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By Steve Rhodes
I still have some personal and business issues to take care of, so I’m just going to take the week off instead of doing a half-assed job just to get a column up every day. I’ll still be posting the work of our other contributors, and some social media recaps. Otherwise, I’ll plan to re-start the Papers on March 13.
Posted on March 6, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed.
Posted on March 1, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
Trying to get things back to normal around here. But for now . . .
Posted on February 28, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I’m having some personal issues. Nonetheless, here are a few new Beachwood postings:
Posted on February 25, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
I’ve got some things to attend to this morning, so no proper column.
Posted on February 22, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
“Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to use millions of dollars in unspent property tax rebate money hit a roadblock Tuesday as several aldermen said he should be focusing the cash more directly on anti-violence efforts,” the Tribune reports.
“The City Council budget committee did not vote on Emanuel’s proposal for the nearly $15 million, and committee Chairman Ald. Carrie Austin said the mayor’s intention to earmark part of the money for tree planting was a problem.”
But not as big a problem as choosing a punch line to go here!
Posted on February 21, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
“Debbie Nelson, a secretary who lives in Orland Park, Ill., and works in downtown Chicago, said in an interview that she never liked Mr. Trump, but ended up voting for him because she was worried jobs like hers were being outsourced. She also didn’t trust Mrs. Clinton,” the New York Times reports.
“Ms. Nelson reluctantly voted for Mr. Trump – ‘because of Hillary’s lies’ – but grew disillusioned with Mr. Trump’s behavior, which she thought would change after the election.”
It’s painfully obvious to say, but I’ll say it again: Hillary Clinton’s relationship with the truth can at times be strained – within the bounds of normalcy we’ve unfortunately set for our politicians and civil discourse, where clever spin and message management are lauded by journalists themselves who praise those who can best manipulate them.
But I wonder what lies exactly Nelson would enumerate?
And then, of course, we could present Nelson with the lifetime list of lies Trump has told and see how they compare. Hey, Debbie, hit me up!
Posted on February 20, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
For completists, there was no Friday column.
“Everyday in Illinois is ‘Groundhog Day,'” Chuck Sweeny writes for the Rockford Register Star.
We wake up each morning and Illinois still doesn’t have a budget. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner gives the same tired speech – give me pro-business measures and then you can have a budget – and Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan issues the same old retort – give me a budget and then we’ll talk about your union-busting ideas.
I didn’t bother listening to the governor’s third annual “budget address” Wednesday. Instead I read the transcript provided by Rauner’s office. The governor said the proposal was balanced; Democrats scoffed because the budget Rauner presented features $37 billion in spending against $33 billion in revenue, a report by The Associated Press said.
As Sweeny notes, it’s Rauner’s third – of three – dead-on-arrival budget proposal.
Posted on February 18, 2017
By Steve Rhodes
For completists, there was no Wednesday column.
1. Tom Skilling Lives In Edgewater.
“The fascinating thing about living in Edgewater is you get to see the whole range of weather here as nowhere else,” he says.
Posted on February 16, 2017
