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- Former WKQX-FM 101.1 radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his former employer, saying radio officials disparaged his show and blocked him from getting other work.
- We are getting pretty sick of the cell phone drivers, but we are always amazed at the cell phone bikers (not in a good way). Yesterday, an 19-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a garbage truck on the Northwest Side, was apparently talking on a cell phone while riding her bike.
- Check your wallet. Counterfeit currency has been showing up at businesses in the Prairie Police District on the South Side, police said.
- Desperation. Fighting to extinguish one of former Gov. George Ryan's last hopes of staying out of prison, federal prosecutors argued Tuesday that jury deliberations at Ryan's historic six-month trial last year contained only one, ultimately harmless, legal error.
- The Chicago Park District officials soon will begin work to improve parts of the lakefront trail on the city's North Side. Do you think they'll have jogging/biking/rollerblading/stroller/strolling lanes?
- It's hard to be a government attorney these days. A couple months ago, Chicago Public Radio reported that attorneys with the Cook County's Public Defenders Office were laid off, even though there was enough money to pay for their positions. Now county officials say those attorneys are getting their jobs back.
- We thought it was pretty difficult to keep kids in school the way it was. As the Chicago Teachers Union announced passage of a landmark 5-year teacher contract, union officials said Tuesday that a provision of the new deal calls for union and board of education members to consider lengthening the school day.
- A Southwest Side family found racist graffiti scrawled on their garage Monday afternoon, one month after moving into their new home.
- A $1.1 billion Olympic Village to be built above a truck staging area for McCormick Place could be shifted west -- to the campus of Michael Reese Hospital -- under changes in the works to reduce construction costs and enhance neighborhood benefits, City Hall sources said
Tuesday. - After a protest that eventually closed the Thompson Center Tuesday, disabled activists and Gov. Blagojevich's office agreed on plans they say will help move the disabled from nursing homes to community settings.
- Field Museum officials Tuesday denied overseas news reports that Kenya is seeking the return of the Chicago institution's famed "Maneaters of Tsavo" -- a pair of now-preserved lions that killed about 140 railroad workers in Africa in the 1890s.
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The photo has kind of a reverse "Abbey Road" effect.
I'm glad they're improving the lakefront path...but it'd be nice if they could also add some overhead lights to the unlit parts on the northside. Those of us who work out in the wintertime do it under the cover of darkness, and if I were a woman I certainly wouldn't feel safe running alone in those areas.
More cheers for path improvements. Would like to see cannons installed to vaporize lycra-clad roadie jags who feel a crowded path is the best place to work on their time trials. We get it, mang--you can ride fast. Get on the street if you simply can't resist proving as much amid the weekend hordes.
Winter cycling could be improved by finding a way to keep the ice from forming on the curve near Michigan Avenue. I've slid at times and seriously wondered if I wouldn't wind up in the lake. No more giant concrete steps, however. Please.
In the next bicycle-related post, guest 3 will be telling bikers to get off the street.
guest 3:
Jealous much? I would say most of the lycra clad are extremely courteous and are very cognizant of what's going on around them and in front of them. All the riders I know (and that's a lot, as my roommate races) slow down considerably in the crowded areas and avoid the path altogether on the weekends.
What give those guys a bad name are the usual idiots... usually the freds (aka poseurs) who buy super expensive bikes and don't know how to handle them along with the clueless people who walk in erratic patterns across the entire path or change direction suddenly. It's like this in every activity... kind of sick of hearing this over and over.
CPS's school day is way too short - the kids could use some more school time!
Kids go to scholl from 0800 to 145pm that is much to short but the union will get what it wants Chicago schools are in session 38 less days than schools in new york and other citys this will hurt when kids try to get into college and when employers are looking for a well educated work force.
woah. are you 'fed up' with the english language, too?
No ... fed up is just another product of Chicago schools.
8-1:45?! That is a joke!
And you wonder why CPS students suffer.
8 AM to 1:45 PM? Really? Where I went to school we went from 8:15 AM to 3:25 PM.
This passage explains why CPS students are failing:
At Sawyer Elementary School on the Southwest Side, the majority of teachers voted down the contract, said Maureen Forte, a 4th grade teacher and union delegate.
"The teachers were really upset -- this was a 'no' vote school. I had some seasoned teachers say that after the third year [of the insurance freeze] they were going to leave," Forte said.
She said she and other teachers do not like the provision to investigate lengthening the school day. She said the only way a referendum vote would pass is if teachers were paid for their time. "It won't work here. They want to lengthen the school day without [us] getting paid. We are not baby-sitters," Forte said.
Selfish teachers worried about being "babysitters". Perhaps teaching isn't cut out for you Ms. Forte. You are a pathetic example compared to other teachers across the nation who care about their students.
#1: i thought so, too.