Chicagoist: Lonely Alderman 15 Starts Tomorrow

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:18:29 -0600

Anyone getting this to work? I can't get the stream to start.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:04:32 -0600

Alderman Bernie Stone caught sleeping.

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:36:39 -0600

Did someone tell Ald. Stone to set his alarm when the camera pans? All sorts of cities have cameras, and have had them for years. It's just hard to believe that Chicago is so backwater Midwest but it is. I guess Aldermen do have some more pressing issues like the ones trying to get the Mayor to stop defending criminals like Burge who tortured people in jail in the 80's ... and we are sooo worried about Abu Ghraib?

the new guest number 2

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:30:36 -0600

Let he who has not had a $100k/year job where you can show up late to important meetings, commit unethical practices and take a nap on the clock cast the first stone.

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:44:16 -0600

There won't be any archiving, at least for now. I'll stick up for the long process since I'm close to it. You can get anything done quickly if you throw enough money at it. You don't just tape a few webcams up and start streaming. The City Council has had many more pressing issues to address from 2004 until now then to make sure the video streaming was completed. If they had spent extra money and done it quickly they'd have been mocked for wasting taxpayer money so they can't win for trying. There was zero discussion or action from early 2004 until 2006 when the whole project was revisted. I hope you enjoy meeting :)

Shannon

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:38:41 -0600

i hope so, but more for the 'video evidence for aldermanic challengers' angle.

morydd

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:59:43 -0600

Will these be archived anywhere for those of us who are unable to watch a council session at 10am?