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How much is Chicago paying for police bodyguards to protect aldermans?
I want to know the names and positions of all of the Chicago city employees and political blowhards who have their own taxpayer-funded protection detail. Yesterday, we learned one alderman…
Nanny State: Students forbidden from bringing lunch from home
Is this isolated or does it happen in other places too? A Chicago public elementary school forbids students from bringing their own lunches to school in and effort to control…
Rahm Emanuel’s bid for Chicago Mayor put on hold UPDATE
An appeals court in Illinois has just ruled that Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, is ineligible to run for Mayor of Chicago because he has not meet the…
Bringing civility to Chicago politics – the progressive liberal way
Let me make the point clear. By not walking out of this political rally – during his own introduction while he was on stage – Gov. Pat Quinn (D-Ill.) makes…
So, what does Obama think of Chicago’s school voucher proposal?
Let’s get something straight. School vouchers are pretty much exclusively supported by conservatives and those who actually want kids to succeed. Those against student vouchers are usually unions and government…
Obama’s education secretary Duncan may have manipulated student enrollment in Chicago
Arne Duncan – when heading the Chicago public school system – may have placed students in the school of their parents choice after taking calls from powerful business owners and…
Almost 13 percent of girls at Chicago public school pregnant
One in eight. One in eight girls at Robeson High School in Chicago are pregnant. Out of 800 girls in the school, 115 of them are … pregnant. What the…
Brady Campaign blames Chicago beating on gun violence
Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, links the railroad tie beating of high school student Derrion Albert to gun violence. Helmke, you are a stupid…
Olympics to … NOT Chicago, but Rio
The International Olympic Committee just voted to give the 2016 Summer Olympics to … still waiting, but Chicago is OUT. Update: Second round Tokyo is OUT. Madrid and Rio is…
Chicago school violence – where are the community organizers?
We know that one Chicago community organizer is heading to Denmark. I’m not certain where other organizers are this week. The violence in the city of Chicago is disturbing, with…
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