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City Yellow Lights Too Short, Judge Says Before Tossing Red Light Tickets
Some of Chicago’s yellow lights are too short, according to an administrative law judge who said he’s thrown out “60 to 70 percent” of red light camera tickets he’s come across recently More »
Trib Says Mayor Got $10,000 In Donations Linked To Red Light Camera Bidder
The Chicago Tribune is alleging the wives of two executives for a company vying for the city’s red light camera program donated $5000 each to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political campaign. According to More »
Writer Predicts No Other Cities Will Ever Privatize Their Parking Meters
NBC Chicago writer Edward McClelland last week boldly predicted that due to Chicago’s horrible experience with it’s infamous and hated parking meter lease deal, no city will ever privatize their parking meters More »
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Your transportation related headlines for Thursday, August 18th 2022
CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Chicago Air And Water Show — Watch For Street Closures And Parking Restrictions Along The Lakefront, From North Avenue Up To Armitage Avenue; Ribfest On Lincoln, Damen, Irving Park In North Center; Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest In Rogers Park
THIN BLUE LINE: Cops Honored For Nabbing Lincoln Park Robbery Crew – CWB Chicago
DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Man Gets 5 Years For Randomly Attacking, Robbing Women In The Loop – CWB Chicago
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Back Of The Yards Blaze Injures 3 Firefighters; Ald. Raymond Lopez Pins Fire On Gang Retaliation – Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO/ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Naperville City Council Questions Democrat Laws Ending Cash Bail, Restricting Police From Making Arrests – Naperville Sun; Column: GOP, Police Are Winning Messaging War Over Law That Will End Cash Bail In Illinois – Daily Southtown; Mayor Lightfoot Pledged $1 Million For Gun Tips Last Year, But So Far Payouts Are Just Over $10,000 – Chicago Tribune; Instead Of Hiring Cops, Evanston Will Spend $ On Public Safety Consultants – Evanston Now; GOP Slams Pritzker Over Failure To Stop Highland Park Parade Shooter – Capitol News Illinois
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Chicago Police Seek To Identify 2 Individuals In Carjacking – Fox 32 Chicago
Illinois Rep. LaShawn Ford’s Corvette, SUV Torched In Austin Garage – CBS 2 Chicago
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Chicago Police Unveil New Strategies To Make CTA Transit Safer – Fox 32 Chicago
ANIMAL CRACKERS: One Pig Caught, Three Others Remain On The Loose In Wayne Area – Chicago Daily Herald
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Pornography Will Remain On The Shelf At Barrington High, Board Decides – Chicago Daily Herald; Legally Illiterate Illinois Illegal Alien Lobby Sues Over Use Of Public Data By Federal Immigration Agents – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Biden’s Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Are A Scam — Ford And GM Raise Their Electric Vehicle Prices By $6,000 To $8,000 — Wiping Out The Consumer Benefit Of Biden’s Electric $7,500 Vehicle Tax Credits – Fox News; EV Drivers Aren’t Happy With Public Chargers, New Survey Says – Detroit Free Press
Bike The Drive Returns During The Labor Day Weekend — The Drive Will Be Closed Until Late Morning, Between 57th Street And Hollywood – Uptown Update
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Put The Phone Down When Driving – Chicago Daily Herald
SPEAK OUT: They Fuck You At The Drive-Thru – Daily Southtown
PEOPLE UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: After Legal Scrapes And Guilty Pleas — Including Auto Insurance Fraud — Ex-Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno Says He Wants Another Shot At City Council – Chicago Tribune
Artist Jim Bachor Is Filling Potholes With Mosaics Of Famous Paintings – Block Club Chicago
Opinion: Chicago’s Obama Center Is Under Water – Wall Street Journal
Remembering The Vanished Parts Of Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times
Construction Of A New Bicycle And Pedestrian Path Connecting The North Branch Trail From The Bunker Hill Forest Preserve To Touhy And Caldwell Avenues Will Begin In The Spring Of 2023 – Nadig Newspapers
Metra Moving Toward Battery-Powered Trains – Chicago Tribune
Even Though Metra Ridership Is Gone For Good, Union Station Is Still Getting Millions From Biden – Mass Transit Magazine
Two People Fall Into Lake Near ‘Playpen,’ 1 Still Missing: Police – Uptown Update — What Is Chicago’s ‘Playpen’? Explaining The Hot Spot On Lake Michigan – Chicago Tribune
Noise Commission OK’s New ‘Fly Quiet’ Nighttime Runway Rotations At O’Hare – Nadig Newspapers
FAILED CITY ALERT: No, Chicago Sun-Times, There Is No ‘Silver-Lining’ To Chicago Public Schools’ Shrinking Enrollment – Wirepoints; Chicago’s Students Are Also Leaving The Plantation – American Greatness; CPS Chief Is Whistling By The Graveyard Of Failing Chicago Public Schools – Chicago Sun-Times, Chalkbeat Chicago; Lightfoot’s Election-Year Budget For Chicago Is No ‘True Path’ To Recovery and Stability – Wirepoints
FAILED STATE ALERT: Illinois Pot Industry Is Already A Pay-To-Play Corruption Mess — Now Illinois’ Crooked Unions Will Make It Even Worse – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Pritzker Blames The Media For Democrat Party Squabbles – Chicago Sun-Times; Only $134 Of Each Chicago Teachers Union Member’s Dues Is Actually Spent On Representing Chicago Public Schools Teachers. The Rest Is Spent On Other CTU Leadership Priorities And On The Union Hierarchy – Illinois Policy Institute; COMMENTARY: David Greising: Illinois’ Patronage History Endures. Illinois Still Needs The Shakman Decree – Chicago Tribune; TRUTH IN ACCOUNTING: Illinois Continues To Have The Worst Credit Rating Of All 50 States — And Pritzker May Dig An Even Deeper Debt Grave For Illinois – Center Square; Union Backed Amendment Is Another Democrat Tax Grab – Illinois Policy Institute
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: Will CPS Close Chicago Schools — For Fourth Academic Year In A Row – Chicago Sun-Times
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Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, August 17th 2022
CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
CDOT Installing More Of Lightfoot’s Crooked, Corrupt, Predatory, Regressive, Revenue Robbery Ripoff Speed Cameras – Nadig Newspapers
Lightfoot Gets A Pass On Misuse Of City Cars For Campaign Use – Chicago Tonight — Not A Word About Her Unpaid Red Light And Speed Camera Tickets
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Chicago Air And Water Show — Watch For Street Closures And Parking Restrictions Along The Lakefront, From North Avenue Up To Armitage Avenue; Ribfest On Lincoln, Damen, Irving Park In North Center; Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest In Rogers Park
THIN BLUE LINE: This Is How Dangerous Law Enforcement Jobs Are in Illinois — Thanks To Democrats’ Pro-Criminal, Anti-Law And Order Policies – Center Square; Indiana City Buying Tougher Windshields After Cop Shot And Killed In Cruiser – AP News
Century Old Loop Camera Store Back Open After Being Destroyed By Black Lived Matter Looters, Rioters, And Arsonists – Chicago Reader
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Armed Robbery Crew Shoots 1 Man, Robs 4 Others In Edgewater During 15-Minute Crime Spree – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago; Man Sexually Assaulted Girl After Dragging Her Into Montrose Bird Sanctuary, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; 9-Year-Old Escapes Kidnapper By Biting The Creep’s Finger In West Ridge – CWB Chicago
