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Extra Extra: Streets And San Workers Actually Working

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 23, 2012 11:00PM

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  • The Mayor's office said absenteeism at the Department of Streets and Sanitation has decreased. Somewhere, pigs are sprouting wings. [Tribune]
  • Chicago Reader editor Mara Shalhoup writes about the connection between her grandmother, Jackie Gleason and Frank Sinatra. [Reader]
  • Refinery 29 lists 10 blogs you should be reading now. [Refinery 29]
  • From the "Why Johnny can't read" file: Chicago Public Schools is planning 60 more charter schools in the next five years. [Tribune]
  • Serious Eats Chicago lists 21 of their favorite local grilled cheese sandwiches. [Serious Eats Chicago]