Christopher Kelly Dead, Rod Blagojevich Has Airtight Alibi
Illinois businessman and one-time controller of Rod Blagojevich’s campaign fund Christopher Kelly, who recently plead guilty to charges of receiving illegal kickbacks for work done at O’Hare Airport...
View ArticleLawsuit Over Parking Meter Deal Joined By State’s Attorney Investigation
Clint Krislov, the attorney bringing the lawsuit against the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on behalf of taxpayers over its 75-year parking meter privatization deal is not the only lawyer acting...
View ArticleInvestigation Prunes Family Tree In Building Inspector Probe
Building inspector Richard Kus, brother of Chicago’s former zoning administrator Edward Kus will need to find another $87,720-per-year gig according to a Fran Spielman report in the Sun-Times. Kus was...
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Daley Discovers Privatization Sucks $1.15 Billion Too Late
“You can’t even sell a public asset today,” lamented Mayor Daley wistfully. The Mayor’s complaint came in response to mounting questions over his $1.15 billion lease of the city’s parking meters to a...
View ArticleQuinn To Drug Convicts: You May Be Busted, But The State Is Broke
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn attempted to bury a news item late Friday afternoon that 1,000 guests of the Illinois Department of Corrections would be let free early in a budgetary move. Consisting...
View ArticleKirk Out: GOP Senate Contender Learns The Unemployed Vote, Too
When called upon to vote on extending unemployment benefits, US Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), the leading contender for the GOP US Senate nomination somehow failed to oppose the “moral hazard” of state...
View ArticleJesse White: Allegedly The Snuggliest Man In Illinois Politics
When adjectives flow concerning Illinois pols, seldom does snuggly come to mind. Craven, sure. Treacherous, double-dealing, foul, base and indicted all come far more easily than snuggly....
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Eight Reasons Chicago Was Rejected For 2016 Olympic Games
1) Despite city proposals, the Graft Toss, 400-Meter Cash-Stuffed Envelope Delivery and Pothole Hurdles all rejected as Olympic events. 2) IOC committee members confused and frightened by bellowing...
View ArticleWill Former CTA Boss Throw His Deputy Under The Bus?
Few public officials are as relieved by the Olympics announcement as Chicago schools head and former Mayor Daley Chief of Staff Ron Huberman. On the day Chicago lost the games to Rio, the city...
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Top Five Proposals To Privatize Chicago’s Snow Removal
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s recent 75-year deal handing the city’s parking meters to a private company for a mere $1.15 Billion suggets there is no lack of imagination at City Hall when it comes to...
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