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A big thank you to the Tribune for publishing the roll call from Tuesday’s budget vote. I republish it here just for future reference:

Vote on overall budget
Yes (37) — Dowell (3rd), Hairston (5th), Lyle (6th), Harris (8th), Beale (9th), Pope (10th), Balcer (11th), Cardenas (12th), Olivo (13th), Burke (14th), Thompson (16th), Thomas (17th), Lane (18th), [...]

Arriving at Ohare the other night was madness. We were on the ground five minutes early but ended up sitting on the tarmac waiting for a gate for nearly half an hour. Add to that another half an hour waiting on my luggage and it took me a full hour to get out of Ohare [...]

Cafe Hayek has some interesting info on Curt Schilling’s new contract. He gets $1 million dollars for receiving just ONE Cy Young vote. I smell a conspiracy.

The Chicago Tribune published
a great layout of exactly what voters can expect from the new taxes being pushed by the General Assembly, Cook Co., and the City of Chicago. Damn, it’s going to be a long year.

For the previous 58 minutes, offensive coordinator, Ron Turner called plays. They were conservative, they were predictable, and quite predictably, nothing happened. In the final two minutes, thanks to a technological malfunction, Brian Griese called the plays. What happened was magic. Just think if we’d let Griese call the plays all game long?

This is sure to be a hit!

Just in case you were interested.

With Soriano out, the mood on the north side is likely to sour very quickly. But the reality is that their starting pitching a far bigger problem than Soriano. Between Pagan and Jones and perhaps Felix Pie, I’m pretty confident the Cubs can take care of the outfield in Alfonzo’s absence. But what are they [...]

Eric Zorn is reporting that Christine Radogno sent a letter to Obama encouraging him to endorse ethics legislation being held up in Springfield. But Obama, to no surprise, is staying mum.
This should come as no surprise. Obama exposed the weakness of his support for clean an honest government earlier this year by endorsing Todd Stroger.

Seriously. Read the Sun-Times today. Couch goes out of his way to find something negative about the return of Kerry Wood. Couch writes:
So how long will Wood, who’s throwing 94 mph, really be a bit part?
Here’s a prediction: Within two weeks, he’ll be an important part of the bullpen. And the hype will build around [...]