REMEMBERING A PAST THAT HAS LONG LEFT CHICAGO BEHIND. Chicago Was A Different Place When I Grew Up There In The 1950s And 1960s. People Felt Safer And Some Problems And There Was Less Crime. And, Every Ethnic And Racial Group Lived Openly Among Themselves Proudly And Happily. That Is A Far Contrast From Today’s Chicago Where The Labels ‘Beirut On The Lake’ And ‘Chicagostan’ Don’t Even Come Close To Depicting The Terrible Situation Of Rising Crime And The Failure Of Politicians Like Mayor Lori Lightfoot And Kim Foxx To Act Effectively – Suburban Chicagoland
CHICAGO/ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Teen Who Shot Retired Cop During Carjacking Attempt Is On Probation For Carjacking, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Illinois State’s Attorneys Demand Changes To No-Bail Law – Wirepoints; Pritzker’s BIG LIE On Democrats’ Pro-Criminal, Anti-Law And Order Policies – Champaign News Gazette; Thanks To Soft On Crime Democrats, Illinois Is Now One State-Wide Crime Scene – Chicago Daily Herald; Oak Park Libtards Want To Punish A Gas Station Where A Murder Happened — Instead Of Asking Why The Village’s Soft On Crime Attitude Encourages Violent Crime – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest, Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest; How Evanston Defunded Its Police And Turbo-Charged Crime – Wall Street Journal
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Security Guard Fires Shots During River North Carjacking; Chicago Hijacking Tally Passes 1,000 For The Year – CWB Chicago; With Carjackings At Record Pace, Sheriff Urges Drivers To Share Real Time Vehicle Location Data – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Bike Lane ‘Karens’ Playing Traffic Cop — Getting Drivers Ticketed For Entering The Bike Lane – Chicago Magazine — A WORD OF ADVICE: Bike Lane Goofballs, Getting In The Face Of Possible Road Raging Drivers, Are Taking Their Lives In Their Hands
Social Media Craze May Be Leading To Surge In Car Thefts, Police Say – WGN 9 Chicago
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Is The CTA Finally Taking Its Security Problem Seriously – Crain’s Chicago Business; 40-Year-Old Man Shot Outside Red Line CTA Station Dies 3 Days Later – Chicago Tribune; A Group Of CrimeThugs Knocked A Man Unconscious And Repeatedly Stomped On His Head On The Roosevelt Red Line Platform On Tuesday Morning – CWB Chicago
This Dipshit Thinks A Bus Lane Will Fix Broken Michigan Avenue — Where Vacancy Rates Are Now 30 Pct And Rising — After Years Of Black Lives Matter Riots/Looting Arson, COVID Lockdown, And The Work From Home Shift – Chicago Sun-Times
ANIMAL CRACKERS: ‘It’s Extremely Busy’: As Animals Keep Coming, Work To Give Willowbrook Center Some Space Begins – Chicago Daily Herald; Puppy Mill Rescue Looking For A Forever Home – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Parents’ Rights Group Rallies Outside Illinois State Capitol, Criticized New Sex Ed Standards – Center Square; Naperville Passes Gun Grab Law – Chicago Daily Herald; Before More Gun Control Considered, GOP Lawmaker Wants FOID Card Fixed – Center Square
CHI-EXIT UPDATE: Restaurants In Chicago And Other Deep-Blue Cities — Shut Down For Years By COVID Lockdown Lunacy — Are Starved For Diners — In Chicago, For Example, Reservations In July Are 23 Percent July 2019 Levels — Meanwhile Florida Is Feasting – Fox News 22 Bangor; Portillo’s Sees Its Business Growing Everywhere But Illinois – Crain’s Chicago Business; After Labor Day, Former Loop Office Workers Will Either Quit Or Stay Home For Good – Crain’s Chicago Business
GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Gas Prices Expected To Rise: Analyst — WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; National Gas Prices Likely To Spike Again Soon – Yahoo Finance
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Biden’s Climate Fraud Bill Will End Credits For Many Electric Cars — Sabotaging EcoTards’ Push For End Of Gas Cars – Reuters, Reuters
Drive-Thru Restaurants Expand As COVID Pandemic Habits Stick – Crain’s Chicago Business
A Crash Course On The Names Of Chicago’s Expressways – WGN 9 Chicago
EDITORIAL: Park District Needs To Rethink Oversized Music Festivals That Wreck The Parks — Create Problems With Traffic, Parking, Noise, Litter And Crime — And Prevent Neighbors From Using The Parks That Were Built For Them To Use – Chicago Sun-Times
CTA Completes Environmental Review For Red Line Extension Boondoggle On Far South Side – ABC 7 Chicago
Metra And Pace Also Offering Free Rides For K-12 Students On First Day Of School Year In Chicago — August 22 – Metra
Man Dies After Falling Into Lake Michigan Near Diversey Harbor – Chicago Sun-Times — Body Recovered In Lake Michigan Near Whiting Park – Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
FAILED CITY ALERT: Chicago Pension Funds Still Among Nation’s Worst Funded – Illinois Policy Institute
FAILED STATE ALERT: Illinois Politicians Show Time And Again They Support Radical Policies. Illinoisans Will Have To Wake Up And Vote Them Out For This State To Turn Around – Wirepoints; Pritzker Administration Failed To Report Unemployment Fraud Data – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Farmers Raise Concerns Over Tax Implications From Democrat Tax And Spend Bill – Center Square; Illinois Unions Members Give Hundreds Of Dollars A Year To Union Dues. But Most Of That Money Is Spent On Politics — Not Representing Workers’ Interests Or Protecting Them – Illinois Policy Institute; The Government Unions Pushing Amendment 1 On The Nov. 8 Ballot In Illinois Halted A Popular, Bipartisan Bill That Would Have Helped Ease The Nursing Shortage Made Worse By The Pandemic – Illinois Policy Institute; Fixing Illinois Pension Crisis By Amending Nation’s Most-Restrictive Pension Law Is Legal, Effective – Illinois Policy Institute
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: Illinois School Districts Trying To Help Students Catch Up After Remote Learning Loss – Center Square; Appeals Court Says Loyola Can Be Sued Over COVID Closure/Student Fees – Campus Reform
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Your transportation related headlines for Tuesday, August 16th 2022
CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
New Legal Proceedings Over Oak Brook’s Crooked Corrupt Red Light Camera System – Oak Brook Doings
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Chicago Air And Water Show — Watch For Street Closures And Parking Restrictions Along The Lakefront, From North Avenue Up To Armitage Avenue; Ribfest On Lincoln, Damen, Irving Park In North Center; Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest In Rogers Park
THIN BLUE LINE: WATCH: Off-Duty CPD Officer Who Was Shot And Paralyzed Last Month Stands Up In Rehab – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Delayed Police Response Is The New Normal, As Chicago Cops Quit, Resign in Record Numbers – CWB Chicago; Naperville Officer’s Killing Of Hatchet-Wielding Man Ruled Justified – Chicago Daily Herald
Wheeling Firefighter Honored For Saving A Life While Off Duty – Chicago Daily Herald
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Man Killed In Panhandling Turf War On Expressway Ramp, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; 3 Men Shot In Albany Park Alley On Monday Afternoon, Police Say – CWB Chicago; 3 Men Shot In Albany Park Alley On Monday Afternoon, Police Say — Second Area Shooting In Recent Days – CWB Chicago
