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For most of my life, there's been a Mayor Daley running Chicago. I remember that as a little kid, I didn't even realize that "Mayor" was a title. When Mayor Richard J. Dailey died in 1976, there was a succession of short-term mayors, including Michael Bilandic (appointed by the city council), Jane Byrne (an insider who ran as an outsider after Bilandic fired her), Harold … [Read more...] about Mayor Daley’s Turning Points

Chicago got hit by a pretty big snowstorm this week. I suppose I'd know just how big if I'd been paying attention to the news, but those people drive me crazy. What are they calling it? "Snowmaggedon"? "Snowpocalypse"? "Snowlocaust"? Bah. Look, it's not that this wasn't a big snowstorm. It was huge. It's got to be one of the 4 or 5 heaviest snowfalls in the past 50 years. I'm … [Read more...] about Cleaning Up the Snow

Here's yet another tragic story of an elderly couple terrorized by gangs of local thugs in Chicago.With her husband already asleep, 84-year-old Anna Jakymek was just turning out the lights when she heard loud noises at the back and front doors about 11:30 p.m.Her initial thought was that her 89-year old husband had fallen out of bed, but she realized something else was … [Read more...] about They Should Have Rung the Bell

This just in: International terrorists, no longer content with blowing up buildings, are now targeting parking lot lights in home center stores. This is a dangerous new development. Obviously Al Qaeda is jealous of our well lit parking lots and feel they can bring America to her knees by darkening our shopping experience one lamp post at a time. If you glanced at the linked … [Read more...] about Not Everyone Who Peeks Up Skirts is a Terrorist

We lost the Olympics bid. Whew. Mayor Daley will now have to find a different excuse to raise our taxes so he can funnel cash to his buddies. … [Read more...] about Chicago Dodges a Bullet