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He's absolutely right (even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then). But having one African-American Senator, isn't much better than having none. And given who that one has been recently, having ...

@RevSlappy You seem very concerned that the city may lose out on $16M one year. Just in case anyone out there is unaware, that amounts to 0.5% of the city's $3.2B revenue stream. Yes, it would be n...

[A]nd either come real or don't come at all. I've got to say, challenges like that make me want to walk away from the conversation. However, I've read your posts for a long time, and I've seen you s...

The Rickett's family has been a huge disappointment. I had a longer post in mind, but I think that pretty much says everything that's on my mind. Another year of this and I'm going to be watching th...

I wouldn't characterize del Valle as a Daley cheerleader. As City Clerk he's done a lot to clean up the office and bring transparency to the proceedings of the City Council. I think he's brought abo...

The only ones that seem to be ready to anoint Rahm are the media outlets that won't shut up about him -- and a few misguided souls. Everyone is heaping attention upon him and pointing out that he'll ...

In a show of collegiality strikingly missing in this election cycle Precisely! If these two are as vastly different as they were portrayed during the campaign, and if one or the other, truly is a te...

I think the in-store is actually at the Milwaukee Ave. Reckless. It's a bit confusing as Reckless's website contradicts itself, but the 1900s Myspace page specifically says they'll be at the Milwauke...

Good question. While I was there, I did not go inside the fieldhouse, but got a good view of it from outside. Harold Washington it will never be, but with a little work, I suspect it will be a perfect...

Turning off the gas is hardly going to end this sit-in. Just last night my girlfriend and I went by Whittier with a big bag of blankets and winter clothes and two brand new space heaters (we didn't l...

Sad to see you go Marcus, but it is comforting to know that with Sudo taking over the helm, Chicagoist will remain a stellar source for all things Chicago. Best of luck to you!...

How can it be that as a population we will laud praise upon an individual who shoots a 12-year old kid, for the sole reason that they shot a 12-year old kid? In this instance, she may have been justi...

From the reports I've read, it seems that her neighbors were all sympathetic to her, including a former policeman down the street. Maybe before shooting up the neighborhood, she could have tried call...

Don't misconstrue my displeasure with the decision to not charge this woman with a crime, as an endorsement of the behavior of these kids; or for that matter, as a sign of sympathy for these kids. Th...

How many failures can we count: 1) Failure of these boys parents to discipline them 2) Failure of this neighborhood to control these boys 3) Failure of CPD to respond to this woman's calls 4) Failure ...