CHICAGO/ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Crime May Be Worse Than It’s Being Reported – For the Blue; States Attorneys Slam Democrat Law Ending Cash Bail – Center Square
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — CrimeThug Charged In Shooting, Attempted Carjacking Of Retired Chicago Officer On West Side – Fox 32 Chicago; Teen Boy Charged In Connection With Carjacking Rideshare Drivers – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Oak Park Resident Carjacked At Gunpoint – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest
Armed Robbery In Winnetka Leads To Vehicle Crash, A Shot Fired At Police And 3 Arrests – Winnetka Talk — To Deter Catalytic Converter Thefts, Niles Police, Cassidy Tire To Spray Paint Them At Saturday Event – Niles Herald-Spectator
CTA Crime Update: Man Assaults, Threatens To Shoot CTA Red Line Passenger For Refusing To Give Cigarette – CBS 2 Chicago; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Police Presence On CTA Deters Crime – Chicago Sun-Times
CTA Gets Biden Bailout Bucks For Bus Boondoggles – Chicago Sun-Times — CTA Robs Downtown For South Side Train Boondoggle – Chicago Streetsblog
ANIMAL CRACKERS: Canine With Tech Specialty Joins Lake County Sheriff’s Department – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Fundraiser For Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation Set For Aug. 27 On Oliphant Avenue In Downtown Edison Park, Featuring Birthday Bash For Local Police Mascot Rubble – Nadig Newspapers
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Illinois Democrats Look To Pass Gun Grab Laws — After Trashing Law And Order With Their Pro-Crime New Laws – Chicago Sun-Times; ‘Absolutely Political Theater’: Naperville Gun Shop Owner Questions Motives Behind Sales Ban Ordinance – Chicago Daily Herald; Tribune Editors Want A New Chicago Bureaucracy/Political Dumping Ground — In Charge Of ‘Tree Equity’ Nonsense – Chicago Tribune
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: That Tottering Town: Chicago On The Brink – Claremont Review Of Books
PEOPLE UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: Car Hater Cranks Stand In The Middle Of Lake Shore Drive — Creating A Traffic Hazard — To Complain About Dangerous Traffic — Something So Willfully Stupid That Only Streetsblog Dipshits Would Approve Of – Chicago Streetsblog
GAS PRICE CRISIS: An Uber Eats Driver Said He Made A Profit Of Only 37 Cents During A Four-Hour Shift Once He Accounted For The Cost Of Filling Up His Gas Tank – Business Insider
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Failed President Biden Signs Democrat Climate Fraud Bill Tuesday — Sabotaging His Own Program For EV Credits – Reuters
Billions Of Biden Bailout Bucks For Illinois Transportation Boondoggles – Bond Buyer
Delusional Sun-Times Thinks Lightfoot Can Fix Decayed Section Of South Michigan Avenue In Roseland — When She Has Presided Over The Decline Of North Michigan Avenue – Chicago Sun-Times
A Wave Of Development Is Transforming The Northwest Side’s Six Corners Area – Chicago Tribune — Crackpot Car Hater NIMBYs Have To Eat Shit — As They Lose Battle To Ban Cars/Parking Lots
The Race For Illinois Secretary Of State — In Charge Of Illinois Driver’s Licenses – NBC 5 Chicago — Secretary Of State Candidates Weigh In On Contentious License Plate Reader Decision – NBC 5 Chicago
Rivian Rushed To Help Buyers With EV Tax Credit Before Expiration – Crain’s Chicago Business
This Company Fleet Is Propane Powered – Chicago Daily Herald
Motorcycle Riders Go That Extra Mile For Cancer Patients And Their Families – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Brookfield Native Documents America’s Roadside Attractions – Chicago Magazine
TALK OF THE COUNTY: Too Many Distractions In Newer Cars – Lake County News-Sun
Chicago Music Festivals Bring Revenue — And Tension — To The City – Crain’s Chicago Business — Douglass Park Neighbors ‘Sad’ And ‘Ignored’ As Music Fests Ruin Their Park All Summer — And Cleanup Won’t Come Until Fall – Block Club Chicago; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lollapalooza Makes Life Miserable For South Loop Neighbors — Lightfoot’s NASCAR Race And Other Events Will Make It Even Worse – Chicago Tribune
FAILED CITY ALERT: Lightfoot’s Feel-Good Budget Forecast Is A Re-Election Game Plan – Crain’s Chicago Business; Lightfoot’s Pension Shell Game – Chicago Tonight; Quinn Hits Lightfoot Over Little Village Botched Smokestack Demolition – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; This Is No Way To Run A Public School District. Two-Thirds Of CPS Schools Are ‘Underenrolled’ By The District’s Own Measure – Wirepoints; ‘We Want To Keep Our Neighborhood Schools’ Isn’t A Good Argument When Those Schools Are Near-Empty And The Remaining Students Can’t Read Or Do Math – Wirepoints; Chicago Families Have Lost Trust In CPS — And Are Taking Their Kids Elsewhere – Chicago Sun-Times
FAILED STATE ALERT: Pritzker, Democrats, Using Dirty Money In Elections – Common Sense/Substack; A New Report Shows Teacher Union Funds Are Primarily Going To Schools Located Closer To Chicago And The Chicago Suburbs Than To Downstate Illinois – Center Square
Column: State Plan To Fix Roads, Bridges Includes Billions For Work In South And Southwest Suburbs – Daily Southtown
Evanston Police Warn Of Fake Traffic Ticket Scam – Evanston Review
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Your transportation related headlines for Monday, August 15th 2022
CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
Chicago’s Awful Parking Meter Lease Deal Gets Even Worse — As Failed Mayor Lightfoot Adds Thousands Of Predatory Parking Meters – Chicago Tribune
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Chicago Air And Water Show — Watch For Street Closures And Parking Restrictions All Along The Lakefront From Loop; Ribfest On Lincoln, Damen, Irving Park In North Center; Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest In Rogers Park
THIN BLUE LINE: 3 Men Accused Of Shooting Off-Duty CPD Officer Last Month Plead Not Guilty – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; $1 Million Bail For 2 Men Who Allegedly Grabbed For Guns Before Being Wounded In Separate Police Shootings – Chicago Sun-Times; Retired CPD Officer, Gunman Shot During Attempted Robbery On The West Side, Police Say – Chicago Tribune; SPEAK OUT: Oak Lawn Backs Its Police; $33M Jury Verdict Against Cops — For Chasing Violent Thugs — Is Absurd – Daily Southtown
Illinois Trooper Injured In Crash Near Chicago – Center Square
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Man Shot By Chicago Police During A Struggle For Control Of A Firearm Was On Bail For A Machine Gun Case, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; 2 Men Shot Outside Albany Park Business – CWB Chicago; Drive-By Shooter Leaves 1 Injured In Uptown, Police Say – CWB Chicago; Cab Driver Accused Of Kidnapping And Sexually Assaulting Passenger In Lincoln Park Gets Probation – CWB Chicago; 6-Year Sentence For Man Who Allegedly Attacked Woman In Albany Park After Posing As Amazon Driver – CWB Chicago; Chicago Style Targeted Drive By Mass Shooting Hits Six Flags Great America – Chicago Tribune
DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Woman, 19, Shot In River North; Neighborhood Shootings Double Over Last Year – CWB Chicago; Armed Men Tried To Rob A Couple At Luxury Hotel, Then Carjacked A Man In Streeterville: CPD Reports – CWB Chicago; Update: Second Man Died In Last Weekend’s Loop Shooting, Chicago Police Confirm – CWB Chicago; Skateboarder Pervert Targeted Women Downtown – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago
