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By Steve Rhodes
This is long but it’s worth reading if you truly want to understand what the Illinois Supreme Court did yesterday – especially if you’ve been paying attention to the ignorant, insipid and downright reckless news coverage by a media cohort that just seems to get worse as we go along: Rahm’s Rules: Part 2.
Posted on January 28, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“The Illinois Supreme Court justices deliberating the fate of Rahm Emanuel’s bid for Chicago mayor are sworn to uphold the state constitution without regard for special interests, yet that same document requires them to run for election in an inherently political system,” the Tribune reports this morning.
“While much of the high court’s work is done in relative anonymity, the pedigrees of the justices are fodder for debate whenever they tackle high-profile cases with political consequences – from deciding a close governor’s race to ruling on the district maps that determine which party will control the Legislature.
“In the Emanuel case, that debate may have been inevitable. Three of the four justices on the court’s Democratic majority were endorsed during their careers by the Cook County Democratic Party.
“The head of the party’s judicial slating committee is powerful Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, who is supporting Gery Chico in the mayoral race. And Burke is the husband of Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke.”
Posted on January 27, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
Just for starters . . .
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Posted on January 26, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
BREAKING 3:24 P.M.: The Appellate Court of the Division of Beachwood has ordered me to appear as fill-in bartender this evening from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Specials include three-and-a-half finger Ballot Busters and Kneetinis, as well as all domestic beers for $3.50, Bell’s Amber for $3.50 and mimosas for $3. Pool is free tonight.
We’d like to especially welcome members of the Illinois judiciary.
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Oprah Update
More secrets Oprah has yet to reveal. See comments.
Posted on January 25, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
BREAKING NOON: Rahm kicked off ballot.
Too bad Bill Daley isn’t around anymore to fix it!
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Posted on January 24, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
I don’t like Pat Quinn’s broken promises or the way the tax increase was pushed through in a lame-duck session, nor the actual structure of the deal, but did we need some sort of tax increase? Yes.
“Jon Stewart gets it,” Rich Miller writes at his Capitol Fax Blog.
But where’s the White House in all of this? (Watch the video.)
Posted on January 21, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“The founder of Jimmy John’s said he has applied for Florida residency and may recommend that his corporate headquarters move out-of-state as a result of the Illinois tax increases enacted last week,” the Champaign News-Gazette reports in a story that is getting a lot of attention.
Memo to Jimmy: Suck it.
One: I’ve lived in Florida. It’s all yours. Two: Your subs are awful, your labor practices stink, your restaurants are a blight on America, you’re not funny and your alfalfa sprouts make people sick.
Posted on January 20, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
“A Chicago man has dreams of being stinking rich – and thinks a line of fragrances with the smell of money is just the ticket for combining dollars with scents,” AOL reports.
“Patrick McCarthy, a vice president of sales at Microsoft, took a break from his day job to create His Money Cologne and Her Money Eau de Parfum, a line of his-and-hers fragrances that are designed to make the wearer smell like a million bucks – or more, depending on how much you put on.”
Posted on January 19, 2011
By Steve Rhodes
Just in case you’re wondering, The Cheeseheadquarters of Chicago is Will’s Northwoods Inn.
MLK Day in Review
“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward Beachwood.”
– driftglass
Posted on January 18, 2011
