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· Sneed: Ring ring: Betchya indicted businessman Stuart Levine, who wore a wire for the feds for the past 11 months, wishes he made better use of his cell phone. Why? The feds recorded more than 1,600 calls on the home phone of Levine, a Republican insider who cozied up to Dems after Gov. Blagojevich took office.
· “Lowe’s has halted plans for two home-improvement centers in Chicago while Mayor Richard Daley weighs whether he will try to block the city’s new “big-box” minimum-wage ordinance, a South Side alderman said Tuesday.”
· State working on traffic info via cell phone
· “The ongoing debate about prison understaffing took an unusual twist Monday as state Sen. John O. Jones, R-Mount Vernon, announced he has filed a request through the Freedom of Information Act to force the release of a much-publicized report on staffing levels at prisons statewide.”
· Business booms with trapshooting attendance
· “A year ago, when prices hit $2.76 a gallon in Central Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was calling on President Bush to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Now, if someone had that price it would probably trigger long lines at the pump for ‘cheap’ fuel.” [That was before the guv got so much cash from gas station owners]
· Law ensures meetings open to all but interpretation
· Medicaid Reform: Fuhgeddaboutit
· Kirk wants changes in No Child
· Marin: Has ‘Low Blow Joe’ gone goo-goo, or is there more to story?
· Sneed: [Pat] Quinn has been at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany visiting American soldiers wounded in Iraq — on his own dime and time. Quinn was invited by the Army and is due back today.
· Rosenthal: WXRT-FM cuts veteran host Skafish
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 8:01 am
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No, not Bobby! You’re breaking up the old gang! I might as well switch to nine FM.
Comment by son of Teri Hemmert Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 8:19 am
The big box ordinance will stand. This is just gamesmanship by Lowes and Walmart. Daley loses more by crossing the will of the labor vote on this than by ticking off the big businesses.
Comment by Gregor Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 8:21 am
Skafish was the best, I hope he stays in Chicago.
Comment by Axl Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 8:33 am
Imagine the revenue if Rod built a shooting place up by Chicago
Pat Quinn is what is right about Democrats, too bad more are like RodB than him.
Comment by Pat Collins Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 9:15 am
Speaking of oil& gasoline — did anyone notice the BP exec indicating they had alternatives to help ease shortages while they fix the pipeline they let rot for 14 years?
Rob a gas station get a prison term
Rob consumers get stock options
Let’s run govt like a business!
Comment by Reddbyrd Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 9:39 am
Reddbyrd’s back! I almost missed you.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 9:40 am
As Bobby Skafish goes out the door, so goes XRTs long-time listener; Schlitz changed its formula and really shot to the stars with that sound management decision. WXRT - The Schlitz of Sounds!
Comment by Pat Hickey Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 9:50 am
Hurrah for Pat! Wish we had more like him. Too bad his name is not on the ballot first ahead of Rod’s.
Comment by Niles Township Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 10:50 am
Sorry to see Skafish go. That’s radio. Well thought out management decision, right up there with WLS and Garry Meier.
Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 11:22 am
Anyone who thinks that stores will not open here because of the living wage ordinance is either shilling for the corporations or a fool. Where else can they peddle their foreign made slave labor junk than here in the land of plenty? God forbid that the City might expect them to pay their employees a respectable wage in exchange for the millions in tax breaks they receive so we can buy their trash.
I know they are used to paying $1.00 or less per hour in their sweat shops so it is a shock to them to have to actually pay meaningful salaries. I hope they all go-go to China and let the Chinese buy their own junk
Comment by Garp Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 2:12 pm
I didn’t know Garp was a Maoist
Comment by Anon Wednesday, Aug 9, 06 @ 4:06 pm
It is junk. I’m getting really tired of everything being Made in China myself.
Go to Lord & Taylor, the “Signature of American Style” (that’s their slogan) and you’ll find stuff Made in China.
That’s false advertising. Big time.
There’s a point at which you’re just going so low that it isn’t even worth buying anymore. I’d rather pay more for quality, not crap that breaks easily.
Comment by Angie Saturday, Aug 12, 06 @ 2:16 am