First bottled water was cool and tap water was out. Then bottled water was bad (eek! pollution!) and tap water was the name of the game. And now... we say stick with beer, as some scary news has emerged about the people guarding Chicago's H2O. more ›

At night on the slowest news day of the week federal prosecutors announced an indictment in the inquiry of the hiring practices of Mayor Daley's political organization. In this gutsy and bold move, the prosecutors indicted a Hispanic Democratic Organization (HOD) coordinator for lying. The Hispanic Democratic Organization, a powerful street team for Mayor Daley, is being investigated for hitting up city officials for jobs for the HDO. John Resa, a worker in the Water... more ›

Chicagoist has previously discussed how working for the Department of Water Management seems to be a non-stop party. From fat overtime checks to gambling during work and drug rings, the Water Department is the place to be! more ›

Is there a more fun city agency to work in than the Chicago Department of Water Management? First we discover that if you pay a little bribe, you can make a lot of dough in overtime. City worker Richard Pacheco (as opposed to the other Richard Pacheco) said that when he gave cash to his supervisors, he in turn received overtime resulting in an additional $14,000 in pay. The extra cash must have come... more ›

At a press conference this morning, Mayor Daley announced two major proposals just a day before his scheduled release of the city's 2005 budget. He's asked for a group of five non-union workers to stand watch over the various operations of the Department of Transportation construction sites and a group of ten non-union workers to look after various aspects of the Department of Water Management. more ›