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Morning Shorts
Friday, May 11, 2012 - Posted by Owen Irwin * Report: Former IDOT official committed misconduct; grand jury didn’t indict * Bill to lift cap on CTA bonding hits Springfield speed bump * Lawmakers take another step toward eliminating some regional school superintendent offices * Wolff: Governor should stick with prison-closing plan * Week in Review: Senate Votes Out Scholarship Program, COGFA Against Facility Closures * No driving with a lapdog law fails in state Senate * State: Bill limits university spending on exec search firms * Hundreds Of Firefighters Gather In Springfield For The 19th Annual Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial And Medal Of Honor Awards Ceremony * Legislators look into state hiring practice * Politically connected family fighting ban on getting work from Chicago City Hall * Press Release: Senator Lightford Keeps Focus on Education, Passing Recess and Dropout Age Measures out of Senate * SIU board approves tuition increases for freshmen * Peoria official wants to prevent Dixon-style theft * Chicago unveils wide-ranging transportation plan * Local leaders ask Metra for additional Heritage Corridor trains * Solid demand for Chicago’s $407M water bond deal * Terrorism at NATO summit viewed as improbable, not impossible * Occupy protesters plan to march without permits, target Boeing at NATO summit * FACES OF THE PROTEST
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- Wumpus - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 9:16 am:
Dear Occupy Protesters,
Thank you fo rdeciding to march without a permit. What kind of protest would you be if you did have a permit? I disagree with many of your goals, but a protest is a protest, damn a permit!
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 9:19 am:
RE: background checks
1) I had to undergo a full FBI/IBI one in the early 70’s when I was hired
2) It shouldn’t be that hard to decide which jobs should be restricted. Some are, I think, pretty obvious … like ones dealing with personal data or financial payments.
- Colossus - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 9:35 am:
@Wumpus: Nice to see a bit of that old-fashioned American feistiness. Seems like that’s been in short supply for a decade or three.
Thanks for the Faces of the Protest link. Can’t follow the game if you don’t know the players.
- wordslinger - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 9:44 am:
On Chicago’s $407 million water bond sale:
–Demand for the water bonds outstripped supply by more than seven-to-one with $3 billion in orders for the bonds, which will fund long-term improvements to the city’s water pipes and other infrastructure. With maturities ranging from four to 30 years, the longest-term bonds were priced to yield 3.65 percent.–
Yeah, the markets just don’t trust Chicago and Illinois. I bet JP Morgan Chase wished they were holding about $2 billion more in muni debt right about now.
Owen, robust shorts. Keep up the good work.
- Way Way Down Here - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 10:23 am:
I’m really interested in how things will be handled a week from Sunday if things get wiggy with the protests.
- Driving LSD - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:06 pm:
Not sure where else to post this, but I feel it should be posted somewhere. I’m driving down LSD this morning heading downtown and notice in front of me a State Senate license plate with “7″. The driver was going a bit slow for the traffic, so I pass. I look inside to see Sen. Steans texting! I’m pretty sure she voted to ban such behavior. Nice example.