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The [Wednesday] PapersCatching up . . . "Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has long said its troubled, $54 million anti-violence program didn't spend a dime before the governor's 2010 general election, despite opponents contending it was a rush-job, 'political slush fund,' the governor used to drive critical voters to the polls," the Sun-Times reported Friday. "New e-mails obtained by the Sun-Times, however, indicate the administration had attempted to move large amounts of tax dollars into the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative three weeks before the Nov. 2 election, a critical period when Quinn was in a tough contest against Republican challenger Bill Brady. Quinn eventually prevailed, winning by about 31,000 votes." This story reminds me of the Curie ineligibility story and even Derrick Smith's conviction for accepting a bribe of relative chump change: "Everybody" does it but you never know if you're going to be the one to get caught. It's like someone has to be sacrificed to the gods of corruption every once in awhile in order to maintain some sort of cosmic balance to the system. The formula seems to include one alderman a year - and this year might include a governor. * "Attempts to move the money onto the streets early on failed, however, when there were 'insufficient funds' ready to pay for the new initiative." Pat Quinn didn't get to the bank on time and bounced a State of Illinois check. * "In response to the Sun-Times inquiry, Quinn's administration denied that it controlled when the money was released. "'The governor had no involvement in the timing of any grantee payments,' spokesman Grant Klinzman said." The governor had no sense of urgency about funding the anti-violence program at all! See, when you do something wrong, every answer backfires. - X Men Also, it means don't land here because the airport was closed at midnight by a madman. * The best part of WBEZ's report is this: "[W]e encountered hard questions about the program that supports red 'X' signage, including whether the city's doing enough to communicate its intentions. We also turned up some surprising news: This program, meant to save the lives of first responders and others, has run out of money." Maybe Pat Quinn will free up some funds now that he's in another dogfight for his job. Alternate: Well, if we didn't have to pay that fine for closing Meigs . . . - Fantasy Fix: Mining The Minors The Week/Weekend In Chicago Rock - BeachBook * Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) doing the Family Guy theme song at City Winery. * 1977 Harris Bank commercial featuring Gary Coleman. - TweetWood
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- The Beachwood Tip Line: Standard. Posted on June 11, 2014 |
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