officer’s Stroger snub * Cook County state’s attorney foes go back and forth on corruption
* Hearing on public defender’s job postponed * Stroger drops effort to fire public defender * Politics and public defenders * Deal keeps Cook Co. public defender on the job
* Larry Walsh pleads guilty to DUI * State issuing trail grants * Special election has Kane Co. elections dept. in $680,000 hole * Law would help track abusive teachers * House OKs creation of Lincoln anniversary license plates * White: Recommendations to cut distracted driving should save lives * Obama opposes rail deal
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- Cal Skinner - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 9:42 am:
Aldermen get to have guns to protect themselves, but not citizens.
What a city!
- Leave a light on George - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 9:57 am:
Anybody remember the story about the State Troopers from Collinsville that got indicted/arrested for having illegal weapons? ISP Director held a press conference. How many people died because the weapons weren’t registered? ZERO
Anybody remember seeing any stories about how charges were dismissed, the law being found to be vauge and therefore unconstitutional? Didn’t think so.
How many of the Chi town shooting deaths in the past few weeks are atributable to the failure of Alderman Mell to register his guns? ZERO
Criminals are the reason there is crime. Not an inanimate object like a gun. Registering guns and/or gun owners is worthless as a crime prevention measure.
- paddyrollingstone - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 11:14 am:
Kudos to Larry Walsh on accepting responsibility for the DUI. He was dead-on about the proverbial one beer too many. This is a good example of how someone in the spotlight should act when the make a mistake.
- cermak_rd - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 11:50 am:
On the contrary, registering guns is a good deal for everyone. First of all, it separates the good guys (guys who register their guns and, in general, act responsibly with their guns) and the bad guys. It gives law enforcement one more weapon to take bad guys off the streets.
- plutocrat03 - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 12:21 pm:
Another example of dim and dimmer impeding possible progress.
Does anyone actually believe these 2 US Senators have a clue as to whether a merger of two transportation companies is good for our transportation system?
Perhaps we are pandering?
Just like decisions on energy policy in the past which prevented drilling for oil and expanding refinery capacity, markets respond to political interference.
Of course, our senior millionaire Senator will find a soapbox to decry the price gouging by oil companies, while his votes on energy policy have led us to this mess. Duhhhhhhh
- Chanson - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 1:33 pm:
There ought to be a law tracking kids abusive to teachers.
- Leave a light on George - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 3:23 pm:
Cermak_rd then lock Mel up. Better hurry though the Feds may beat you to it.
- Nearly Normal - Tuesday, May 20, 08 @ 6:04 pm:
I hope the law tracking teachers also includes administrators as well. I know of two situations where principals were hired without the district knowing that both were allowed to resign rather than get fired from their previous employers.
One was accused of an improper relationship with a high school student. The other had grievances filed by female faculty due to sexual harassment.
It was discovered that both were involved in similar cases at their previous districts. Their former bosses wrote glowing recommendations in order to get rid of the offenders.