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By Steve Rhodes
I’ve got a lot of material for our Politics section I’d like to get to between now and Tuesday – including our legendary Beachwood Voters’ Guide – so I’ll post as I can from today until then. You’ll just have to keep coming back.
To that end, I’ll hold my fire here on the U.S. Senate race, the congressional campaigns and the county assessor race and get on with the rest of the news.
Posted on October 28, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
BREAKING: Is Tom Dart out?
We’ll update our Mayoral Odds later today.
Mope Dope
“A suspect was charged early this morning in connection with the theft of several of the hefty pay-and-display parking boxes from city streets,” the Tribune reports.
“[Jeffrey] Kaput was pulled over late Monday at 5518 W. Augusta Blvd. by an Area 5 robbery mission team after police had received a description from a witness of a car that had collided with one of the LAZ parking boxes, according to a police report.”
He was also charged with misdemeanor possession of a crack pipe, so maybe not the folk hero we hoped for, but he certainly couldn’t have acted alone, could he?
Posted on October 27, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
1. “The Chicago Wind Soccer Club was formed in the fall of 1998 to meet the need and desire for a year round, professionally trained youth soccer program in the Chicago suburban area.”
2. “560 WIND is Chicago’s Conservative Talk Radio Station.”
3. “Massive ‘Chiclone‘ storm slams into Illinois; forecaster predicts strongest storm in 70 years.”
twister: are yo ukidding this is only the start
Posted on October 26, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
“In throwing four picks in the second half alone he displayed all the delightful deficiencies that made last season such a romp – the Grossman backpedal, the locking-in on one receiver until everyone in the stadium knew where the pass was going, and the throws to absolutely blanketed receivers who apparently should have been open (according to a petulant quarterback) if they had just run their routes well enough,” our very own Jim Coffman writes in SportsMonday: Bring Me The Head of Jay Cutler.
That’s about right.
Posted on October 25, 2010
By Natasha Julius
We’ll totally back you if you want to make a last-minute run for U.S. Senator this weekend.
Market Update
Analysts are cautioning over-eager investors to tone down their exuberance: the tacky plastic bubble is due to burst by the end of the month.
Posted on October 23, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
First, some housekeeping.
* We still have some tweaking to do, but our Beachwood Novelties store is now open for business.
* I’ll be filling in as barback tonight at the Beachwood Inn and back to my regular bartending shift on Monday night. Stop in, say hello, bend an elbow and sing a few songs.
* Tindall on Kindle: A Hole To China.
* Ballots From The Dead: Selected poems from our Chicagoetry series.
* And, of course, our Beachwood memberships.
Thanks for your support!
Posted on October 22, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
“Tribune Co.’s board is preparing to replace Chief Executive Randy Michaels with a four-person caretaker management team to steer the company as it attempts to exit bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter,” the Wall Street Journal confirms today.
Now when will NBC come clean?
Posted on October 21, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
I’m still catching up from Monday night bartending followed by an all-day social media conference, so some items of interest will just have to wait. Let’s see what we can muster in the meantime.
Trib Tower
“Randy Michaels, Tribune Co.’s embattled chief executive, has decided to resign his post at the Chicago-based media company and intends to leave the company before the end of the week, sources close to the situation said,” the Tribune reports.
“He will be replaced by a four-member office of the president that the sources said would comprise Eddy Hartenstein, president and publisher of the Los Angeles Times; Tony Hunter, president and publisher of the Chicago Tribune Media Group; Nils Larsen, Tribune Co.’s chief investment officer; and Don Liebentritt, chief restructuring officer.”
How Cublike.
Posted on October 20, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
Oops, I promised yesterday to catch up with a few news items from the weekend but I have to be downtown all day at a conference so I’ll just have to do it tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who came out last night for Monday Night Beachwood. We’ll do it again next week.
Meanwhile, please enjoy these fine offerings:
* The Blue & Orange Kool-Aid Report: Olin Kreutz totally had the brew situation covered.
* Saturday Afternoon: Savoring the complacencies of a beer run.
Posted on October 19, 2010
By Steve Rhodes
I’ll catch up with the gubernatorial debate on Tuesday, as well as Fran Spielman’s interview with Rahm Emanuel. Let’s get the rest of the news out of the way.
Alexi’s Spotless Mind
“Giannoulias has admitted meeting with [convicted bookie Michael ‘Jaws’] Giorango a few times at the bank, years ago, and inspecting one of Giorango’s Miami hotels in 2006 as standard operating procedure when approving a loan on the property,” Kristen McQueary writes.
“But that’s about it.
“On Thursday, he couldn’t recollect a single detail about his visit to the hotel – a hotel which landed on Florida law enforcement’s radar in 2002 after a nationwide prostitution sting.”
Posted on October 18, 2010
