By David Rutter
1. Dennis Gannon, WTF?
State Republican leader Tom Cross wants to put an end to this, though you wonder how the law ever got passed in the first place. Oh, wait a sec. It’s Chicago, where armed robbery does not require a gun.
But let’s put two disparate facts together about how things work in Chicago to reach a wholly different conclusion.
First, there’s this organized pension hijack. And then there’s this. One of the inexplicable aspects of the still-undecided gambling expansion bill allows Chicago to have its own commission to enforce fairness and integrity for the city’s presumed new casino. Yes, Chicago’s foxes-in-the-henhouse powerbrokers running the gambling house and keeping organized crime away. What possibly could go wrong ethically with that?
2. Cook County Commissioners, WTF?
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says the hell-no-we-won’t-furlough commishes are not acting as “role models” for weaseling out on the county vote to take less pay and more time off. A few problems. When did we ever think they were role models? And why are we so mean to weasels comparing them to Cook County commissioners?
3. Guy aisles, WTF?
If they add easily accessible porn and cheap lap dances, this would be the perfect merchandising plan.
4. Sylshina London, WTF?
The first group of people who forget they are being videoed on Chicago’s blue-light cameras apparently are cops. Look up, folks. Despite the exculpatory evidence on hand, prosecutors did not bother to look at it and convicted the innocent citizen anyway. We need the cameras focused on prosecutors, too. You can’t use the word “exculpatory” too often.
5. Dan Rutherford, WTF?
Attention shoppers: There’s a large pile of weasel manure in Aisle 5, and Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford left it.
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Posted on September 23, 2011