Giannoulias Says Family Bank Likely To Fail

From the Chicago Tribune:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias sought to blunt a potentially damaging political issue today about questions regarding his involvement in his family’s struggling bank, which he said he expects will likely fail in the coming months.
But questions were still left unanswered following a more than 70-minute meeting with the Chicago [...]

No, I Cannot Afford Your $100-A-Ticket Political Fundraiser

No, I cannot afford your $100 political fundraiser.
To all the pols out there cluttering my mailbox, inbox and voicemail, save your money. What were you thinking? Don’t invite me to your fundraiser unless the ticket price is much more reasonable.
Please, take a lesson from Barack Obama. Make your fundraisers affordable for the average person. Forget [...]

Patronage Forever: Cicero Taxpayers Still Paying Health Insurance for Loren-Maltese’s Mom

From the Chicago Tribune:

The mother of former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese continues to receive health care benefits from the town, even though coverage should have expired when she stepped down as a member of a town commission in 2001.
Kitty Loren, 88, who served on the town’s Police and Fire Commission for 10 years, said [...]

Police Say Woman Ran Over Cop After Chase and Crash

Ouch.
From the Sun-Times:

A Back of the Yards neighborhood woman has been charged with three felonies, two misdemeanors and issued six traffic tickets after she allegedly struck an officer with a vehicle following a chase and crash early Saturday on the Southwest Side.
Police fired shots at the woman, but she was not struck by [...]

To Scott Lee Cohen: Bond With Your Kids, Drop Out of the Race for Lt. Gov.

The Chicago Sun-Times says it has a source who tells them the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen is looking for an honorable way to withdraw from the general election.
That’s the good news in a week when we learned some very, very bad things about Scott Lee Cohen.
Facing intense and mounting pressure to [...]

eNews Park Forest Editors Endorse John C. Griffin for Judge in the 15th Subcircuit

From ENEWSPF:

Our pick for judge in the 15th Subcircuit, Phelan vacancy, is Judge John C. Griffin of Palos Heights. Griffin has four opponents, and was appointed to the bench in 2008. He sits in the Chancery Division.
Judge Griffin is a true Democrat. One of his opponents in the Democratic Primary is [...]

Could ‘Fast Eddie’ Vrdolyak Be Heading for Prison?

From the Chicago Tribune:

Saying the sentencing of former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak to probation for fraud involved "egregious error," the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday reversed the judge who made the controversial decision and took the case away from him.
A three-judge panel voted 2-1 to reverse the sentence handed down last [...]

Coward Shoots 15-Year-Old In Back Outside Hubbard High School

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

A 15-year-old student was shot in the back Tuesday afternoon just two blocks from a Southwest Side high school — one of 38 schools in the city receiving federal funding as part of a new anti-violence campaign.
The shooting happened at 63rd Street and Springfield Avenue at 1:05 p.m., police News Affairs [...]

Congressman Jesse Jackaon, Jr. Endorses Toni Preckwinkle for Cook County Board President

Congressman Jesse Jackaon, Jr. endorses Toni Perwinkle for Cook County Board President.
As do I.

eNews Park Forest Editors Endorse Toni Perwinkle for Cook County Board Prez

From ENEWSPF:

The entire Chicagoland area needs the Cook County Board to work, and the fact is, for the past several years, it hasn’t. Besides the serious ethical questions it raises, political patronage is a horribly inefficient and expensive way to do government. In this, Cook County has excelled, and it needs [...]

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