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Friday, Aug 14, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller

By Barton Lorimor Email | @bartonlorimor

* Last day, campers. I hope those of you who were in town enjoyed the Twilight Parade and the Fair.

A Bears pre-season victory and a Cubs sweep of the Crew certainly made for an even more enjoyable evening.

Let’s do this. Only one more day to the weekend!

* Frustrated Emanuel takes second crack at infrastructure trust: Nearly the entire board has been replaced ahead of a Friday meeting. Former Boeing Co. executive James Bell quietly resigned as the trust’s chairman in January with a year left on his term. The new chairman is Kurt Summers, who was an executive at the private equity firm of the mayor’s top campaign donor when Emanuel named him city treasurer late last year.

* Schock judge schedules hearing next week on leaks: U.S. District Court Judge Sue Myerscough ordered the hearing after federal prosecutors told the court “that, on August 10, 2015, there were media reports containing information that appear to derive solely from the government’s motion for an order to show cause, which remained sealed as of August 10, 2015.” “In light of this information, the court sets this matter for a videoconference on August 18, 2015, at 2:00 p.m.,” the judge said in the order.

* Top taxi official admits laundering vehicle title on Chicago cab: Alexander Igolnikov, 68, of Northbrook, faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to a single count of securities fraud when he is sentenced Nov. 19 by U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang.

* College of DuPage trustees say close Waterleaf, make it fully educational

* Motorola Mobility slashes 500 jobs in Chicago: Motorola Mobility is cutting 500 positions, or 25 percent of its workforce in Chicago, as part of a major restructuring by its parent, China’s Lenovo Group.

* Whirlpool to employ 60 at new Joliet facility

* Consolidating city college classes worries students, faculty

* Chicago FOP president worries new Rauner law will slow cop responses: “This will burden the officers with more paperwork and keep them from being proactive,” FOP President Dean Angelo said Thursday. “They won’t be out there as much as they used to be.”

* RI County board members want to use forfeiture funds for police body cameras

* Emanuel Calls for 1,000 Residents to Mentor Chicago’s At-Risk Youth

* MacArthur Foundation chief lays out new plan, ‘hard choices’

* Elk Grove, Itasca mayors bring 2,000 comment cards to O’Hare noise hearing

* Elgin votes councilman’s Chihuahua off ‘dangerous’ dog list

* Elgin unemployment office closing next week

* Arlington Million brings big tourism business to suburbs

* Toby Keith’s: We’ve paid our taxes, and we want to stay in Rosemont

* Mount Prospect gets $1.3M grant to hire firefighters, but then what?

* Prospect Heights to get $30 million assisted living

* $200M retail, housing plan pitched for routes 21, 60 in Vernon Hills

* McHenry County seeking new representative for Metra board

* Longtime SIUE professor chosen for interim chancellor

* Attorney general files complaint over asbestos removal at former Pillsbury Mills site

* SIU Building Demolition Complete

       

4 Comments
  1. - Earl - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 10:39 am:

    And Cubs have 5th best record in all of MLB but 3rd in their division. Cub luck.


  2. - Blackhawks fan - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:29 am:

    The people working at the capitol really did a disservice to the people that elected them to their positions today.

    The cup was supposed to be on display in the rotunda for all of Illinois, and instead it is in private offices.

    That is dispicable, and not what serving the people is about. Y’all (and you know who you are) should be ashamed of yourselves.


  3. - DuPage - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 11:35 am:

    The “Morning Shorts” are very nice to start the day. When Rich gets back from vacation it would be nice to add Morning Shorts in with the musical start in the morning.

    Have a good weekend!


  4. - Under Further Review - Friday, Aug 14, 15 @ 2:47 pm:

    It pays to appoint a politically connected hack with no prior experience in higher education administration to lead the state’s largest community college district (District 508: The City Colleges of Chicago).


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