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Good for him! TIFs are destroying the economic health of this city. I hope more aldermen and the general public become more aware of how dangerous these generally useful tools for economic developme...

The problem beaureve is that the city is swearing up and down that they aren't going to spending tax dollars on this whole Olympic concept, and then we find out these things. And this is just the beg...

Great. This is just what the city needs. They can't really afford to plow the streets, sustain the public transit system, honor their pension commitments or keep their (non-patronage) employees employ...

I signed up pretty early and have already been wait listed. It is Chicago through, so I made a quick donation to see if that greased the wheels any....

This narrative of "Cubs fans don't watch the game" is SO tired. I went to a Sox game recently and the fans didn't seem any more or less engaged than fans at a Cubs game. Although many seemed to be m...

I would add 6-month old The Coffee Studio in north Andersonville to the list of great coffee shops. Just sayin'....

I took my first flight ever (I was 3) 3 days after that crash. From O'Hare. On a DC-10. I of course don't have much of a memory of that, but apparently my mom and grandmother were extremely nervous...

Schulter just wants these venues to go out of business so he can declare imminent domain and have his developer friends build condo high rises on the sites. As they say, "go with what you know"....

#400 - Please don't give DW credit for anything related to the street festival (Midsommarfest). Whenever he did participate he always caused more problems than anyone else, and I speak from very pers...

Oh hell people, you want dirt and unsubstantiated rumor and hearsay? [FAIR WARNING TO THOSE WHO ARE BORING ENOUGH TO TSK TSK]. There is a GREAT rumor that occasionally pops up in Andersonville that i...

I can't speak to the Bucktown location, but the Andersonville & Edgewater locations were almost gay & lesbian community centers and served more purposes than just a gym. The loss of a gathering place...

David Wilshire is a complete and total idiot and has finally gone off the deep end. I wouldn't believe one word of that letter (well, since it is barely English that probably isn't a problem). More ...