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posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 7:37 am

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Where is the budget? So much for Friday

Comment by Truthiness Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 7:58 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.

Comment by Hump Day Harry Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:28 am
We should start a pool on the actual adjournment date. My money’s on Wednesday 24th.

Comment by Linus Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:29 am
Star Wars-lookin’ sunrises and sunsets, that’s what

Comment by The Truth Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:40 am
@The Truth
I thought the Sun looked odd last evening. Then I learned wildfires in western Canada were causing it.

Comment by Proud Papa Bear Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 8:56 am
That feels like a season ending loss for the Cubs.

Comment by DS Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 9:22 am
Sam Zell has passed. He owned a few things, didn’t he?

Comment by Terry Salad Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 9:50 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.

Comment by Baloneymous Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 10:08 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.”

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 10:52 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.

Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 11:54 am
=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

Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:03 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

Comment by Donnie Elgin Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:12 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.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:19 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

Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:22 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.

Comment by Homebody Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:25 pm
I’ve no doubt there are many grave dancers…today.

Comment by Dotnonymous Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 12:26 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.

Comment by Bruce( no not him) Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 3:40 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

Comment by Too cute by half Thursday, May 18, 23 @ 4:43 pm