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Morning Shorts
Wednesday, Dec 15, 2010 - Posted by Rich Miller * Chicago neighborhood integration grinds to halt, according to Census data: Here, 81 percent of blacks would have to move in order to be distributed as evenly across the city as whites, down slightly from 83 percent in 2000, according to a Sun-Times analysis of data from the Census Bureau’s 5-year American Community Survey. For Hispanics, that figure is 49 percent for 2009 compared to 47 percent in 2000… Nationwide, a similar index calculated by professors from Brown University and Florida State University showed an average of 65 percent for black-white segregation and 52 percent for Hispanics. * Lincoln-related tourism drops after 200th anniversary of birth: A post-bicentennial drop in tourism numbers reduced attendance by more than a third at some Lincoln sites this year. Hotel stays also fell. But tourism and historic-site managers say the fall-off from the 200th anniversary celebration in 2009 of Abraham Lincoln’s birth was anticipated. They remain encouraged that numbers in most cases were ahead of 2008 * Madison, St. Clair counties among ‘judicial hellholes‘ again * IL hospitals spent billions on community benefits: A new report details billions of dollars in community benefits that Illinois hospitals contributed in their 2008-09 fiscal years. * Illinois wants shoppers to pay up on online taxes * Olin Brass may move headquarters * Brookfield sets amusement tax on zoo * Brookfield Zoo cuts 11 jobs to balance budget * Wal-Mart Eyeing Bucktown Location? * Center for women shuts down: One of the city’s pioneering social service entities to combine non-profit and for-profit strategies to train low-income women for work has folded — a victim of the economy. * Mitsubishi workers set to vote on contract changes * Cook County orders audit for promotions and pay hikes * Preckwinkle makes financial checks in first Cook County Board meeting * Former Chicago revenue inspector accused of soliciting bribes * Northwestern attorneys seek to seal evidence in wrongful conviction case * Career prosecutor sworn in as DuPage state’s attorney - Robert Berlin was sworn in Tuesday morning as DuPage County state’s attorney after a 17-0 vote * Gordy Hulten is new Champaign County Clerk: He’s the designee to replace Mark Shelden who held the job for 13 years. * Horse racing returns to McHenry County * Bolingbrook officials to consider slashing alcohol sales tax in half * School district considers ‘sexting‘ policy * Rockford School Board restores high school honors classes * U. of Ill. starts search for Urbana chancellor * St. Clair County deputies reject offer; 13 of 46 could lose jobs * State GOP co-chair from Aurora * Cahnman found not guilty in solicitation case: Springfield defense attorney Dan Fultz argued to the seven-woman, five-man jury that Cahnman didn’t solicit the women, but simply accepted the offer they made to him. “You can think he was stupid, you can think that he was morally wrong, but he’s not on trial for any of that,” Fultz said.
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- "Lincoln Jr." - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 9:06 am:
Cahnman Case is simply put. Lawyers covering tracks for Lawyers~Plain and Simple.
- cassandra - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 9:58 am:
My question with respect to racial integration would be—why would blacks have to move? Why not
provide social and financial incentives for, say, whites to move into black neighborhoods. If you make the move economically and socially attractive enough, they will come. Ditto Asian and Hispanic neighborhoods, although the language barrier could be an additional roadblock in those neighborhoods.
Actually, we have a version of this approach here in Oak Park (where for sale signs are still not allowed on real estate, decades after the block busting 50’s and 60’s), where for years a local and highly praised housing center engaged in a form of (legal) “steering,” (and probably still does). Perhaps Chicago should take note. Oak Park is far more diverse than many of its suburban Chicago-area counterparts. It’s an ongoing project though.
- justbabs - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 10:34 am:
Calling 2500 N Elston “Bucktown” is really a stretch. Not mentioning a slew of other big box stores all along Elston is a blatant attempt to portray this as a Walmart infestation. Anyone who has driven Elston from Ashland to Diversey knows that it’s big box heaven and closer to a suburban strip mall than a city street in every way. Actually, it’s a perfect fit for a Walmart -that’s why I never shop on Elston!
- Just Observing - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 10:51 am:
It seems like Morning Shorts has been missing for a while. Glad to see it back!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 11:05 am:
Cassandra - nobody is asking for blacks to move. It’s a statistical measure, an index, that shows how many blacks would have to move for all neighborhoods to have the same percentage of blacks. Since blacks are in the minority, it makes more sense, statistically, to measure that number. Same for any other minority group. It’s just math.
- cassandra - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 11:30 am:
Anon-
I know that. But there are different ways of framing the data. When we think of racial integration, we still tend to think of white neighborhoods resisting integration. Historically,
that is understandable. But the problem (assuming residential racial integration is still a prized goal) is more complex now. Perhaps some incentives need to be reviewed.
- Highland, IL - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 11:42 am:
JUSTPAC + ATRA’s Judicial Hellhole rating = bubkus. Why does anyone listen to these hooligans?
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 12:00 pm:
13 medical malpractice cases FILED in a county of 270,000 people. That’s a judicial hellhole?
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s idea of Heaven must be a land without Courts or Doctors.
Meanwhile, I’ve yet to hear their comment on Walgreen’s copyright lawsuit against Wegmans over their logo. The offense? Wegman’s logo also uses a cursive “W”. You be the judge.
- Northsider - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 12:03 pm:
Sam Cahnman won an election?!
- blackdem - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 3:38 pm:
So why is ok for Preckwinkle to move all ex City and Olympic people into her administration? Isnt the city in massive deficits caused by Daley, and a so called independent democrat is supporting and moving democratic machine into high level spots??? Obvioulsy the talent at City Hall inst the great. But they are connected to Daley so that is enought huh? Does anyone else see a bad pattern here? The clowns are moving from City Hall to the County building so John Daley can continue to pillage the county. How dumb are we?
- Independent - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 5:06 pm:
I feel the Illinois online shopping tax amnesty program deserves more attention. Tax amnesty programs generally have an “or else” to back it up, but how will it be enforced? Also who has a record of their non-taxed online purchases dating back to ‘04?
Congress needs to take action on this. Online retailers should not be given preference over local retailers who employ locals and pay property taxes while collecting sales taxes.
- Old Timer - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 5:20 pm:
I wish a state audit would take place on who has gotten promotions and how much money they got for that promotion.
- amalia - Wednesday, Dec 15, 10 @ 5:34 pm:
a pause to mourn the loss of The Enterprising Kitchen, the producer of lovely products, the teacher of women in need of job training skills. even Eileen Fisher purchased products from TEK to use as corporate gifts. this is a true loss for the women in need and those who valued the products.