By Steve Rhodes
Just a shorty today.
1. Rahm’s Fake Jobs.
2. Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Chicago Bears.
3. “Some of the early backers of Groupon Inc., including Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen, are heading for the exits, joining investors who have lost faith in companies that had been expected to drive a new Internet boom,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
4. “William J. ‘Bill’ Mueller, Lombard’s village president, died Saturday of complications from West Nile virus, leaving a vacuum in leadership in the west suburban town he oversaw for nearly two decades,” the Tribune reports.
5. Evergreen Park Reality TV Star Is Dead.
6. “Five Chicago government pension funds have won a six-month court battle to fire the money-management firm founded by a friend of President Barack Obama and a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley,” the Sun-Times reports.
“Chancery Court Judge John Noble ruled last week in Delaware that the pension funds had sufficient cause to fire DV Urban Realty Advisors, which was formed by Obama’s friend and onetime employer Allison S. Davis and Daley nephew Robert G. Vanecko.
7. In one of life’s largest mysteries, more than 2 million people reportedly attended the air and water show over the weekend.
8. The Weekend in Chicago Rock.
9. SportsMonday: Welcome Back, Bears.
10. The White Sox Report: Royal Headache.
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The Cub Factor will appear on Tuesday this week.
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The Beachwood Tip Line: On the backstreets until the end.
Posted on August 20, 2012