A Chicago Blog

This may be the best thing yet to come out of the Chicago Transit Authority. A Tribune report this morning explains they are trying to incorporate commercial enterprises into their rail stations. For instance, they might build a grocery store around a station, or perhaps a hotel over the station at Midway. I’d like to [...]

Don’t get me wrong. I loooooove beer. You know I love beer. But what the heck is Mayor Daley doing giving $20 million in tax benefits for MIllerCoors to move to Chicago. The money is justified on grounds it will “create” jobs. I guess that’s what happens when you have the highest sales tax in [...]

I’m unemployed still and things are getting a little tight. But I still can’t feel sorry for myself, while there are people in much greater need. Here are a couple of families you should consider helping:

Debbie Tepper passed away at the end of May. She left behind a husband in dire need of a kidney [...]

Here’s a good debate on the Con Con from NPR:
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So I’ve been experimenting with this powerful web product called Caspio. It allows a novice user to create interactive databases without any programming knowledge. Some database familiarity is still required, but over all, this product tremendously simplifies the process of putting data online. I haven’t found their pricing info yet. Let’s hope it isn’t too [...]

From Crains:
ASK Public Strategies, a firm headed by Obama campaign senior consultant David Axelrod, and the Chicago office of Hill & Knowlton will head a projected $2-million to $3-million media and advertising campaign planned by the Alliance to Protect the Illinois Constitution.
“We haven’t signed the contract, but they’re going to be the choice,” said Greg [...]

The ballyhoo over the Supreme Court’s recent decision that declared Washington DC’s handgun ban unconstitutional, and therefore implied the same for Chicago, didn’t last through the holiday. Unfortunately, neither did five poor souls who fell victim to gun violence in downtown Chicago during the long weekend.
“Why should our streets be open to someone carrying a [...]

Eric at ReallyBoring.net built a Google Map with Chicago neighborhood information superimposed. Very useful indeed.

Bad news man. I tell people how safe Chicago is and here five people are shot during the busiest festival of the year. Are they going to have to put officers with assault rifles in the loop?

At least the rude ones. Now if we could just get Todd Stroger to follow suit :=)
Seriously though, don’t you think it’s a little over the line for a journalist to send insulting email to a manager, trying to egg him on? Rick Morrissey was clearly trying to create news in order to report on [...]