Midday News Links: Former UNO Aide Wants His Job Back
By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 9, 2014 7:40PM
- Miguel D'Escoto, former top aide for charter school group United Neighborhood Organization, filed a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully terminated by his boss, former UNO CEO Juan Rangel. [Sun-Times]
- Former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas was over the moon about being elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame Wednesday and happier he did it without the use of PEDs. [Comcast SportsNet]
- Rogers Park rapper Bang the Hitta, who has several videos where he’s brandishing a gun, says he isn’t violent and his songs are a reflection of the neighborhood he grew up in. [DNAInfo Chicago]
- The city is going to lease space to the Hadiya Pendelton Foundation for $1. [Sun-Times]
- Chicago leftists want to find their own Bill de Blasio to run against Rahm Emanuel. [Sun-Times]