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Morning shorts
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 - Posted by Mike Murray * Cook County board fails to override sales tax veto * Stroger plays his ace — and cleans up
* County Board caves on sales tax rollback
* Cook County Board can’t roll back sales tax hike * Chicago Olympic bid ‘amibitous but achievable,’ report says * IOC Offers Praise, Concern for Chicago’s 2016 Bid * IOC brings up Chicago transit, money, public support in its report * Chicago aldermen now back city’s bid for 2016 Olympic Games * Chicago aldermen poised to OK blank check on Olympics costs * Two Olympic Oversight Ordinances In Chicago City Council * Proper oversight will strengthen Olympics * Sears Centre fallout could hit taxpayers over 20 years * 15-day suspension for sleeping through fire * Oprah Winfrey taping to shut down Michigan Avenue * Daley Defends Closing Street for Oprah * Online tool connects residents to food resources * Job scams growing in sour economy * Champaign Says No to Homeless Tent City * Homeless in Chicago: Calling a Patch of Grass ‘Home’
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- fedup dem - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 9:55 am:
Five months from tonight, when Comm. Sims gives her concession speech after being trounce for renomination, I hope she thanks Toddler for dragging her down to defeat and political oblivion. After that, she can watch Toddler stumble over his own concession speech.
- Brennan - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 9:55 am:
Saving that Tribune editorial for Rich?
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 9:55 am:
How does a battalion chief sleep through the fire alarms at the station? Are there snooze buttons? Do the alarms need to be turned up? Something’s not quite right about this story.
- Wumpus - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 10:06 am:
Lingerie football league will save the Sears Centre
- Cassandra - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 10:22 am:
Are there any serious contenders to Ms. Sims in her next commissioner election. Otherwise, I can see why she voted the Cook County way–more money for pay to play, more money for corrupt contracts, more money for do-nothing patronage workers, more money for badly managed county agencies. It’s much easier to cover up severe dysfunction and mismanagement if you are swimming in tax money you don’t really need. You can put four incompetent Democratic hacks on a county job that only needs one, for example. And a tiny bit of the the extra moolah does make it to the needy–not much, though. Most of it is already spoken for.
I doubt very much that the clinics played much of a role in Ms. Sims’ decision to support this highly regressive sales tax. More likely, she
made a calculation about her political future and decided that the usual tax-increase-loving way was the safest way. Can’t blame her for that. Mentioning the clinics was just putting lipstick on the pig.
- Captain Flume - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 10:45 am:
With the imminent IOC evaluations of the 2016 venues, I just read on a Forbes web page that Chicago is the most stressful city in which to live in the U.S. Nice.
- Boscobud - Wednesday, Sep 2, 09 @ 10:49 am:
Did you see in the Daily Herald that Victor Santana has re-filed his previously tossed out federal lawsuit against the Cook County Board of Review?