CHICAGO/ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Police Officials Keep Raising Red Flags About End Of Cash Bail In Illinois – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; AUDIO: Kendall County State’s Attorney Says There Are Still Unknowns With The Upcoming End Of Cash Bail – WSPY 107.1 FM Plano; Analysis Suggests Chicago Police Deployment Doesn’t Match Up With When Most Shootings Take Place – Chicago Tribune; The Chicago Way, And Hero 911 Dispatcher Thornton: What Happens To Chicago If Lightfoot Is Re-Elected Mayor – John Kass News; SPEAK OUT: Lightfoot’s Crime FAIL Keep Visitors Away From Chicago – Daily Southtown
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Chicago Man Wanted In Illinois Carjacking Spree Arrested In Dolton – Fox 32 Chicago
CTA Crime Update: EDITORIAL: Chicago’s Economy Will Never Fully Bounce Back Without A Transit System That Functions Well, That Is Reasonably Clean And Reliable, And That People Are Unafraid To Use – Crain’s Chicago Business; Man Wounded In Shooting Outside South Side CTA Red Line Station, Police Say – Chicago Tribune; Cook County Crime Stoppers Offers Award For Info On CTA Red Line Murder Suspects – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Millions Of Federal Tax Dollars Being Flushed On Obsolete Transit – CBS 2 Chicago
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: CTA Red Line Boondoggle Is Unnecessary – Chicago Tribune
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Illinois Democrats See 10th Month Abortion As Drawing Card For Business – Indiana Business Journal, USA Today
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: More Stores Dump Michigan Avenue — Where Vacancy Rate Is 30 Pct And Headed Up – Crain’s Chicago Business; Ken Griffin Deploys More Than $1 Billion On Florida Real Estate After Leaving Chicago – Zero Hedge; VIDEO: Key Illinois Companies Move South. Here’s What It Means For The State – Wall Street Journal; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ken Griffin’s Wise Advice On Pensions Ignored – Chicago Tribune; Biden-Recession Will Put Struggling Loop Office Landlords — Deepen Downtown Vacancy Crater – Crain’s Chicago Business; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chicago’s Property Tax Hike Is Pushing My Family Out The Door – Chicago Tribune
GAS PRICE CRISIS: Gas Prices May Be Headed Back Up – Gas Buddy Blog; Bailey To Give Away Gas Cards Via State Fair Drawing – WMAY 92.7 FM Springfield
THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Gas Tax And Electricity Hikes Inside Inflation Reduction Act – Car Coach Reports/National Motorists Association Blog
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: A Closer Look At The EV Tax Credit Requirement That Could Exclude Most Electric Cars – Autoblog; House Passes Democrat Climate Fraud Bill – Daily Caller; Bill Is Loaded With Green Grift And Tax Hikes – Daily Caller; Governing Elites Pushing To Slash Emissions Are Disconnected From Reality, Experts Say – Daily Caller; It’s Time To Bring Down The Church Of Climate Change Once And For All – Daily Caller; POLL: Americans Rejecting Climate Fraud Agenda – AP News; Illinois To Be Center For Green Boondoggles – Chicago Daily Herald; Illinois Republicans Warn Of Negative Effects Of Climate Legislation In Inflation Reduction Act – Center Square; Illinois Pushes Electric Cars That No One Wants, No One Can Afford – Lake County News-Sun
Biden-Inflation Impacting Illinois Infrastructure Projects With More Spending Announced – Center Square
COMMENTARY: Fix The Eisenhower, America’s Most Congested Road – Chicago Sun-Times
Some Illinois School Districts Facing Bus Driver Shortages – Center Square
Law And Order: Remember The Rules Of The Road Involving School Buses – Lake County News-Sun
Bud Billiken Parade Draws Thousands To South King Drive In Bronzeville – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Auto Racing At State Fair – Illinois.gov
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Music Festivals In Public Parks Don’t Help Neighborhoods – Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune
Mural Depicting History Of Jefferson Park Being Installed In Pedestrian Alley Across From CTA Terminal – Nadig Newspapers
Person Fatally Struck By CTA Brown Line Train On North Side – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
2 Women Hospitalized In Boating Accident In Chicago’s ‘Playpen’ Area – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
$1 Million Project Aims To Restore Habitats And Expand Conservation Efforts At Bubbly Creek Section Of Chicago River System – Chicago Tribune
Relief May Be In Sight For Suburban Travelers Angsting Over Flight Switcheroos With No Recourse – Chicago Daily Herald
FAILED CITY ALERT: Chicago Aldermen Jumping Off Sinking Ship – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago; Chicago’s Streaming Tax Grab – Cook County Record; Multiple Challengers For Lightfoot – Center Square; EDITORIAL: Lightfoot’s Property Tax Spin – Chicago Tribune
FAILED STATE ALERT: Rising Prices And Mortgage Rates Are Making Housing Unaffordable For A Growing Number Of Illinoisans. A Property Tax Increase On The Nov. 8 Ballot Could Make It Worse – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Republican Candidates Warn Of Retirement Tax – Quad Cities Times; U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood: So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Will Hurt Families In Illinois – Peoria Journal-Star; ‘Zucker Bucks’-Type Manipulation And Its New Variants Threaten Illinois’ November Election – Wirepoints; Illinois Harassing Pet Stores – Aurora Beacon-News; HYPOCRISY ALERT: State Comptroller Susana Mendoza Claims To Care About Illinois Finances — Unless It Costs Her A Job – CBS 26 Peoria; Pritzker’s Dirty Money In Fall Elections – Politico
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: COVID-19 Hospitalizations And Deaths High Across Illinois – Chicago Sun-Times
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Your transportation related headlines for Friday, August 12th 2022
CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Little Italy Fest On Taylor Street; Edison Park Fest On Olmsted Avenue; Retro On Roscoe In Roscoe Village; Bud Billiken Parade In Bronzerville; Thirsty Ears Festival On Wilson Avenue In Ravenswood; Printers’ Row Arts Festival On Dearborn Street
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Chicago Crime Statistics: Even Worse Than You Think – Wirepoints; Man Mugged At Least 3 Elderly Women Outside Portage Park Grocery Store, But The Store Manager Refused To Help Police, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago
DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Woman Carjacked Inside West Loop Parking Garage This Morning, Police Say – CWB Chicago
CHICAGO/ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Chicago Police Brass Will Divert Cops From Neighborhoods To Secure Film Sets, Emails Say – CWB Chicago; OP-ED: The Law And Order Leader To Save Chicago – Center Square
DRIVER’S ED – CHICAGO STYLE: Student Driver In Roseland Grazed In The Head By Bullet During Driver’s ED Class – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Social Media Influencer’s Porsche Carjacked With Dogs Inside – CWB Chicago
Kia, Hyundai Thefts Soar 767% In July As Auto Theft Phenomenon Hits Cook County, Sheriff Says – CWB Chicago
ANIMAL CRACKERS: Dog Day At Gallagher Way. Bring Your Four-Legged Friend To Gallagher Way On Saturday; City Grange’s Former Lincoln Square Garden Center Being Turned Into A Large Play Area For Dogs – Block Club Chicago; Roaming Pigs Elude Capture In Wayne For More Than A Week – Chicago Daily Herald; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Where Are The Butterflies – Chicago Tribune
