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• Blago’s lawyers: 2 of 8 stolen computers recovered

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 12, 2009Chicago PD recovered 2 of the 8 computers stolen via break-in from Blagojevich’s lawyers’ – the Sam Adams – office on Dec 4th. Neither appeared to have sensitive information stored.Of course it’s a perfectly random burglary.A few movie plotlines: Blagojevich couldn’t get his case ...
  4 days ago

• A Year After the Arrest of Rod Blagojevich

  
  The Stonecipher Report — Authority: 116
  Ah, Blago Memories Light the Corners of My Mind… Posted By: Michael Sweeney Dec. 11, 2009 Not being a parent, I guess I don’t have as much direct, running-around-under-my-nose-everyday evidence of how quickly (and seemingly unnoticed) an entire year can...
  5 days ago

• The Jarrett Chronicles: Corruption – The Chicago Way

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 554
  Check out this five part series on Valerie Jarrett that was just released from the Americans for Limited Government Research Department. Valerie Jarrett’s Grove Parc Fiasco: The Rich Got Richer : “In 1987, U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen had appointed Habitat to oversee construction of all public housing ...
  1 week ago

• The GoverNuts

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 532
  My friends over at the GoverNuts Headquarters have asked me to help them share a little holiday cheer with the unregulated media monitors – you – on this blog. They, The Nuts, enjoy the writers and the ever-clever POTUS (Oh, be still. That’s PEOPLE Of The United States) who add colonoscopic, penetrating ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daley proposes $1.5 million boost to next years budget

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 6:10 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley’s administration today proposed using $1.5 million in new annual revenue expected from a lawsuit settlement to boost spending in next year’s budget. The extra spending would blunt the impact of...
  2 weeks ago

• Aldermen balk at proposal to limit dogs in Chicago homes

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 3:53 p.m. Aldermen today balked at a proposal to limit the number of dogs kept in Chicago households following opposition from veterinarians, animal advocates and pet owners. The proposal from Ald. Ray Suarez, 31st, would...
  2 weeks ago

• Sarah Para Bellum Cleaning Up Messes Corrupt O Crats Leave Behind!

  
  Pierre Legrand's Pink Flamingo Bar — Authority: 572
  Great Cartoon! Move over, Rosie the Riveter. Here comes Sarah, and it’s not just rivets she’s packing. –All Right MagazineNo matter how you feel about Alaska’s former governor, everyone has an opinion. Today, America is arguably in peril from forces potentially as destructive as Nazi Germany and Imperial ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daley turns to private sector for human resources commissioner

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 2:12 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley announced today he has turned to the private sector for a new human resources commissioner, five months after the previous personnel chief resigned amid conflict with City Hall watchdogs. Daley named George Arteaga — recently the vice president of human ...
  3 weeks ago

• Aldermen and Daley honor Michael Scott at council meeting

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by John Byrne at 12:10 p.m. The City Council and Mayor Richard Daley paused during todays meeting to pay tribute to late school board president Michael Scott, who one alderman lauded as Chicagos secretary of state.   Scotts widow, Diane, his children, Monique and Michael Jr., and other family members and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Giannoulias pitches bailout plan, talks about family bank

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by John Chase at 5:33 p.m. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a former loan officer who still has a small financial interest in his family’s community bank, unveiled a plan today that would require large “Wall Street” banks to make immediate contributions to an emergency fund that would be used to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sanchez attorneys push for new hearing on hiring case

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by Todd Lighty at 4:20 p.m. Al Sanchez, Mayor Richard Daley’s former streets and sanitation commissioner, alleges in a new court filing that a Chicago police sergeant may have tried to obstruct Sanchez’s efforts to overturn his federal conviction on charges he rigged City Hall hiring. Sanchez has asked ...
  3 weeks ago

• Daley holds meeting on convention show exodus

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  UPDATE AT 6:01 p.m. by John Byrne Mayor Richard Daley called labor leaders and McCormick Place officials into his office for a closed-door meeting today to talk about stopping the exodus of high profile trade shows to other cities by lowering costs at the convention center.   The recent defections of a plastics ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sen Durbin re: Roland Burris admonishment

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  Not sure where this went.November 20, 2009Sen Burris’ Letter of Public Admonition from Ethics CommitteeSen Burris statement re: Senate admonishmentSen Durbin Statement:When we met with Roland Burris in January, we made it clear that in order for him to be seated in the U.S. Senate he needed to appear before the ...
  3 weeks ago

• 2009 Louisiana Purchase = barry’s “new Washington”

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  November 24, 2009Whatever happens this is going to help Blagojevich. barry’s no Old Washington = same old same old Chicago pay to play. barry’s seante seat$300M bought Sen Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) preliminary healthcare vote and uninterrupted Medicaid payments for Louisiana. Since per capita income spiked after ...
  3 weeks ago

• Alderman wants to ban relatives from stealth payroll

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 9:05 p.m. Saying he was troubled by the actions of a colleague, Ald. Thomas Allen said today he wants to ban the hiring of relatives on a stealth payroll controlled by the City Council. Allen,...
  3 weeks ago

• Chicago zoning inspector in kickback case back at work

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  From todays print edition: By Todd Lighty Tribune Reporter A politically connected zoning investigator has returned to work at City Hall barely a week after he admitted to accepting bribes of cash and gifts to repeatedly overlook zoning violations. William...
  3 weeks ago

• Oprah quits and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is displeased (only hed put it a little differently)

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 795
  According to Chicago Mayor Richard "Have a Nice Day" Daley , you can just blame (credit) that dad-gummed media again for chasing that Windy City institution Oprah off of television after compiling a personal federal reserve of only about $2.3 billion. Oprah has announced shell close down her daily syndicated ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sen Burris statement re: Senate admonishment

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  November 20, 2009Senator Burris statement re: Senate Ethics Committee findings and Public Letter of Admnotion:I am pleased that after numerous investigations, this matter has finally come to a close. I thank the members of the Senate Ethics Committee for their fair and thorough review of this matter, and now look ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sen Burris receives Letter of Public Admonition from Ethics Committee

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  November 20, 2009The Senate Ethics Committee has finally made a judgment in the investigation of Senator Burris’ possible perjury in relation to barry’s senate seat. They cleared him of any wrongdoing but issued a public letter of qualified admonition.It ranks in the middle of sanctions after a private letter of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chicago City Council uses stealth payroll for family, operatives, those with heat

  
  Clout St — Authority: 626
  From todays print edition : Friends & family fund for Chicago aldermen Shadowy $1.3 million payroll helps them get around ban on patronage hiring By Hal Dardick and Ellen Gabler TRIBUNE REPORTERS As City Hall struggles to pay for basic services, a stealth budgetaccount worth millions ...
  3 weeks ago

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