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* Cardenas: Families, seniors really feel state budget crisis
* Daily Herald: Recall: Approve it and rarely use it
* Attorney General Lisa Madigan joins country in probing mortgage cos.
* Study dings Illinois on energy efficiency
The report, by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, says Illinois does well on matters such as imposing building codes that require use of techniques and materials that will save energy, but ranks poorly on transportation, where the state has no fuel-efficiency standards for its own cars.
* Ethanol rule change a boon for farmers, refiners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday afternoon is set to announce its long-expected decision to approve blending higher concentrations of ethanol into gasoline for newer vehicles, allowing mixtures of up to 15% of the corn-based fuel at the gas pump.
But the decision is controversial and complicated. It creates two grades of ethanol-blended gasoline, the higher of which isn’t approved for use in older cars, and could lead to confusion at the pump. Retailers will have to install new pumps or decide which of the two grades to sell.
* Police Union Slams Daley’s Public Safety Plan
Mayor Richard Daley says his 2011 budget proposal allows for 150 to 200 new cops. But his administration is vague about whether that’ll be a net gain, once police retirements are taken into account.
* Daley budget raids reserves
* Daley balances 2011 budget — but further drains reserves
* Aldermen likely to follow Daley in city budget punt
Even in the best of times, the city’s 50 aldermen are not known for thinking of much beyond their own wards. That’s doubly true in an election year.
* Some Aldermen Not Crazy About Daley’s Budget
* Tribune: Good night, Chicago
* Gang-infested neighborhoods to receive money, safety and small business
* University of Chicago trustee Stevanovich sued over ties to Ponzi scheme
* Tribune suspends Lee Abrams over ‘offensive’ e-mail
* Wal-Mart aims to build 24 Chicago stores
* Metra asks public: Do you want ‘quiet cars’?
* Cook County commissioner embroiled in legal dispute
According to court documents filed last month, when her former campaign treasurer “questioned Mrs. Gorman about her motives and expressed her concern. … Mrs. Gorman ’said (she) just wanted money moved out of that bank.’”
Now Gorman faces possible contempt charges for the December 2009 transfer. In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys recommended Gorman be held in contempt of court if she does not return the $68,000 to her campaign fund, which had been subpoenaed by Chrysler Financial Services.
* ‘Fast Eddie’ wheels, deals his way through community service
* Stroger’s newest hire was fired from city job
Details about his job duties weren’t available, but Talley does serve in a position exempt from the court-ordered ban on political hiring and firing, Bright said.
That means he serves at the will of the board president.
* Antioch fires police chief
The move came about two months after local political candidate Scott Pollak claimed the chief tried to attack him at the police station.
Pollak, a Democrat running for state representative against incumbent Republican JoAnn Osmond, had gone to the station because of an earlier confrontation between officers, Pollak’s teenage son and other teens over whether a permit was needed for door-to-door campaigning.
* Johnson seeks probe of revised FutureGen program
* Quincy Park District to look at higher tax rate, increase in fees
* Champaign County board member Knott plans run for Parkland board
* SJ-R: Boone should resign from coroner’s post
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Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:25 am
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Lisa Madigan is rumored to be considering a mayoral run. How does being photographed with a “Bride of Frankenstein” hairdo help with that effort? Halloween is in October, of course, but Lisa looked nutty in that picture.
Comment by Honest Abe Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:27 am
Might want to add this one to the list - Whitney is listed as Whitey on some ballots according to the Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2801976,CST-NWS-whitney14.article
Comment by Aaron Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:33 am
With Daley gone, along with all the reserves from the sale of assets, Chicago’s going to have to face facts on all those TIF slush funds and low city property taxes.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:37 am
I agree with wordslinger and I have posted on this blog information related to the City of Chicago’s relatively low property tax rates based on studies done by the Civic Federation. Every politican in Chicago supports Daley on no increase in property taxes next year. The cap next year is 2.3%, it will not yield huge revenues but any amount helps.
Really those in Chicago who get the biggest benefit are owners of million plus condos and homes. Just compare the property taxes the rich of Chicago pay compared to Lake Forest or even Hinsdale, the wealthy in the city are getting a real deal.
Comment by Rod Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:53 am
Do you believe in coincidences in Chicago ballot errors? I don’t.
(I’m taking out the tinfoil now to protect my head.)
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:53 am
I would be interested in learning which 23 Chicago wards had the Green Party candidate listed as “Whitey.” One wonders if this is not a ploy to help Quinn run up the count in certain key precincts.
Say what you will about the 2000 election, when electronic voting was proposed to remedy the potential errors associated with punch card ballots the election authorities lost a great deal of flexibility to revise and correct ballots.
Comment by Honest Abe Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 11:59 am
For those interested in the 11th Congressional District race, here’s a link to the archived webcast of yesterday’s debate between U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson and challenger Adam Kinzinger in Ottawa:
http://www.ottawadelivered.com/debate/
Comment by OD Politics Thursday, Oct 14, 10 @ 12:48 pm