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Does 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly favor cars over transit in downtown Chicago? You might think so judging from his recent support to add parking--and as a result, increase traffic congestion--on Streeterville streets.
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I swear I almost did a spit-take with my coffee when I read it: an editorial in Sunday's Chicago Tribune suggesting that the Illinois constitution be rewritten to allow for the recall of Governor Rod Blagojevich. The paper didn't mince words: 'Having endured the Blagojevich era, we believe voters ne
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So the CTA announced Doomsday once again, and not just one Doomsday, but two of them. What luck for Chicagoland transit riders who might miss the elimination of three dozen CTA bus routes in November! Now they'll be able to enjoy the evaporation of the rest of the system on January 6. What do we hav
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The title a beautifully incisive quote from New East Side resident Eric Frost, poobah of the nascent downtown discussion board WindyChat, when asked why his kids prefer to romp in the playground of Daley Bicentennial Plaza instead of in Lakeshore East Park. I interviewed him over coffee at the Rando
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Of all the things I thought downtown's 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly would offer as a compromise in the ongoing controversy over the Chicago Children's Museum's proposed move from Navy Pier to Daley Bicentennial Plaza, agreeing with a reporter's suggestion to 'put the museum in a cave' wasn't on
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So far this week, we've seen the Chicago Tribune and 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly go toe-to-toe with Mayor Daley and a prominent Pritzker over the Chicago Children's Museum's proposed move to the 'forever free and clear' Grant Park. Whoever is left standing in the end, no one is coming out of t
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Today, was a litmus test for 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly. He failed. So much for aldermanic privilege. Mayor Daley may get the Chicago Children's Museum moved to Grant Park after all.
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The Laborer's Union International of North America (LiUNA) is hosting a 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers. I'll be live-blogging from the event.
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Monday, the Laborer's Union International of North America (LiUNA) is hosting a 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers. I'll be live-blogging from the event.
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I don't have an answer to the question of whether the Chicago Children's Museum should be allowed to build a new home for itself in the Daley Bicentennial Plaza section of Grant Park. But I do think the possibility deserves to be debated and not cut off at the knees as it seems the editorial board o
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Will the real Hillary Clinton smile please stand up? Last week, the NY Post reported an ongoing feud between Clinton's New York and D.C. campaign staff. The New Yorker staff think she's become 'all polls, no pulse.' Some people even think she has a fake smile. And recent research shows there may be
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A couple of days ago, the right-wing wonks at the inaptly monickered 'Center for Union Facts,' an arch-conservative national front group, took me to task for supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. When the national opposition sees fit to criticize the little guy, that's pretty good evidence he's o