WHAT'S YOUR OPINION......VOTE IN THE POLL!

Vote (and add your comment) in the Better Government Association poll regarding the number of Alderman needed in the City of Chicago: Link here.

UPDATE BREAKING NEWS

Mayor Daley to propose that Chicago's Inspector General has the authority to investigate Aldermen. For more link here & here!

REPOST OF THE PETITION TO EMPOWER CHICAGO'S INSPECTOR GENERAL

PETITION TO CHICAGO'S CITY COUNCIL

"The residents of Chicago, demand that the City of Chicago's Inspector General be given the full legal authority, by ordinance, to have oversight and investigative power over all City Hall departments, including the Office of Mayor and the 50 Ward Aldermen and their staff."

Sign the Petition Here and PLEASE pass this on to your friends and neighbors.

(FYI: This petition was first posted in February of 2009. At the time of this re-post there were 203 signatures, with many interesting comments. Please add yours!)

CHICAGO RESIDENTS..YOU CHOOSE!

Help choose the 2010 city vehicle sticker design! Vote for your choice here!

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT........

Transparency in Action
How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor's shadow budget.....

THE CHICAGO WAY; A MUST READ!

Mayor Daley's way of dealing with Chicago's financial woes is to eliminate the jobs of rank and file city workers and slash their hours, along with the services they provide. This 'downsizing' of city employees, inaddition to the selling off of city assets, is being felt by all of us on a daily basis in very negative ways. On last Friday's 10 PM Channel 2 News, Jay Levine reported on the outrageously bloated City Management and Administrative ranks who are NOT being affected by this 'belt tightening'. In case you missed it,
here is the story. Where is the public outrage?

BREAKING NEWS

Chicago eliminated in 2016 Olympic bid in the first round of voting! Read the story here.

MUST READ

When does 'it' end and where is the outrage?

ATTENTION: CONDO ASSOCIATION BOARDS

For City of Chicago Condo Refuse Rebate Elgibility Information and Forms link here!

MUST READ

'Blago' is not going to go quietly, he knows where the 'bodies' are buried. We can only hope that he can take all the corrupt politicians down with him, democrats and republicans alike! Read what 'Blago' had to say on WLS radio this morning. If you prefer, download and listen to the audio here.

MUST READ

The 'Chicago Way'......it's not what you know, rather WHO you know! This is 'kinda' like the way it works in the 49th Ward.
Here's a related story, posted earlier.

And if that's not enough to raise your ire, check this out: "When CTA driver runs light, you pay"

NEW BASIC ELEMENT DISCOVERED

Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest, densest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), a large element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.