Archive for July, 2008
Cost-Cutting Ideas for Mayor Daley
In an effort to save over $3 million, Mayor Daley is requiring managers earning $75k-plus per year to take three unpaid days. Managers earning under $75k are required to take two unpaid days.
While this may be an effective plan, and it may well be, I would like to offer a few suggestions on how to cut the city’s budget.
1) Remove some of [...]
Where is the Justice?
On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the driver of police car # 7904 ran a red light at approximately 7:25 a.m. on 87th & Morgan. Now, if this were me, I would have been ticketed and given a moving violation. Where is the justice?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )School to Prison Pipeline – Chicago, IL
There is information available about how the schools and prisons are working together to make sure that little people of color, particularly African Americans, are doomed for the rest of their lives. According to the Chicago Public School’s website (http://www.cps.k12.il.us/AtAGlance.html), the cost to educate a child was ”$10,555 operating expenditure per pupil” during the 2007 – [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )You Are Paying to Be Watched
Your every move is being watched in Chicago – blue police cameras, red speeding cameras, and the newly considered cameras on street sweeping trucks (what color will they be?). And you are paying for each of them in one way or another. You are being watched, but you have to pay. How fair is that?
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10% Sales Tax or Die
Ok, the title is a little exaggerated, but the message from Cook County Commissoner Larry Suffredin pretty much states that without the tax increase, services at county hospitals and Cook County jails will be compromised.
That’s unfortunate. With over 430 inmates in Cook County Jail who have awaited two or more years for a trial with 36 [...]
The 10% Sales Tax is “Taking Food from Kids’ Mouths”
These were the words of Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica about the current jump in sales tax that took effect on July 1, 2008. In fact, his exact words were: “This tax is only regressive and will hurt the poor most. And we’re trying to help them out? Give me a break, all we’re doing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Why Your Kids Aren’t Working
According to a report by Fox news on July 14, 2008, children of taxpayers cannot get good paying summer jobs because they are “going to children of politicians, city and county officials and full-time employees of the District.”“The Fox News investigation found ten children of seven Chicago aldermen landed summer jobs at the Water Reclamation District. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )So Much for a Speedy Trial
The 6th Amendment under the Bill of Rights says that accusers in criminal prosecutions have a right to a speedy and public trial. That was then.
This is now. Currently, there are over 430 inmates in Cook County Jail who have awaited two or more years for a trial with 36 of those inmates waiting over five [...]