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Pritzker Want General Assembly Special Session To Super-Charge Illinois Abortions – Center Square; Are Woke Democrats In Trouble In The Suburbs – The Illinoize; Failed Mayor Lightfoot’s Stupidest Idea — A Race Hustling, Marxist Cultural Death Panel — Dedicated To Destroying All Chicago Monuments That Depict America In A Positive Light — Is In The Deep Freeze – Chicago Tonight; Dipshit Democrat Congress-Clown Chuy Garcia Is Trying To Give Illinois Back To The Indians – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Naperville To Vote On Gun Grab Law – Chicago Daily Herald
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Illinois Is Among Tax Heavy States That Are Losing The Most High Earning Residents – The Hill; Alderman Files Ordinance To Prevent Changes To Chicago’s Soldier Field Stadium — Part Of Lightfoot’s Last Ditch Effort To Keep Bears From Dumping Chicago – ABC 7 Chicago
GAS PRICE CRISIS: Chicago Average Gas Price Still $5.05 A Gallon — AAA Gas Prices
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Biden Tax Grab/Climate Fraud Bill Makes Electric Cars MORE Expensive – Governing; Biden Will Get Billions To Spend On Green Programs. Here’s What Happened Last Time He Had That Money – Daily Caller
Pritzker Transportation Plan Loaded With Woke ‘Equity’ Nonsense, Bonehead Bike Boondoggles – Illinois.gov
Some Ride Share, Deliver Drivers Want To Unionize — Give Their Money To Crooked Corrupt Labor Goons — Instead Of Being Their Own Boss — Which Is The Whole Point Of Gig Work – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Illinois EV Maker Rivian Plans 2nd Shift After Falling Behind On Production Target – Crain’s Chicago Business
Chicago Parents Outraged As City Faces School Bus Driver Shortage – Fox News
Donations For Obama’s Vanity Project/Public Land Theft In Jackson Park Are Drying Up – Chicago Tribune
Rare Lake View Ghost Signs Saved Just Days Before Demolition Thanks To Donations – Block Club Chicago
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chicago Needs Dedicated Festival Grounds — Instead Of Using Public Parks – Chicago Sun-Times
45-Year-Old Man Drowns In Lake Michigan, Near Grant Park: CPD – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Loved Ones Of Two Missing Chicago Boaters Say They’re ‘Falling Apart’ As The Search Continues For Their Whereabouts On Lake Michigan – Chicago Tribune
Good News For Beach Lovers: Lake Michigan Water Levels Are Expected To Stay Well Below The Near Historic Highs Of 2020 – Chicago Tribune
Chicago O’Hare, Midway Airports, Among Worst In The World For Delays – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Chicago O’Hare Airport Prepares To Bid Out Lucrative Concessions Contracts – Crain’s Chicago Business
Chicago Based United Airlines Adding 300 Jobs At O’Hare – Crain’s Chicago Business
FAILED CITY ALERT: Lightfoot’s $42.7M Property Tax Hike Goes Just To Pensions – Illinois Policy Institute; Lightfoot Casino Headed For Roadblocks – Chicago Sun-Times; Biden Inflation Hits Chicago Restaurants – Chicago Tribune; K-12 Enrollment In Chicago Public Schools Could Drop By As Much As 15,000 Students This Fall – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago
FAILED STATE ALERT: Amendment 1 Has Many More Negatives Than Voters Will Ever Realize, But One Of Those Is A $2,100 Property Tax Hike. Illinoisans Should Vote On All Taxing And Spending Hikes, Not Just Those Presented To Them As Vague Constitutional Amendments – Illinois Policy Institute; A New Ad Falsely Claims Amendment 1 Will Protect Nurses’ Rights At Private Children’s Hospitals. The Same Government Unions Who Paid For The Ad Ended Legislation That Truly Would Have Helped Nurses – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Retiree: Amendment 1 Could Cost Me My Home – Illinois Policy Institute; Republican State Senator Don DeWitte Aimed Criticism At Democratic Governor JB Pritzker This Week For His Frequent Use Of Executive Orders – McHenry Times; Illinois’ ‘Good Times’ Are Coming To An End As Economy, Stock Market Unwind – Wirepoints
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: Another Chicago Restaurant Killed Off By Lightfoot Lockdown Lunacy – Block Club Chicago
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CDOT Cynically Uses Hit And Run Deaths Of Bikers To Justify More Crooked, Corrupt, Predatory, Regressive, Revenue-Robbery-Ripoff Speed Cameras – Block Club Chicago — REALITY CHECK: Speed Cameras Will Ticket Drivers For Going Just 26 MPH — But They Will Do Nothing To Stop The Reckless Handful Of Maniac/Drunk Drivers That Leave The Scene Of An Accident
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Little Italy Fest On Taylor Street; Edison Park Fest On Olmsted Avenue; Retro On Roscoe In Roscoe Village; Bud Billiken Parade In Bronzerville; Thirsty Ears Festival On Wilson Avenue In Ravenswood; Printers’ Row Arts Festival On Dearborn Street
THIN BLUE LINE: Indiana Police Officer, Suspect Wounded In Shootout During Traffic Stop – Chicago Sun-Times; TALK OF THE COUNTY: Police Not Getting Respect They Deserve – Lake County News-Sun
Chicago Police Thrown To The Wolves. As Black Lives Matter Rioters Get A Pass From Kim Foxx, Chicago Hands Down Ludicrous Penalties For Officers Who Were Victims Of 2020 Ambushes – Chicago Contrarian
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Man Found Beaten To Death In Rogers Park’s Pottawattomie Park, Authorities Say – CWB Chicago; 13-Time Convicted Felon Burglarized Uptown Apartment While On Parole, Prosecutors Say — Despite The New Allegations, The Illinois Department Of Corrections Is Not Planning To Revoke The Accused Man’s Parole – CWB Chicago; SPEAK OUT: Parents Need To Teach Kids Not To Break The Law And Then Run From The Police — It Doesn’t End Well – Elgin Courier-News
ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sue Chicago’s Street Gangs – Chicago Sun-Times
PEOPLE UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: Road Rager Shot At Police Officer On Expressway And Officer Returned Fire In Self Defense — Now The Injured Driver Of The Road Rager’s Car Is Suing The City For The Gun Battle – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — With High Gas Prices And Carjackings A Growing Job Risk, Chicago Gig Workers From Companies Like Lyft, Uber And DoorDash Are Demanding More From Their Employers – Chicago Tonight; 1-Year-Old Boy Found Safe After Taken During Carjacking In South Loop – Chicago Sun-Times
HIGHWAY HATE CRIME: Wisconsin Driver Convicted Of Intentionally Killing Motorcyclist Because He Was White – Fond Du Lac Reporter
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Willie Wilson’s Ideas To Fix CTA Crime Crisis – Chicago Streetsblog; CTA’s Latest Doomed To Fail Anti-Crime Plan – Chicago Sun-Times; Five Time Felon Robbed Passenger On CTA Red Line, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Career Criminal Stabs Man At Wilson CTA Station – CWB Chicago; In 24 Hours, Chicago Cops Arrested 4 Men With Guns At Roosevelt CTA Station, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Editorial: Before The CTA Spends The Big Bucks, It Must Make Its Trains Safe – Chicago Tribune; Some Chicago Police Officers To Get Pay Bump For Taking CTA Patrol Shifts – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
CTA Says Its Fixing Its Fake Train Scheduling Issue – Chicago Streetsblog
FAKE NEWS ALERT: Transit KoolAid Drinker Website Reports On CTA — Without A Word About CTA Violent Crime At Record High Levels – Transit Center
ANIMAL CRACKERS: Shedd Aquarium Features New School Of Fish – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Illinois, Feds Must Take Steps To Keep Invasive Carp Out Of Great Lakes – Chicago Sun-Times; Body Of Brookfield Zoo Gorilla Will Join Field Museum’s Mammal Collection – Chicago Daily Herald; Merlin Bird ID App Is Changing How We Go Birding – Chicago Daily Herald
