All in the Family - NBC5’s Division Street
Its a good post on the Daley family and Chicago business. Its a cesspool.
According to the Sun-Times, Billy Daley Jr. is a registered as a lobbyist for Morgan Stanley with Cook County and the State of Illinois. So that’s what he does. It’s actually not such a mystery.
County hires firm employing Daley nephew - Chicago Sun-Times
Morgan Stanley, the New York financial giant that employs one of Mayor Daley’s nephews, has been picked to help the Cook County Board borrow $150 million to get by until the county’s 1 percent sales-tax increase starts flowing into the treasury.
It’s the first deal between the county [...]
More Bureaucracy to Solve Burdensome Bureaucracy? - Chicago Public Radio
Getting a building permit in Chicago is so complex that it’s spawned a cottage industry of people called expediters. They help real estate developers, contractors and home owners get permits. But recent allegations of bribe taking in the zoning and buildings departments have aldermen wondering if [...]
Rules bring reason back to city life - Mary Schmich
I think this is Mary’s way of saying girls rule, boys drool to Reason.
But where some people see paternalism, we weirdos believe that most of Chicago’s rules help turn unruly city dwellers into civilized citizens. Big cities are like big families—put a lot of people into [...]
HDO officially folds tent Chicago Tribune
Once the most powerful and feared patronage army in Mayor Richard Daley’s political organization, the scandal-plagued Hispanic Democratic Organization is now officially extinct.
The name may be extinct but their stink lives on elsewhere rest assured.
The chairman of HDO was former top Daley aide Victor Reyes. He has not been charged, [...]
County Sales Tax Hike Takes Effect Tuesday - CBS2 Chicago
Who do sales taxes hurt the most? The poor. Who hurts the poor the most in the US with the highest sales tax in the US? Cook County and Chicago. And do Chicago politicians wonder why the poverty rate is steadily increasing in Illinois? Nah, they [...]
