One of the last things I’m ever going to remember about Sam Zell is that he said work from home is a bunch of BS. I understand not all jobs can be remote, but billionaires like him and Elon ripping on work from home shows how out of touch they are with today’s workers. RIP dude.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 10:52 am:
It should be noted that Zell’s disdain for workers started long before work from home was a thing.
NY Times 12/08/08: Workers Pay for Debacle at Tribune
“Mr. Zell financed much of his deal’s $13 billion of debt by borrowing against part of the future of his employees’ pension plan and taking a huge tax advantage. Tribune employees ended up with equity, and now they will probably be left with very little.”
Zell was a unique larger than life character; he was a genius real estate developer and entrepreneur. He also was a very community-minded donor – he gave 10’s of millions to the Chicago Symphony, the University of Michigan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. His Zell Family annually funds grants worth between 30-50 million. RIP Sam
Not to speak ill of the dead, one could argue the overall damage to a city, communities and institutions are not ignited by writing checks to seem civil minded.
Rauner and Griffin too seem to think checks override damages.
My sympathies to the Zell family.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:22 pm:
=My money’s on Wednesday 24th.=
Pritzker was supposed to be at DGA on Monday and Tuesday in Ann Arbor but is not longer on the attending governors list. 24th might be right
== He also was a very community-minded donor – he gave 10’s of millions to the Chicago Symphony, the University of Michigan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. ==
There is nothing inherently wrong or negative about choosing to give money to large arts institutions or to already well endowed educational institutions. But I don’t consider it the same or as “worthy” as addressing actual life and death issues that people are facing.
- Bruce( no not him) - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 3:40 pm:
I was in a downstate bar yesterday afternoon, and heard the bar denizens discussing the local schools having litter boxes for the kids identifying as furries.
I kid you not, they still believe this stuff.
- Too cute by half - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 4:43 pm:
Rich,
Any plans on shifting away from twitter now that Elon’s going whole hog on white supremacy and conspiracy theories? I deleted my account when he took over, but from what I can tell the platform is 100x worse than it was a few months ago.
How do we move past Twitter if pols and journalists all maintain their accounts? As someone who does a lot of their business on twitter, I was hoping you could shed some light on your thoughts around this topic.
- Truthiness - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 7:58 am:
Where is the budget? So much for Friday
- Hump Day Harry - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:28 am:
Agree with Truthiness, where is the budget? We need to know what potential tax changes are coming, so we can all act shocked and dismayed.
- Linus - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:29 am:
We should start a pool on the actual adjournment date. My money’s on Wednesday 24th.
- The Truth - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:40 am:
Star Wars-lookin’ sunrises and sunsets, that’s what
- Proud Papa Bear - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:56 am:
@The Truth
I thought the Sun looked odd last evening. Then I learned wildfires in western Canada were causing it.
- DS - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 9:22 am:
That feels like a season ending loss for the Cubs.
- Terry Salad - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 9:50 am:
Sam Zell has passed. He owned a few things, didn’t he?
- Baloneymous - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 10:08 am:
One of the last things I’m ever going to remember about Sam Zell is that he said work from home is a bunch of BS. I understand not all jobs can be remote, but billionaires like him and Elon ripping on work from home shows how out of touch they are with today’s workers. RIP dude.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 10:52 am:
It should be noted that Zell’s disdain for workers started long before work from home was a thing.
NY Times 12/08/08: Workers Pay for Debacle at Tribune
“Mr. Zell financed much of his deal’s $13 billion of debt by borrowing against part of the future of his employees’ pension plan and taking a huge tax advantage. Tribune employees ended up with equity, and now they will probably be left with very little.”
- Amalia - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 11:54 am:
The Sox are getting my hopes up, including because their homer celebration is LOL. Burger’s triple run was a beautiful and OMG thing.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:03 pm:
=Star Wars-lookin’ sunrises and sunsets, that’s what=
The other night at baseball practice, the kids were all debating whether it was the sun or the moon, lol
- Donnie Elgin - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:12 pm:
Zell was a unique larger than life character; he was a genius real estate developer and entrepreneur. He also was a very community-minded donor – he gave 10’s of millions to the Chicago Symphony, the University of Michigan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. His Zell Family annually funds grants worth between 30-50 million. RIP Sam
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:19 pm:
===He also was a very community-minded donor===
Not to speak ill of the dead, one could argue the overall damage to a city, communities and institutions are not ignited by writing checks to seem civil minded.
Rauner and Griffin too seem to think checks override damages.
My sympathies to the Zell family.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:22 pm:
=My money’s on Wednesday 24th.=
Pritzker was supposed to be at DGA on Monday and Tuesday in Ann Arbor but is not longer on the attending governors list. 24th might be right
- Homebody - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:25 pm:
== He also was a very community-minded donor – he gave 10’s of millions to the Chicago Symphony, the University of Michigan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. ==
There is nothing inherently wrong or negative about choosing to give money to large arts institutions or to already well endowed educational institutions. But I don’t consider it the same or as “worthy” as addressing actual life and death issues that people are facing.
- Dotnonymous - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:26 pm:
I’ve no doubt there are many grave dancers…today.
- Bruce( no not him) - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 3:40 pm:
I was in a downstate bar yesterday afternoon, and heard the bar denizens discussing the local schools having litter boxes for the kids identifying as furries.
I kid you not, they still believe this stuff.
- Too cute by half - Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 4:43 pm:
Rich,
Any plans on shifting away from twitter now that Elon’s going whole hog on white supremacy and conspiracy theories? I deleted my account when he took over, but from what I can tell the platform is 100x worse than it was a few months ago.
How do we move past Twitter if pols and journalists all maintain their accounts? As someone who does a lot of their business on twitter, I was hoping you could shed some light on your thoughts around this topic.
Thanks