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City on the Make: Trust
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Thursday, April 5, 2012. The oddly named "Infrastructure Trust" gets to the heart of the matter in its very name. Time has long since passed when anyone trusted a Chicago mayor with the taxpayers hard earned money. So, what history, what experience and what tangible evidence can this mayor offer that he is indeed trustworthy? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). City on the Make. News from beyond the City on the Make. Another Book, Another Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansbury. Boss - Mike Royko.
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City on the Make: August 2007
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Saturday, August 4, 2007. The Creepier Family Secrets. Are the revelations about the Chicago Outfit the real secret? Or is it the close ties between the Outfit and the family that has dominated the 5 th. Floor of City Hall? Which is worse the private (the Outfit) scheming to squeeze money out of a hapless populace or the public (the Mayors office with help from Don Timoteo Degnan) scheming to squeeze money out of a hapless populace. See John Kass'. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). City on the Make. Fire on th...
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City on the Make: April 2007
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Sunday, April 29, 2007. I guess we're not in Kansas any more! Not to say I told you so, but I told you so. This week an article. Will Chicago have a clear shot without troubles. And of course people across the world are ticked off at the US for a few other things too. what were they so upset about? I can't remember. I must be getting Reaganesque in my old age. Friday, April 20, 2007. Alderman Moore, by quickly questioning Huberman's. Laden giggling he does when he's whistling past the graveyard. Will the...
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Illinois Genealogy -- Cook County and Chicago
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Family History and Genealogy Services. Listed as one of the "50 Top Sites for Genealogy Research" by. Biographies and Name Indexes. Diaries, Letters and Stories. Marriage and Divorce Records. Museums and Historical Sites. Probate Records and Wills. Chicago and Cook County. There is an abundance of Chicago and Cook County resources for genealogical and family history research. Church and Religious Records. Directories - City and Telephone. History and General Information. School Records and Histories.
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City on the Make: After parents complain, CPS halts mural removal program
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Saturday, June 8, 2013. After parents complain, CPS halts mural removal program. After parents complain, CPS halts mural removal program. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). City on the Make. News from beyond the City on the Make. Another Book, Another Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansbury. Boss - Mike Royko. Bridges of Memory, Volumes I &II - Timuel D. Black Jr. Challenging the Daley Machine - Leon M. Despres. Chicago, City on the Make - Nelson Algren. Native Son - Richard Wright.
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explorers
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A library of resources for students and scholars. Historical Synopsis of the Chicago Portage from the 1975 Design Study The Waterway West. Father Jacques Marquette's Relations of 1673 - 1675. The Jesuit Relations on-line. Father Dablon's account of Joliet's voyage to the Mississippi. And Louis Joliet's letter of October 10, 1674. To see the English version of any page, click "Page and Text" in the dropdown box at the upper left corner of the page. The Encyclopedia of Chicago.
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City on the Make: November 2007
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007. As we sit on the precipice of a massive though modified tax increase it is useful to look at what " brung. Us here to begin with. Big dollars for settlements on lawsuits against police misconduct, that's one! Municipal contortion to get the 2016 Olympics, that's another! A mayor who never met a TIF. He didn't like, whew - it's gettin. That old standby, City Hall corruption - you name the department and they got goin. On, know what I'm sayin. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Hou...
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City on the Make: Rahm hates Freedom, Democracy, right to collective bargaining- wellreally I could go on and on...
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Friday, April 6, 2012. Rahm hates Freedom, Democracy, right to collective bargaining- well really I could go on and on. Not that you didn't already know this. http:/ m.rollingstone.com/? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). City on the Make. News from beyond the City on the Make. Another Book, Another Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansbury. Boss - Mike Royko. Bridges of Memory, Volumes I &II - Timuel D. Black Jr. Challenging the Daley Machine - Leon M. Despres. Native Son - Richard Wright.
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City on the Make: My gang is starting an "Infrastructure Trust"
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Saturday, April 14, 2012. My gang is starting an Infrastructure Trust. Another magnificent display of the Mayors ignorance of how gang violence manifests itself in our communities. This ain't Highland Park homey. Gangs. Http:/ www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-emanuel-says-community-must-join-fight-against-gangs-20120323,0,677561. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). City on the Make. News from beyond the City on the Make. Another Book, Another Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansbury.