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: GOP State Rep: New State Standards On Sex Education Are Inappropriate For Our Children – Chicago Sun-Times; Failed Governor Pritzker Thinks That 70,000 Illinois Babies Murdered In The Womb Is A Good Things – Chicago Sun-Times — Pritzker’s Abortion Hypocrisy – Suburban Chicagoland; Evanston Is Doing A Basic Income Welfare Giveaway — The Kind Of Program That Never Succeeds In Helping Anyone – Evanston Review
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Lightfoot Property Tax Robbery Will Make More Chicagoans Think About Leaving – Center Square; Downtown Chicago Offices Are In Trouble, As Years Of: (1) Black Lives Matter Riots/Looting/Arson (2) COVID Lockdown Lunacy; And (3) Loop/CTA Crime Have Left Most Former Loop Workers Now Working From Home Permanently — And Created A Downtown Vacancy Crater — Now, The Biden Recession Will Push Office Landlords Even Further Underwater – Crain’s Chicago Business; Illinois’ Housing Market Crash/Foreclosure Crisis – Illinois Policy Institute
In The Race For Illinois Secretary Of State — In Charge Of Illinois Driver’s License — Democrat Candidate — Alexi Giannoulias — Wants To Avoid The Issue Of His Former Career — As An Unindicted Bank Robber — Instead He Is Virtue-Signaling On Illinois Democrat Support For 10th Month Abortions – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
GAS PRICE CRISIS: How Failed President Biden’s Climate Fraud Bill Will Spike Your Gas, Energy Bills – The Hill; Biden’s BIG LIE — That Gas Station Owners Are Gouging Drivers – Oil Price; Gas Prices, Inflation Crushing Commuters – AP News — Tips To Get Around High Gas Prices – AP News; With Rise In Gas Prices, Average Car Now Costs Owners Nearly $900 A Month – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Biden/Harris Administration Needs To Do A Complete Reverse Of Its Failed Energy Policy – Chicago Daily Herald
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Electric Cars Too Costly For Many, Even With Aid In Democrats’ Climate Bill — Most Electric Car Models Are Aimed At The Rich — Who Don’t Need A Taxpayer Handout – New York Times — EU Says U.S. Plan For EV Tax Breaks Discriminatory, May Breach WTO Rules – Reuters; Despite The Backing Of Failed Governor Pritzker/Illinois Democrat Climate Fraudsters, Illinois EV Maker Rivian Is The Industry’s Biggest Loser – Crain’s Chicago Business; Biden Climate Fraud Bill Will Hurt Chicago Area Businesses – Crain’s Chicago Business
Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg FAILED At Reality And Logic — When He Said That Highways Are ‘Racist’ White Privilege — Now He’s FAILING At Getting Rid Of Those ‘Racist’ Highways – Governing — Buttigieg Blows Billions On Bonehead Bike Boondoggles – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Lightfoot Defends Her Crappy NASCAR Deal Heavily Criticized By Downtown Aldermen – WGN 9 Chicago
‘They Need To Start Making These Plans Further In Advance’: CPS Parents Say They Still Haven’t Received Clear Transportation Plan – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Fallen Trees, Crushed Cars In Mayfair — Finger Pointing Ensues – Nadig Newspapers
How To Manage Wear And Tear In The Company Car: 6 Tips – Chicago Now
45 Minutes In The Drive-Thru Lane Provides Lots Of Time For Navel-Gazing And ‘What If’ Questions – Naperville Sun
ROAD TRIP: Take A Labor Day Drive To Union, Illinois, For A Visit To The Illinois Railway Museum — And A Night Train Ride On A Vintage Locomotive – WXXQ 98.5 FM Rockford
Obama Museum Real Estate Deal Is Another Tony-Rezko-Style Pay-To-Play Scheme – Real Deal
Quiz: Can You Speak Midwestern – Chicago Magazine
E-Bikes Gaining Popularity As People Return To Cycling – Quad City Times
A Giant Marina to Attract Boaters Was Approved at Navy Pier. Why Hasn’t It Been Built – Chicago Tonight
CTA Is 75 This October – Railway Age
Chicago Based United Airlines Is Delving Into Flying Taxis – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
FAILED CITY ALERT: Crooked Corrupt Chicago Teachers Union Wants To Ban Charter Schools, Keep Kids In Failing Public Schools – Illinois Policy Institute; Lightfoot’s Casino Scam Move Forward – Chicago Tribune
FAILED STATE ALERT: Amendment 1 Union Scam Is The Most Consequential Vote Illinoisans Will Decide This November, But The Vote For The Supreme Court, Governor And AG Matter, Too – Wirepoints; Opponents Of Proposed Union Backed Constitutional Amendment Warn Of Increased Business Costs – Center Square; The Government Union-Backed Website Claims Amendment 1 Would Put More Money In The Pockets Of Working Illinoisans, But The Change Could Only Benefit The 7% Who Are Government Employees. All Families Would Pay $2,149 More In Property Taxes – Illinois Policy Institute; How To Stop Gerrymandering In Illinois – Illinois Policy Institute
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: How Illinois Screws Up COVID Housing Aid – NBC 5 Chicago; Motions To Dismiss Challenges To COVID-19 School Mandates Under Advisement – Center Square
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Chicago Is Going To Rig Its Traffic Signals To Choke Private Car Traffic, Only Allowing Empty CTA Buses To Move – Chicago Sun-Times — HOW ABOUT TICKETING THE CTA BUSES THAT BLOCK TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS?
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Little Italy Fest On Taylor Street; Edison Park Fest; Retro On Roscoe In Roscoe Village; Bud Billiken Parade In Bronzerville; Thirsty Ears Festival On Wilson Avenue In Ravenswood; Printers’ Row Arts Festival On Dearborn Street
THIN BLUE LINE: Man Charged In Stevenson Expressway Shooting Involving An Off-Duty Police Officer – Block Club Chicago; Park Ridge Residents, Police Officers And Firefighters Packed Hodges Park Aug. 2 For The Annual National Night Out – Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Man Killed In Albany Park On Monday Was Also Shot During A Week-Long String Of Rolling Gun Battles On The North Side Last Fall – CWB Chicago; Elgin Police Chief Won’t Back Ban On Low-Level Traffic Stops Because They Get Guns Off The Streets – Elgin Courier-News; Boy, 17, Shot Outside Edgewater CVS – CWB Chicago
ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Major Crimes Spread From Chicago’s South And West Sides To The City’s Downtown And Upscale Neighborhoods. Now Chicago’s Seemingly Intractable Crime Problem Is Spreading Across City And County Lines, As Well. This Is What Happens When Basic Principles Of Policing And Law And Order Are Subverted By A Political Establishment Which Puts The Rights Of The Accused Ahead Of The Rights Of Victims – Wirepopints; How Democrats’ Pro-Crime Policies Have Created Chaos In Illinois – Wirepoints; Lightfoot Thinks She Is Making Progress On Crime – Chicago Sun-Times; Republican County Board Members Torpedo Plan For New Sales Tax In Kane County That Would Fund Cost Of Democrat Pro-Crime-Anti-Cop Laws – Chicago Daily Herald
Cook County Fake Prosecutor Defends Her Soft On Crime Disaster — Blames Her Miserable Failures On COVID – ABC 7 Chicago; Foxx Lets 8 Murderers Walk Out Of Jail – Chicago Sun-Times
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — 16-Year-Old Carjacked Man In Edgewater On Tuesday Afternoon, Police Say – CWB Chicago — According To CWB Chicago: Carjacking Cases In Chicago Continue To Be Reported At Even Higher Rates Than Last Year’s Record-Setting Pace. CPD Took 972 Hijacking Reports This Year Through July, Up 7% From Last Year, According To City Data. There Were 621 Cases Through July 2020 And 304 During The Period In 2019. The City Had 167 Carjackings During July, Up 11% From Last Year. There Were 149 Cases In July 2020 And 53 In July 2019.
