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* What’s goin on in your part of Illinois today? It’s the first day of the State Fair and my dreams were filled of fried food…

posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 7:40 am

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A friend of mine works for Constellation (excelon). Last week they received an email that the company made a $1.3 billion profit last quarter. This week they received an email letting them know there would be no pay increase. He is a part of their very large security force.

$1.3 billion profit in one quarter? I am assuming what he is telling me is accurate. Something to think about when they ask for a rate hike again.

Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 8:01 am
Enjoying the Mapes comeuppance.

Comment by Just Me 2 Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 8:42 am
“my dreams were filled of fried food…”
Ahh, to be young and not worried about cholesterol.

Comment by Bruce( no not him) Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 9:35 am
Fair talk reminds me: I want to turn Grant Park in Chicago into permanent festival/fair/event space. Reroute all traffic around it permanently (no cars need to be between Michigan and JBPDSLSD ever), make sure bike/bus routes are good, even when events are happening. When events aren’t happening, still keep it blocked off from cars and pedestrianize the whole thing. Then add a few permanent amenity buildings like restrooms and the like.

It seems weird to me that in a city the size of Chicago we don’t have a good dedicated event space. Right now Grant Park is trying to be everything to everyone, and isn’t particularly great at any of it.

Comment by Homebody Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 9:37 am
Northwestern Football hazing controversy continues to percolate.

Some of Fitzgerald’s allies have begun pushing back hard. Former NU Defensive Coordinator Mike Hankwitz, who retired after the Wildcats’ Citrus Bowl victory, posted a strong response as to all of the time Fitzgerald spent trying to mentor his players which included zero tolerance for hazing activities.

What an unholy mess! The team is going to need years to recover from this scandal. Prepare for the worst possible outcome.

Comment by Gravitas Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 10:21 am
per this piece Richard Uihlein of Illinois gave 80% + of the money for the Yes campaign in Ohio. stunning.https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-ohio-voters-defeated-an-effort-to-thwart-abortion-rights

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 10:39 am
===per this piece===

We talked about this here yesterday https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/09/do-these-guys-ever-win/

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 11:00 am
Whew, I had 4 inches of rain in my rain gauge yesterday. Springfield.

Comment by Steve Rogers Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 11:05 am
@Rich Miller, yes. just noting the New Yorker piece.

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 11:29 am
I’m looking at the weather forecast for the next 10 days and it looks fantastic. Isabel, I hate to doubt you, but that does not correlate with the State Fair coming to town.

Comment by Lurker Thursday, Aug 10, 23 @ 2:35 pm