Chicago Cesspool
More Bureaucracy to Solve Burdensome Bureaucracy? - Chicago Public Radio
So instead of making it less complex and easy enough for a regular citizen to take advantage of, since that is why they are paying taxes to begin with, Chicago is adding more bureaucracy by licensing the cottage industry they created with their ineptness.

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Rules bring reason back to city life - Mary Schmich
I think this is Mary’s way of saying girls rule, boys drool to Reason.
But where some people see paternalism, we weirdos believe that most of Chicago’s rules help turn unruly city dwellers into civilized citizens. Big cities are like big families—put a lot of people into [...]

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HDO officially folds tent Chicago Tribune
Once the most powerful and feared patronage army in Mayor Richard Daley’s political organization, the scandal-plagued Hispanic Democratic Organization is now officially extinct.
The name may be extinct but their stink lives on elsewhere rest assured.
The chairman of HDO was former top Daley aide Victor Reyes. He has not been charged, [...]

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City teachers union to try vice president - Chicago Tribune
They have their own justice system, impressive.
In court papers filed last month, he said Stewart mismanaged the union’s finances and spent about a half-million on food over a 12-month period.
Stewart isn’t the one on trial, believe it or not.
The Chicago Teachers Union executive board voted [...]

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