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By Steve Rhodes
What do Will Burns and the Hammond police chief have in common?
They both want to control other people’s art.
“South Side alderman’s effort to tweak filmmaker Spike Lee for using ‘Chi-raq’ as the title for a movie about Chicago violence fell flat Monday with his colleagues,” the Tribune reports.
Posted on July 29, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
Yeah, obviously this isn’t happening today.
I was unexpectedly out late last night, and then this morning one thing just snowballed into the other, until was afternoon and then night again.
(This happened last night, among other hijinks.)
Still, I worked really hard today.
To wit:
Posted on July 28, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
It’s a podcast bonanza here at Beachwood HQ. Let’s take a look.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #63A: We Are Living In The Golden Age Of Rock ‘N’ Roll.
Every age of rock ‘n’ roll, in fact, is a golden age.
Also: My Heart, Ranked; and Women Rule Rock.
Plus: A few words about a suicidal Sandra Bland.
Remember, you can follow along in Show Notes – or use those to guide you to the exact point in the ‘cast you wanna go.
Posted on July 27, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
Because I live at AnySquared Studio, I’ve watched the design for this cool mural project develop into something, well, really cool. Here’s the deets:
Art + Community: PAINT WITH US on SUN July 26th! We’ll have paint materials available. Come dressed for painting. All welcome! All ages. Families encouraged.
Volunteer to help on the Paint Day and/or help prep the wall on the Friday and Saturday before. Message AnySquared if you want to volunteer or e-mail us.
Look here for any rain date or additional information.
Posted on July 25, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
“Three years after creating a city infrastructure bank with a huge splash, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to remake management of the finance unit, which by many accounts never has lived up to its potential,” Greg Hinz reports for Crain’s.
I’d say by every account – let’s face it, it’s been an abject failure. Why not just say so? Some of us haven’t forgotten how Rahm rammed this down everybody’s throats without proper consideration because it was so urgent to get it up and running immediately.
But then, consider the source as we take a trip through the Beachwood Wayback Machine.
Posted on July 24, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
“Chicago’s school board unanimously authorized more than $1 billion in new bonds Wednesday, in part as a hedge against the possibility that state lawmakers won’t come through with help for the financially ailing district,” the Tribune reports.
“Board members also approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointment of Forrest Claypool as the district’s new chief. He’ll be paid a $250,000 annual salary, officials said, but will not have a written contract.”
Why? Is this unusual?
Just wondering.
Posted on July 23, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
I posted a buttload of stuff to the site today, and – at 2 p.m. – I’m just getting around to the column, which I always do last. So you know what?
I’m just gonna direct you to everything else.
Blago Ruling Indicts Media
False impressions went around the world before truth got its Twitter on.
Posted on July 21, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
“A Northwest Side alderman long at odds with Mayor Rahm Emanuel put a temporary halt Monday to a street closure as the city prepares to install a digital billboard that would tower over the Kennedy Expressway,” the Tribune reports.
“Giving aldermen advance notice of major work in their wards is routine at City Hall, but Ald. John Arena, 45th, said that courtesy was not afforded in this case.”
Where’d Rahm’s sweater go?
Posted on July 21, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
“With less than two months until school starts and a massive hole in the Chicago Public Schools budget, officials are planning as much as $1.16 billion in long-term borrowing,” the Tribune reports.
Well, that’s just what Rahm Emanuel told us he’d do during his campaign last spring.
Heh-heh.
Posted on July 20, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
“The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Saturday when temperatures are expected to be in the middle 90s but it will feel like 105 to 110 degrees,” the Tribune reports.
If you want to cool down, go stand next to Rahm. His heart is forecast to remain below freezing and will feel even colder.
Posted on July 18, 2015
