By Steve Rhodes
“The City Council’s most powerful alderman will sit out the legislative debate on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to give movie mogul George Lucas free lakefront land to build an interactive museum to avoid a conflict posed by a threatened court challenge,” the Sun-Times reports.
“Ald. Edward Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee, is the husband of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke.
“If Friends of the Park follows through on its threat to file a lawsuit blocking the project, the appeal could go all the way to the state Supreme Court.”
*
Might have been worth nothing that Burke didn’t recuse himself when it came to the ill-fated proposal to move the Chicago Children’s Museum into Grant Park.
*
Also, how does Burke explain not recusing himself from all council business?
–
The Beachwood Radio Hour
Lakeshore Wars.
Working the narrative arts. Keywords: George Lucas, Rahm Emanuel, Wayne Newton, Navy Pier.
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour
Backing In The Front Door.
The U.S. backs into the next round by losing just one of three, unlike a bunch of other teams going home. Plus: The Bulls’ Puzzling Draft Day & This Week In The Sky.
Beachwood Photo Booth: Fantasy Hair Design
Family Hair Cuts.
The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Ramshackle Glory, Bob Mould, Hall & Oates, Cat Power, Radioactivity, Ginger Baker, Kal Marks, The Sueves, Mean Jeans, Frankie Teardrop, Swans, The Doobie Brothers, The Lonely Biscuits, The Fray, and Rufus Wainwright.
–
This Week In Juvey Hall
Including: CPS code of conduct, Rahm’s graffiti bridge, Quinn’s never-ending scandal, Dixmoor Five Fallout, the EU’s children and more.
–
BeachBook
* Use Of Drones For Killing Risks A War Without End, Panel Concludes In Report.
* Lurking Inside Obama’s Secret Drone Law: Another Secret Drone Law.
Related:
Bush lawyers wrote legal memos to protect CIA engaged in torture. Obama lawyers wrote legal memos to protect CIA engaged in murder
— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) June 26, 2014
–
TweetWood
http://t.co/eevi690Wm4 Old column when Rauner said one thing about Payton in Springfield, but had told WLS something different
— Bernie Schoenburg (@bschoenburg) June 26, 2014
*
@ChiPubSchools CPS closed out 79 librarian positions last year. This info is on your website. http://t.co/rjYERWs0q2
— Raise Your Hand (@ILRaiseYourHand) June 26, 2014
*
CPS: 500 teacher layoffs r 5 yr low. But remember when not an election yr. Good budget news brought by budget trick. http://t.co/r7AjwPpTiy
— Catalyst Chicago Mag (@CatalystChicago) June 26, 2014
–
The Beachwood Tip Line: Conflicted.
Posted on June 27, 2014