MartinS

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• Commented on Chicago: City on the Grow!
  Slight technical point - the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has a population nearing 10 million. It includes northwest Indiana (Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties) and Kenosha County in Wisconsin. The Illinois counties in the Chicago MSA are: Cook,...
• Commented on Candidates Vie for Rahm's Old Seat
  The earliest Rahm could run for congress is in 2012. That will be after the 2010 census. Illinois will lose another congressional seat - going down to 18. The 5th CD - and all Illinois CDs - will be vastly...
• Commented on University of Chicago to Begin Coed Dorm Rooms
  UofC is on the quarter system not semesters. And if a UofC student says he/she wants to room with someone of the opposite sex because they want to study together - it is probably true....
• Commented on Save Me, I'm Not Feeling Whole
  Astrological summer???? Please don't confuse superstitions like astrology with a science like astronomy....
• Commented on Interview: Judy Baar Topinka
  You got some facts wrong. In 2006, Blago was already the incumbent governor and was running for reelection against Topinka. Blago was first elected governor in 2002, defeating Republican Attorney General Jim Ryan. He has been screwing things up for...