In addition to being a great talent, Ryan was a courageous man of admirable integrity, a "fighting liberal" unbowed by HUAC or any threats to his career.
I realize that's it's more arcane IOC politics than anything else that doomed this bid, but at least it doomed it. I just hope this will have some blowback on Daley, both to tarnish his legacy and so we can boot his ass.
"Hey Ben Joravsky, the powers that be are beginning to recognize that Chicago's transit facilities are inadequate to transport all the attendees to Olympic events"
"Of course, right after the Olympics you are going to see a drop in tourism—everybody came there DURING the Olympics!! It's the LONG TERM effect that is important."
Maybe next time you'll wait until AFTER you talk to someone with actual knowledge of the situation before you throw a rumor with no real information but a sensationalized headline out on the Internet and cause a panic among hundreds of workers.
When it comes to learning about what our aldermen and other elected officials are up to, I think we should adopt a six-word motto: the more, the sooner, the better.
The Register slashed and slashed under Gannett, and profits soared in the first few years. In fact, Gannett has made a bundle over the years with the same formula in market after market.
One aspect of racism is often refusing to admit an issue has a racial context—even when it involves an all-white group turning violent destroying a music which is associated with blacks.
So now our alder-creatures are expressing reservations about the parking meter lease. One of them actually told the television news media that the City Council didn't have adequate time to review the proposal. I have one question. If you didn't have time to read it carefully, why the hell did you vote for it?