The Latest from Clout City

posted on
April 20th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Mayor Rahm learns about LSCs

Great story by WBEZ's ace reporter Linda Lutton about Mayor Emanuel and local school councils—as in, did he or did he not vote in the recent LSC elections?

The mayor says he did—or at le ...

posted on
April 18th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Schizo Chicago: the City Council defers the infrastucture fund

Just got back from Rush Street, where I was celebrating the City Council's bold display of independence by carousing in bars and turning over parked cars.

Not really . . .…

posted on
April 17th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Mayor Rahm and the f-bomb: a critical study

It sure seems like Mayor Emanuels looking to force the Chicago Teachers Union to go on strikeI really don't know how else to explain his hardball stance with the contract negotiations.

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posted on
April 13th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Joe Berrios for Mayor!

Got my latest property tax assessment in the mail from Cook County assessor Joe Berrios.

Good news!…

posted on
April 12th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Mayor Rahm's bananas about the longer school day

If you recall, I valiantly tried to save Mayor Emanuel from the mess he got himself into when he unilaterally declared that, from here on out, the public school children of Chicago would have to we ...

posted on
April 11th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

19 million promises, but still no money

Many Chicagoans were encouraged to hear recently that the federal government would be handing over read more about "19 million promises, but still..."

posted on
April 10th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Shh! Cultural Affairs' new director of performing arts

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events wouldn't confirm this when I asked, but word is that New York-based producer and director Shoshona Currier is relocating to Chicago to fill one ...

posted on
April 6th, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Merit pay for the Cubs

Looks like Mayor Emanuel's getting ready to fork over some of your tax dollars to the Cubs to help them rebuild Wrigley Field.

Well, I say if the mayor's going to give the Cubs our money, h ...

posted on
April 3rd, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

A Trader Joe's beach in Evanston!

Get a call from a longtime reader, up in arms over an economic deal thats just too bad to believe.

"You think Chicago's bad," she says.…

posted on
April 2nd, 2012
from
Clout City
based in
Chicago

Chicago Politics 101: by any means necessary

A day or two after last weeks election, I got a call from a guy I know who works for UNO, talking a little trash 'cause his candidate won the big election.

How did I know this call was co ...