“For nearly a decade, mayoral candidate Ald. Raymond Lopez has failed to make mortgage payments on a property on the city’s Southwest Side, totaling almost $42,000, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this year.” | learn more
I’m not quite sure what took so long. “The casino is expected to be a financial boon for the city, providing millions that officials say they need to fulfill pension obligations and prevent tax increases, among other things.” | learn more
He parked in the bike lane, got mad when a biker took a photo, then followed him home. Inspector general recommended firing. Department decided a 29 day suspension was enough. Is this a consequence of the labor shortage? | learn more
It’s too easy to read into this as an abdication of duty by prosecutors. Maybe they should get more benefit of the doubt? Maybe not. “Prosecutors wouldn’t charge him with shooting 2 women, so CPD overrode their decision. Prosecutors drop […]
“The owner of Plum Market, an independent grocery store along Wells Street in Old Town, claims the business is being pushed out of the neighborhood after a “back-door agreement” was made between its landlord and incoming grocery store Dom’s Kitchen […]
“Since 1969, 37 aldermen have been convicted of a crime. More await trial. But Bill Cameron, who covered City Hall for 50 years, says “we catch only about 3 or 5% of the bad guys.” | learn more
“Abbott’s is a risky bet for the grid, yet one that Bitcoiners have been promoting for years. On one hand, the industry creates unprecedented financial incentive to produce more energy. On the other, it ultimately involves bringing greater demand and […]
“It’s unknown how much waste entered the tributary, but it had a “significant short-term impact on the aquatic community and the ecology of the tributary,” a City of Austin memo stated.” Later in the article they state that the pH […]
In 2019, Chicagoans learned of an alligator living in the lagoon. He became known as Chance the Snapper. Now someone fished a 72-pound carp out of the water! I hope he was using lures from Chicago’s Mystery Tackle Box. | learn more
A thread of 84 tweets by Stuart Loren. Heartbreaking yet worth reading in full for those who have a connection to the city. “I’m writing this because there comes a time when everyone reaches some personal boiling point on some […]