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- He had to promise them one of his lovely TIFs, but Daley did manage to convince mapmakers Navteq to stay in Chicago rather than relocating back to the Silicon Valley in California.
- It's the City of Chicago vs. Harry's Hot Dogs and the Showmen's League of America and a Giordano's restaurant. And throw in a travel agency too. City Hall wants the buildings at 300-308 W. Randolph torn down to make a small park that would enhance a 46-story office building the John Buck Co. will put up next door. Tuesday, the city's Community Development Commission gave the Daley administration authority to acquire the properties by force.
- it's one way to "work it out": The Chicago Athletic Association filed for federal bankruptcy reorganization Tuesday in an attempt to clear the way for sale of its historic headquarters.
- If it's not one thing, it's another -- Joe Crede's back surgery is likely to take him out for the season. He is out a minimum of three months, but there is no end time for his recovery. He had a successful microdiscectomy performed to remove herniated disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord.
- The bones found Tuesday by friends of Lisa Stebic in a Kendall County park, were those of a deer. They were led there on the advice of a psychic, and will continue their search there.
- Harold Bocock said he had no idea he had been caught up in an eviction dispute until a neighbor happened to pass his Elmwood Avenue apartment -- he's blind and couldn't see the notice on the door that was put there. Niiiiice. (He hadn't done anything wrong; his landlord was dealing with the city on a matter.)
- The 24th Chicago Public School student to die this year via gunfire, the death of Roberto Duran sparked an anti-violence protest with children marching down the street carrying wooden coffins.
- Priorities, priorities. Chicago's lakefront harbor system would grow by more than 50 percent under a plan being floated by the Chicago Park District. Total cost? $146 million.
"thru the fence #2" by abmarfia
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How is it legal for this psychic to prey on the Stebic family? Now they're going to waste all this time searching 1,600 acres. And of course, if she is found somewhere in that park (the body was dumped in a nearby wooded area? Wow, that's a stretch), it will be claimed a victory -- ignoring the fact that the specifics given were wrong, and it's only a vague match -- and the cycle of deception will continue...
Sorry for the rant, psychics and paranormal nutjobs are a bit of a pet peeve with me.
I'm getting really fed up with the use of Eminent Domain laws to take away people's businesses. Why doesn't the city take John Buck's land and build a park the will "enhance" Harry's Hot Dogs? There are lots of communities that could use a little park built, but it is not needed on Randolph Street. Ahhhhgggg!
I hope the Showmen's League fights this one to the Supreme Court. Maybe the new lineup of wing-nut judges will rehear the Kelo case & overturn the previous, obscene decision.
As for the Stebic case, will this finally put an end to the psychics & their bullshit about finding bodies?
They have no powers, "Medium" & "Ghost Whisperer" are crappy TV shows that have no basis in reality!
They can't find their own assholes, how can they find a corpse?
They're total bullshit!
Complete make believe!
NAVTEQ is not a mapmaking company. They're actually a geographic data collection company. And they're not very good at it. Just take a look at the outdated Google maps.