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Chicago's inspector general's office sues the city
"investigating how a former City employee was awarded a sole-source contract in apparent violation of the City's ethics and contracting rules." suntimes.com -
Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up: Districts say job numbers attributed to them inaccurate; totals ignore Chicago
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Maine voters reject same-sex marriage
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Mick Dumke
A Round of Really!?! With Mayor Daley
We have some follow-up questions to the questions other outlets have been asking him about our stories.
Clout City Don't Mess With Big Joe
Posted by Ben Joravsky on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Two weeks ago, Andrea Raila was eagerly gathering signatures to her nominating petitions and talking about cleaning up our rancid property tax system once she got elected Cook County Assessor.
Today, she withdrew from the race.
Chicagoland / Politics Mark Kirk Fears Dick Armey
Posted by Whet Moser on Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM
After noting that Palin will be in Chicago later this month to appear on "Oprah", Kirk writes that "the Chicago media will focus on one key issue: Does Gov[ernor] Palin oppose Congressman Mark Kirk's bid to take the Obama Senate seat for the Republicans?"
Chicagoland / Politics About Last Night
Posted by Whet Moser on Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:13 AM
There were some elections, which you may have read about.
1. As a Virginian, I'm sorely disappointed by the substantial victory of knee-jerk social conservative Bob McDonnell who, as of 2003, either had not violated my home state's rather inclusive "crimes against nature" law (about which the only positive thing that can be said is that it does not technically discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or relationship status) or could not recall if he had. Which is - come on - kind of weird.
Fortunately, he did come around somewhat late in life on the issue of whether or not women should work. Dare to dream: maybe he'll even legalize oral sex.
