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Morning Shorts
Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009 - Posted by Mike Murray * ‘That’s a good one’ — Sanchez’s success story has Chicago feel to it * Al Sanchez trial: Ex-Streets and Sanitation boss says he was too busy to rig hiring * Ex-Streets and San chief Sanchez cleans up image * Sanchez’s risk of testifying might pay off * Sanchez Attacks From Witness Stand * Closing arguments expected in Chicago fraud trial * Jody Weis gets no-confidence vote by rank-and-file officers * Rank-and-file trash Chicago police superintendent * Shooting victim is 29th Chicago student to be killed this school year * Teen is 29th CPS student killed this school year * Another Chicago Public Schools student slain * Chicago schools chief Ron Huberman visits slain student’s classmates * Test scores up in Chicago schools — charter and regular * Anti-Olympics protest set for IOC visit * Protests planned during I0C visit * City finance committee to hold special 2016 Olympics meeting * Stroger to order hiring freeze
* Cook County pays $100,000 to recorder’s employee who sued for political firing * Case may determine what taxpayers can know about officials’ pay
* Quigley Heads To Washington After Primary Win * Early voting begins today for 5th District seat * Caterpillar to lay off 2,454 workers in 3 states * Caterpillar laying off 815 at Aurora plant * Caterpillar Layoffs Have Employees Questioning Their Future * Schock Says Stimulus Hasn’t Helped CAT * Corus bank warns of $317 million loss, possible failure * Corus says auditors may raise doubt about bank’s future * The fifth season: pothole
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- James the Intolerant - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 8:52 am:
Might be a little off base, but why no talk of job cuts for the state budget. You can’t tell me that the state has no room to cut employees. When your budget is 80% labor, that is where the cuts must be made. The city will cut 1,000 jobs in the next year, unless the economy really turns around.
- Louis G. Atsaves - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 8:54 am:
Weis will never get a break from the rank and file and the political class in Chicago. As an outsider, he was targeted to fail from day one.
- lake dweller - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 9:20 am:
Mike, check out story in today’s Chicago Defender on Lisa Madigan, State Police and expungement.
- Ghost - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 9:28 am:
“You can’t tell me that the state has no room to cut employees.”
why? In 2003 the State reduced its employee count with early retirment, and has cut staff every year since. At this point the State is wasteing money on overtime, outside vendor contracts and temps because of having to little staff. We are spending more to get the work done then it would cost if we hired more people. penny wise pound foolish. reduced staff is costing us more then it would if we properly staffed. A cut should no be made becuse it sounds like a good idea, it should be made if it actually saves th state money and dioes not interfer with the provision of services. DCFS is not adequatly protecting children, DOC is left with a handful of guards on shift to try and keep thousands of inmates locked down, elderly an disabled adults have too few caregivers. The mental health facilities lack aequate staff to meet the eneds of the patients. verterans homes etc
Cutting off our nose to spite our face may make a good sound bite, but it is not the wise move.
Also we are trying to jump start our economy. Increasing the number of unemployed neither helps IL economy nor its tax base.
- Nearly Normal - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 9:50 am:
Schock is jumping the gun in regards to the stimulus. States need to file plans as to how they are going to use the stimilus funds to improve infrastructure such as roads, etc. About 2/3 have done so.
It is the construction projects that will make the demands for Cat products. Those needs will be known in the next weeks not days.
Not enough instant gratification or just using this as a way to get our name in the media, Aaron?
- Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 9:55 am:
Nearly Normal-
In April 2008 IDOT let 178 highway projects statewide.
In April 2009, IDOT has……….drumroll…….
180 projects on the April 2009 “special” stimulus letting.
- Anon - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 10:24 am:
How about some happy news? Link to the article about the new Lighthouse out near Rich’s place…
- Nearly Normal - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 10:40 am:
Six Degrees–
I believe there are many other construction firms in other states that purchase Cat products.
There is a 36-page list of “shovel-ready” projects to be let in April that purport to be above and beyond those proposed for FY 09.
http://www.dot.il.gov/stimulus/April_Letting_List_With_Letter.pdf
- Chanson - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 11:27 am:
This not a snarky question; I am being entirely serious about the stories of large number of Chicago children killed. Are the only young people from Chicago Public Schools being targeted? Are there no young people from parochial schools or drop-outs being victims? Those of us not coming from Chicago, sometimes are unsure of specifics.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 11:41 am:
NN-
It is purported to be over and above, and it is over and above what it would have been if ARRa hadn’t happened. Im just sayin’ - this construction year’s program in IL is not going to be much different than last year’s, from the looks of it…and many other states are in the same boat. furthermore, the type of projects funded by ARRA are typically not the kind that require lots of heavy earthmoving equipment and specialized machines. The contractors are going to get one more year out of the ol’ paving machine and dump trucks, and call it a day.
- Ravenswood Right Winger - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 12:52 pm:
Quigley blowing off a debate. SHOCKING!
http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2009/03/quigley-chickens-out-cancels-pulido.html
- Amy - Wednesday, Mar 18, 09 @ 4:22 pm:
chanson, most of the kids in high school are in public school in Chicago. don’t know how they are counting things, but, how about this one: aren’t the shooters CPS students too? or CPS alums? this whole school kid thing is nonsense. match the shootings to the neighborhood and you will find people of all ages in the same neighborhoods getting shot. it’s not about the school affiliation. they just want to pull at you that way.