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By Natasha Julius
Seems like there should be a wealth of punchlines here, but it’s just not funny when someone can’t breathe.
Market Update
Pretty safe bet that Bruce Rauner’s shocked face will be getting another work out soon.
Posted on December 6, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
“To be clear, Illinois is in dire condition,” Rauner said. “Our financial condition is far worse than has ever been discussed publicly before.”
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Me, Nov. 17:
“Let me read between the lines and make a prediction: Rauner and his people will ‘get a better understanding’ of where the state’s finances are, all right, and announce that the situation is far more dire than he, the master of private-equity due diligence, realized during the campaign, when the budget was top secret and unavailable to anyone except those with special Google clearance.”
Posted on December 5, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
@tanehisicoates: Let’s start with a cop using a hold that is banned by the NYPD. On camera.
— Earl Douglas (@edouglas528) December 3, 2014
Posted on December 4, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
“Illinois’ Republican governor-elect says he’s finding the state budget is ‘worse than has been discussed’ as he learns more about it,” AP reports.
As predicted. By me. Many times. Because I’ve seen this movie before.
Good reporters memorize the scripts.
Posted on December 3, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood will return on Tuesday, though I’ll be adding a few posts to the site here and there over the long holiday weekend. Stay tuned here and/or on our social media outlets for fresh material, most likely in Sports, Music and emanating from The Beachwood Radio Network.
That said, a few nice offerings today:
Posted on November 26, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
Trending:
#FergusonDecision
#RIPMikeBrown
#NoJustice
Grand Jury
#PrayForFerguson
#JusticeForMikeBrown
Darren Wilson
Don Lemon
America
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 25, 2014
Posted on November 25, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
“Signs placed in the road alerting motorists they must stop for pedestrians in crosswalks are a popular safety tool in Chicago neighborhoods, city officials say. Among drivers, they’re another kind of big hit,” the Tribune reports.
“Some 268 of the 344 signs have been replaced after being dinged or wiped out by vehicles, according to data the Tribune obtained from the Chicago Department of Transportation.
“Many of the signs have been replaced more than once, at a cost of more than $500 per sign, officials added.
“The stop signs have been installed citywide at 220 locations since mid-2012 to increase compliance with a 2010 state law requiring drivers to stop whenever a pedestrian has entered a crosswalk.
“The law amended a previously existing law, which safety officials considered vague, requiring drivers only to yield to pedestrians. It also applies to all intersections across Illinois, sign or no sign.”
Posted on November 24, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
“He might never say so publicly, but in many ways Chicago is still home for Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith,” Roy Cummings writes for the Tampa Bay Tribune.
“His wife, MaryAnne, a native of nearby Des Plaines, grew up here; he raised his children here; shoot, he still owns a house here.
“That house is up now for sale, but so much more of what tied Smith to Chicago for 10 years could never be sold.”
Yeah, whatever.
Posted on November 22, 2014
By Steve Rhodes
This column is in production.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #27: The Bears Are Like Butter.
On a roll. Plus: The Game Chicago Going Under; The Ultimate Theo-Era Cubs Headline; Still Okay To Take Blackhawks For Granted; and Jimmy The Butler.
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The Beachwood Radio Hour #33 is in pre-production.
Posted on November 21, 2014