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- Mayor Daley on Blago: "I’ve said, ‘cuckoo’ once. I’ll say it again: ‘Cuckoo.’"
- We remember skipping college classes to stay home to eat popcorn and watch the OJ Simpson verdict. We might have to play hooky again on Monday, when ABC7 will have live coverage of the start of Blago's impeachment trial.
- Chicago police officer William Cozzi has pleaded guilty to the 2005 beating of a 60-year-old man shackled and handcuffed to a wheelchair. So can somebody please fire this asshole now?
- Chicago Public Schools sports administration director Calvin Davis says "he is having to resort to drastic actions" in light of recent violence at CPS sporting events. Davis has already had two football games held without fans admitted in a move to avoid trouble, and now is disallowing fans from visiting teams from attending basketball games for the rest of the season.
- The hit musical "Wicked" leaves Chicago on Sunday, and if you didn't get a chance to see it, well that's your own damn fault since you had over 1,500 chances to do so.
- Looks like the suburbs have caught on to the city's
revenue generatorssafety devices -- more and more of them are hopping on the red light camera bandwagon. - The water stain/sign from God underneath the Kennedy at Fullerton has been defaced again -- this time, someone painted over the "Virgin Mary" with a cartoony demon face.
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I think I've changed my mind as to the utility of the stoplight cameras for safety. Initially, I thought it was purely a revenue generator that wouldn't change habits, because you wouldn't know you were getting caught until you got 10 or 20 tickets in the mail together. However, after having them installed around my workplace and home, I think they can change behavior. The flash from the cameras is very bright, and very startling. Anyone aware of the camera at the intersection knows what the flash means. This immediate feedback will change behavior, and will make the lights safer, for those who are familiar with where they are located.
I still don't like them, but I don't think their sole design criteria is a revenue generator at this point.