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Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009 - Posted by Mike Murray

* Subpoena time in Strogerville

Word is that Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s special prosecutions bureau has issued subpoenas to the Cook County comptroller’s office as well as independent Cook County auditors.

* All but impossible to override Stroger veto

* Sims: ‘This was not about Todd Stroger’

* Tomorrow’s tragedy: Berrios as assessor

* The fence that Burke built

Powerful alderman spent $45,499 in taxpayer money to build a sidewalk and fence longer than a football field that keeps teens from hanging around the railroad track behind his home

* New Legal Tactic for Chicago Not so Smart?

Attorneys who sue the city of Chicago say a new legal tactic is going to cost the city a lot of money.

The city recently announced a new policy backed by Police Superintendent Jody Weis and the law department. It’s going to fight small lawsuits even though it would be cheaper to settle them. The idea is to scare off lawyers who think they can get some easy money.

PETERS: The cases aren’t gonna fall off.

* What’s new this year at CPS

* New Chicago schools

* Kids Start School Without Teachers: Huberman Promises Change

* CPS Seeks “Culture of Calm” in Chicago High Schools

* CPS’ new performing arts high school strikes a chord with students

* OK to give Metra credit

* Did state’s attorney use office for political work?

A special prosecutor will investigate claims that McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi improperly ordered a secretary to do political work for him on county time, a judge ruled Friday.

* Daley’s return, Olympics guarantee top today’s Illinois political docket

* Chicago 2016 Olympics debate amps up

* The Olympics would be good for us – really

* Despite recession, visitors give Lake County $1 billion boost

The county posted nearly $1.1 billion in visitor and tourism spending in 2008, a 3.9 percent increase over 2007, according to the Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

* Union Pacific has begun construction of a nearly $370 million, 785-acre intermodal terminal in Chicago

* FutureGen Alliance’s board taps new chairman

* Chrysler ramps up Dodge Caliber production at Belvidere

* Kraft to continue effort to buy Cadbury after bid rejected

* State marks National Preparedness Month

* Illinois governor set to receive seasonal flu shot

* Hospital in stroke center network

4 Comments

- Hank - Tuesday, Sep 8, 09 @ 10:00 am:
Nothing new with CPS schools not having enough teachers as this has been happening for years. This fact is all the more disappointing at this time as Huberman announced last week that 30 million will be used to target 1200 “high risk students” who are in danger of being shot while playing dice in some alley at 1AM
Arne Duncan now runs the nation’s schools. Great appointment as he has a mean hook shot

- Pat collins - Tuesday, Sep 8, 09 @ 10:06 am:
The idea is to scare off lawyers who think they can get some easy money.

PETERS: The cases aren’t gonna fall off.

So you say now. But something similar worked for Guiliani in NYC. Let’s see after two years, the case load and cost.

- Inish - Tuesday, Sep 8, 09 @ 10:20 am:
Lets see how the Special Prosecutor in McHenry does- they beleive that “chicago style politics” only applies to Democrats- Bianchi’s number two is the Svengalli of Republican McHenry.
There is alot more to this story

- wordslinger - Tuesday, Sep 8, 09 @ 4:48 pm:
Can’t figure out why Chicago 2016 is running spots drumming up support for the Olympics.

It’s not like the IOC was worried about local support for the Beijing or Moscow games. And they still had the games in Mexico City after the army there massacred hundreds of anti-Olympics protesters.

I guess they have money to burn.

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