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By Steve Rhodes
1. “What else do you need to see from Derrick Rose to believe that if nothing else, his name should be the first one out of your mouth when we start the MVP conversation?” Sekou Smith writes for NBA.com.
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“[W]hile it took a little time for the outsiders to catch on, there’s little time or reason for an argument,” Jon Greenberg writes for ESPNChicago.com.
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See also our very own Being Derrick Rose.
Posted on April 8, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood is off today on a company retreat to refocus our chi, but will return tomorrow in all its stupendous glory.
Posted on April 7, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“When the hands come off the holy books at swearing-in ceremonies next month, Chicago will have a City Council churned by turnover of more than a third of its 50 members along with a new mayor, Rahm Emanuel,” the Tribune reports.
“The new council will be without its second-longest-serving member, 50th Ward Ald. Bernard Stone, who suffered a crushing loss. Also gone is 6th Ward Ald. Freddrenna Lyle, a veteran African-American leader who went down in a narrow defeat.
“Not even the 36th Ward, long a Democratic machine bastion, was safe from change. Appointed Ald. John Rice, the former driver for political powerbroker William J.P. Banks, lost to a little-known firefighter, Nicholas Sposato.”
Posted on April 6, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“Election Day is off to a slower-than-usual start today, with some precincts in the city and suburban Cook County seeing only one voter as of 8 a.m., two hours after polls opened, election officials reported,” the Tribune reports.
“‘It’s scary quiet,’ said Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.”
Too quiet.
Posted on April 5, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
1. “[Anheuser-Busch] recently informed federal railroad regulators that it wants to shut down Manufacturers Railway Company, the rail company that has been part of A-B since 1887, when A-B co-founder Adolphus Busch turned to trains to supply his growing brewery,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
“The company is a shortline railroad, operating 13.5 miles of track and providing service only between the brewery and other railroads just over the river in Illinois.”
Huh. Maybe high-speed rail would be a reality around the Midwest by now if it ferried beer. Just a thought, A-B.
Posted on April 4, 2011
By Natasha Julius
We know this isn’t really necessary or beneficial, but you’ve got to admit . . . it’s awfully fun!
Market Update
The Corporation of Life took a hit this week. Earnings figures revealed its supply-driven approach to production has caused the value of its primary product to plunge to a mere $50.
Posted on April 2, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“Take me out to the ballgame, and then take out a loan to pay for it,” Jamie Sotonoff writes for the Daily Herald today.
“As the Chicago baseball season begins today, a new report shows both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox continue to rank among the most expensive teams to watch play.
“The cost of taking a family of four to see a Cubs game at Wrigley Field this year is estimated to be $305.60, and it’ll cost $258.68 for a White Sox game, according to the 2011 Fan Cost Index, a dollar amount calculated annually by Wilmette-based Team Marketing Research.”
Posted on April 1, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
1. CIA Officers Working With Libya Rebels.
Why does this strike me as good news for Khadafy?
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See also: Farrakhan, Khadafy and Obama.
2. Middle-Class Not Wanted.
Posted on March 31, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is talking to his own candidates for Chicago police superintendent while he awaits the results of a formal search committee,” the Tribune reports.
I don’t care if the mayor names his own police chief but then let’s dispense with the charade of the police board. One of the many ways that Richard M. Daley set up Jody Weis to fail was to go outside the process to secretly interview and hire Weis – without any explanation of why he thought Weis was the best person for the job.
Weis came into the job as the mayor’s secret guy, which only created suspicion and skepticism among cops and the portion of the public who was paying attention.
Posted on March 30, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
1. Amazon Launches Cloud Music Service.
Pat Quinn announces Cloud Tax.
2. Gov. Walker Announces Plan To Upgrade Amtrak Line Between Milwaukee, Chicago.
An olive branch to Democratic legislators to make future trips here more comfortable.
Posted on March 29, 2011
