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The [Thursday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

The Tribune dives deeper into the SUPES scandal today, and it’s not pretty for the Emanuel administration.
Let’s take a look.
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“[Jean-Claude] Brizard, in a separate interview, said he never would have considered expanding SUPES’ work to training principals because CPS already had a program in place to accomplish that using partnerships with universities already well-established in the field.”
This is a point that has been made repeatedly by those wondering WTF.
“The Chicago Leadership Collaborative, which Brizard had launched with Emanuel in 2011, was doing ‘pipeline development’ to groom new principals, and Brizard said he was looking to leverage Northwestern University to train existing principals.

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Posted on May 21, 2015

The [Tuesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“A man who spent nearly 40 years in prison for a murder he did not commit filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Cleveland and the police officers whom he says helped frame him in 1975,” AP reports.

Ricky Jackson was convicted at age 18 along with two others because of the testimony of a 12-year-old boy. Jackson, 58, was exonerated in November after that witness, a man now in his early 50s, recanted his testimony.
The witness, Eddie Vernon, said in 2013 that police detectives threatened to put his parents in jail and coerced him into implicating Jackson and brothers Wiley and Ronnie Bridgeman in the slaying of salesman Harold Franks outside a corner store.
Jackson and the Bridgemans received death sentences that were later commuted to life in prison. Jackson’s attorneys say their client is believed to have served the longest prison term in the U.S. for someone wrongfully convicted.

Chicago-based Loevy & Loevy filed the suit.

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Posted on May 19, 2015

The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“Former President Bill Clinton will attend Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s second inauguration ceremony Monday,” the Tribune reports.
Oh for fuck’s sake.

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Posted on May 18, 2015

The [Friday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Nathan Stacken pretty much sums it up:

Most people had the Chicago Bulls forcing a Game Seven. Some of those people must now be wondering how they ever thought the Bulls would win this series in the first place. The Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Bulls 94-73 last night in route to a 4-2 series win. It was a very high scoring first quarter, but the game’s most pivotal and game-changing moments occurred in the second quarter. Cavs guard Kyrie Irving went down with a knee injury and had to leave the game. At that point the score was 35-35. The rest of the game the Cavs would outscore the Bulls by 21. Not saying that Irving isn’t important to Cleveland’s success, but everyone else certainly stepped up their game without him in the lineup. Then came Nikola Mirotic’s flagrant foul that really woke up the Cavs. It was a completely unnecessary move from Mirotic. From then on, it was all about the Cavs. They took it to the Bulls who didn’t look like they had the energy or any answer and reserve guard Matthew Dellavedova scored eight points in a row in the fourth quarter to put this one away for good. He finished with 19 points. LeBron James struggled and still managed to almost come away with a triple double (15 points, 9 rebounds and eleven assists). The Cavs are back in the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2009. The Bulls are now left searching for answers.

Our very own Jim “Coach” Coffman provides his insight on where the Bulls go from here in this week’s Beachwood Radio Sports Hour, which is in post-production and should be posted by early evening.

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Posted on May 15, 2015

The [Wednesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“Chicago took yet another hit Tuesday when a major credit rating agency downgraded much of the city’s debt to junk status, making it more difficult for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fix the financial mess without a major tax increase,” the Tribune reports.
I made all my jokes about this on Twitter, so I’ll keep it serious here.

“A cut below investment grade is a major statement, implying that there is material risk to the city not paying its bondholders on time or in full,” said Matt Fabian, a managing partner at Municipal Market Analytics. “To have gone there without waiting to see the city’s approach to the current budget gap, or whether or not they will raise revenues is clear demonstration of a lack of confidence in city management. In other words, they see little reason to wait because they expect little in the way of a management response.”

In other words, Moody’s – the ratings agency doing the downgrading – just gave Rahm Emanuel a vote of no confidence.

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Posted on May 13, 2015

The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“Thirty-one people face misdemeanor charges after after a five-hour standoff with SWAT teams at an Edgewater apartment building over the weekend, according to police,” the Tribune reports.
Chicago police had a five-hour standoff with 31 people?
This does not sound right at all.
Chicago = Baltimore
A century-long assault on blacks by local, state and federal policy makers, on The Beachwood Radio Hour #56.
Plus: Obama bin Lying; Eroding Checks & Balances; Enjoy Your Murder-Stained Nails; Prince’s Vault; Illinois Supreme Court Upholds State Constitution; White DUI Privilege; White Frat Privilege; and Loyola Beats Lewis.

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Posted on May 11, 2015

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