Extra Extra: CTA's 2014 Budget Approved After A Single Hearing
By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 14, 2013 12:00AM
- CTA's board approved the agency's 2014 budget a night after holding a single hearing on the matter. Transparency in government, y'all! [CTA's website]
- Alderman James Balcer (11th), whose ward includes Bridgeport, suggested during Wednesday's City Council meeting to rename the Chicago Cultural Center after Eleanor "Sis" Daley, who saved the building from being razed. [Sun-Times]
- A Chicago man pleaded guilty to two west suburban burglaries; he used Google Maps to case his targets. [NBC Chicago]
- Two men have been charged in connection with this month's fatal stabbing of Leviticus and Toshiba Dupree, of Gary. [Times of Northwest Indiana]
- A new logo project reimagines the Bears logo as a soccer club insignia and we like it. [Football as Football]
- A former ball boy for the Utah Jazz is planning to auction the shoes Michael Jordan wore during his famous "flu game" during the 1997 finals. The ball boy obtained them in exchange for providing Jordan with applesauce. [ESPN]