Police Will Paint Your Catalytic Converter Hot Pink, Mark It With ‘CPD’ To Deter Thieves As Part Of Pilot Program – Block Club Chicago
Late Night Car Meet-Up Turns Violent In Marquette Park, Area Residents Voice Concerns – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
CTA Gets City Council Blowback — Over Its Proposed TIF Tax Theft Scheme — To Funnel Your Tax Dollars To Obsolete, Irrelevant, Crime-Ridden, Failing CTA – Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Tonight
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Man Stabbed At CTA Red Line Fullerton Station – CWB Chicago; Willie Wilson Calls City Officials Out Of Touch On Public Transit Safety – Chicago Sun-Times — Cook County Wasting More Tax Dollars On Obsolete, Dying Mass Transit – Mass Transit
ANIMAL CRACKERS: ‘Beginning Of Their New Life’: Beagles Bred For Research Meet New Foster Families In South Elgin – Chicago Daily Herald; This Adorable Puppy Wants A Big Dog Sibling To Look Up To – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Most Illinois Schools Opt Out Of New Sex Education Standards That Critics Say Are Age-Inappropriate – Center Square; Oak Park Liberal Retards Blame Immigrant Owned Gas Stations For The Local Crime Crisis — A Crisis That Local Liberals Created With Their Own Pro-Crime, Anti-Police Nonsense – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest; Democrat Rigged Lake County Board Votes For Gun Grab Laws – Chicago Daily Herald; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Abortion Is An Atrocity – Chicago Daily Herald; Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School: Go Woke, Lose Students. After Embracing Progressive Ideology, Chicago Private School Suffers 23 Percent Drop In Enrollment – Chicago Contrarian
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Failed City Chicago Can No Longer Attract Top Level Employees – City Journal; Delusional Pritzker Thinks That Illinois 10th Month Abortions Will Make Companies Forget Illinois’ High Taxes, High Crime, And Hostile Business Climate – Capitol News Illinois; Low Information Democrat Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Sees Economic Basket Case Illinois As A Drawing Card For Business – Chicago Sun-Times; More Mass Layoffs For Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business
Getting To/From Chicago O’Hare Airport Is A Nightmare — Crime Is A Big Factor – Chicago Tribune
GAS PRICE CRISIS: RV Sales Slide Due To Biden Gas Price Crisis – Crain’s Chicago Business; Inflation Rages On As Gas, Food Prices Squeeze Americans – Daily Caller; DC Democrats Want To Spike Your Gas Prices With A New Tax On Oil – The Hill
THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: FACT CHECK: Pritzker Didn’t Lower Gas Tax Or Eliminate Grocery Tax – Illinois Policy Institute
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Illinois Wants Biden Bailout Bucks Green Energy/Electric Car Fraud – Chicago Sun-Times
Aldermen Rip Lightfoot’s NASCAR Deal – Crain’s Chicago Business — Is The Deal To Keep Lollapalooza In Chicago Good For The City? Alderman Calls It Missed Opportunity And Questions Clause That Limits Fest Competition – Chicago Tribune
CDOT Installs Dangerous ‘Wrong Way’ Contra-Flow Bike Route On Sunnyside Avenue In Lincoln Square – Chicago Streetsblog — As Noted By The Federal Highway Administration, Contra-Flow Lanes Encourage Cyclists To Ride Against Traffic, Which Is Contrary To The Rules Of The Road, And A Leading Cause Of Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Crashes — A Contra Flow Lane Set-Up Also Creates Accidents, When Drivers Enter The Street, And Encounter Bikes Coming From The Unexpected, Opposite Direction
Developer Dumping Its Parking Cost On Local Streets In Logan Square — 20 Units But Only 11 Parking Spaces – Block Club Chicago
Farmer’s Almanac Says Illinois Drivers Will See Cold Snowy Winter – Center Square
79th Street Renaissance Festival Is Coming Back Next Month – Block Club Chicago
How A Truck Driver Turned Massage Therapist Became A Legend At Oak Street Beach – Chicago Sun-Times
Streetsblog Cheers Sundays On State Events — That Close State Street To Cars — Creating A Loop-Wide Traffic Clusterfuck That Hurts Local Businesses — To Make Room For Crappy Events That Can’t Even Draw Flies – Chicago Streetsblog
Douglass Park Neighbors Have Had It With Noisy, Messy, Music Fests That Take Up The Whole Park, Create Traffic And Parking Shit-Show – Chicago Tribune
What’s In A Name? The Origin Of Chicago’s Street Names – WGN 9 Chicago
Float Down The Chicago River This Weekend At The City’s First Summer Float Party – Block Club Chicago
FAILED CITY ALERT: Another Budget Crater For Lightfoot – Chicago Tribune — And Another Mayoral Challenger – Chicago Tribune; SPEAK OUT: Lightfoot’s Property Tax Shell Game – Daily Southtown; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tribune Readers Slam Lightfoot Sale Of Soldier Field Naming Rights – Chicago Tribune
FAILED STATE ALERT: Republican Candidate For Illinois Treasurer Wants To Block Taxing Retirement Income – Center Square; The BIG LIES Behind Union/Democrat Ballot Amendment – Wirepoints; Illinois Small Business Owners Brace For Higher Taxes Under Amendment 1 – Illinois Policy Institute; Misleading New Ad Claims Amendment 1 Protects Illinois Nurses – Illinois Policy Institute; Proponents Of Amendment 1 Claim Other State Constitutions Include Similar Language, But That Is Just Wrong. Amendment 1 Would Cement Into The Illinois Constitution Government Union Powers That No Other State Sees As Smart – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Doing Worse On Unemployment Than Any Of Its Neighboring States – Wirepoints; EDITORIAL: The Government Pension Reckoning Cometh — ESPECIALLY FOR ILLINOIS – Wall Street Journal; Illinois Teachers Spend Hundreds Of Dollars A Year In Union Dues, But Most Of That Money Doesn’t Stay With Their Local Bargaining Units – Illinois Policy Institute; Bailey: Rockford Region Lost Nearly 10,000 Jobs Thanks To The Inept So-Called Leadership Of JB Pritzker — Slams Pritzker For Excessive Regulatory Burdens On Employers – Rockford Sun; Illinois Laws Ignore The First Amendment – Center Square
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CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Little Italy Fest On Taylor Street; Edison Park Fest; Retro On Roscoe In Roscoe Village; Bud Billiken Parade In Bronzerville; Thirsty Ears Festival On Wilson Avenue In Ravenswood; Printers’ Row Arts Festival On Dearborn Street
THIN BLUE LINE: Northwest Suburban Police, Fire Workers Get Face Time At ‘Night Out’ With Community – Buffalo Grove Countryside
DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Man Stole $56,150 Worth Of Watches From Mag Mile Store Just Hours Before Being Arrested For Hitting Bar Bouncer With A Hammer: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; Incendiary Device Thrown At Film Set In South Loop, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Albany Park Man Was Protecting His Fiance When He Was Fatally Shot, Family Says – Block Club Chicago; Bicyclist Has Been Targeting Elderly Women In Recent Northwest Side Robberies, Police Say – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Bailey Rips Into Pritzker On Crime – Chicago Daily Herald; Pritzker Defends His Pro-Crime/Anti-Police/Anti-Victim Laws — Laws That Will Put Violent Crime-Thugs Right Back On The Street – Center Square; Police Union Regrets Endorsing Pro-Crime Pritzker: It’s Time We Have A Governor Who Places The Rights Of Citizens Before Those Of Criminals, A Governor Who Helps Police Officers Do Their Jobs Rather Than Punishing Them – ABC 7 Chicago; Read The BGA’s Report On Chicago’s Overblown Anti-Violence Programs – Wirepoints; Delusional Lightfoot Thinks She Is Supporting Cops – Chicago Sun-Times; Speakers Express Support For Police At First Oak Lawn Meeting Since A Video Showed Armed 17-Year-Old’s Arrest – Daily Southtown
3 Would-Be Car Thieves Arrested In North Kenwood After Shooting And Wounding Owner Who Confronted Them: CPD – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Suspect Shoots 28-Year-Old Man After Carjacking Him In Englewood – Fox 32 Chicago; Woman Foils Carjacking Attempt Near Magnificent Mile Overnight, But Another Woman Wasn’t So Fortunate In Rogers Park – CWB Chicago
Two Men Who Allegedly Had Catalytic Converters In Their Cars Face Misdemeanor Charges – CWB Chicago
CTA Service Failures – Chicago Tribune
CTA Setting Up Crooked TIF Tax Theft Scheme To Funnel Your Tax Dollars To Obsolete, Irrelevant Crime Ridden Failing CTA – Crain’s Chicago Business
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Terrorism, Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Man Who Allegedly Detonated Bomb On CTA Pink Line In May – CWB Chicago; Detectives Seek 2 Men Suspected In Fatal Shooting Of Man On Red Line Train In Chatham – Block Club Chicago; Another Shooting At 79th Street CTA Red Line Station, Teen In Critical Condition – Chicago Journal; Cops Seek Suspect In Addison Red Line Station Robbery – CWB Chicago
ANIMAL CRACKERS: O’Hare Airport’s Beagles Are The Best In The Biz At Sniffing Out Illegal Food – Block Club Chicago; Furry Member Of Hobart Police Department Retires After Drug, Cash Seizures To Enjoy Good Times – Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Caring For Pets Helps Us – Chicago Daily Herald; Niles Police Department’s Walk And Roll Draws Families For K-9 Demo, Bicycling, Raffle – Niles Herald-Spectator
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Evanston Schools Have Gone All In On Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, And Sexualization/Grooming Of Children — Now Evanston High School Enrollment Has Dropped Like A Rock – Evanston Now; Illinois Democrats Pushing Perverted Sexualization/Pedophile-Grooming Of Children In State Schools – Chicago Daily Herald; Fake News Sun-Times Complains Of ‘Pharmacy Deserts’ On South/West Sides – Chicago Sun-Times — BUT FORGETS TO MENTION THAT SOUTH/WEST SIDE DRUG STORES CLOSED AFTER THEY WERE TRASHED BY BLACK LIVED MATTER RIOTERS/LOOTERS/ARSONISTS; ‘Block-Head Club’ Comes Up With New Nonsense Social Justice Issue — ‘Legal Deserts’ — Where Residents Supposedly Can’t Meet With Lawyers In Their Neighborhood — A Dopey, Low Information Idea Which Makes No Sense — Since Lawyers Today Mostly Deal With Clients Online/By Phone These Days, So The Client’s Location Is Irrelevant – Block Club Chicago; Evanston Turns Abortion Debate Into Lunatic Lecture Series – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Businesses Will Keep Leaving Chicago Unless Crime Is Fixed – Chicago Contrarian
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Guess Who Is The Big Winner From Democrats Climate Fraud/Electric Car Bill — China – Daily Caller
Illinois May Lose Even More Businesses — This Time In The Auto Industry – Crain’s Chicago Business
State: Carvana Can Sell Vehicles ‘Under Strict Guidelines’ Not Without Any Restriction, As The Company Has Stated – Oak Brook Doings
Wild Party Bus Driver Was Airlifted To A Hospital After 100 Mph Police Chase In 2018, Records Show – CWB Chicago
How Chicago Is Destroying Neighborhoods With Crime Generating, Property Value Destroying, Low Income Government Subsidized Housing — And Eliminating Parking Needed By Healthy Neighborhood Businesses And Residents – Active Transportation Alliance
Six Corner Street Junk Plaza Removed For Safety Concerns – Block Club Chicago
Get To Know The People Behind Chicago’s Honorary Street Signs – Block Club Chicago
With ‘Bus Stop Paintings,’ Artist Showcases Chicago’s Historical Neighborhood Buildings, One Watercolor At A Time – Block Club Chicago
New Book Unlocks Mysteries At Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
EcoTard Activist Wants To Run For City Council, To Drive Business And Jobs Out Of The South Side – Crain’s Chicago Business
Another Bonehead Bike Lane Boondoggle Pet Project For Chicago – Chicago Streetsblog
Global Entry Kiosks At O’Hare Airport Upgraded To Rely On Facial Recognition Technology – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
FAILED CITY ALERT: Illinois, Chicago Flushing Your Tax Dollars On Green Grift And Graft – Chicago Sun-Times; Failed Mayor Lightfoot — Who Claims To Be A Lawyer — Gets Legally Rolled In Contract Deals For Lollapalooza, NASCAR Race – Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business — Ald. Reilly Slams Lightfoot’s Lousy Lolla Contract – Chicago Tribune
FAILED STATE ALERT: Pritzker’s Fake Inflation Relief – Illinois Policy Institute; As Biden Recession Grips U.S., Certain Illinois Industries See Slowdowns – Center Square; As Illinois Adds Teachers And Sheds Students, Is There Really A Teacher Shortage – Center Square; Chicago Parents Spend One-Third More Than The National Average On School Supplies. A 5% State Sales Tax Holiday Does Little To Help Those Struggling With Back-To-School Costs – Illinois Policy Institute; Ken Griffin Talks About The Illinois Pension Crisis And A Once-Secret Meeting With Gov. J.B. Pritzker – Chicago Tribune; Illinois’ Foreclosure Fiasco – Illinois Policy Institute
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Drivers Got More Free Gas From Willie Wilson Over The Weekend – ABC 7 Chicago
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Little Italy Fest On Taylor Street; Edison Park Fest; Retro On Roscoe In Roscoe Village; Bud Billiken Parade In Bronzerville; Thirsty Ears Festival On Wilson Avenue In Ravenswood; Printers’ Row Arts Festival On Dearborn Street;
THIN BLUE LINE: Mother Of Fallen CPD Officer Ella French: I Am So Proud Of The Human Being And The Woman That Is Ella – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Chicago Neighborhoods Close Ranks To Comfort Injured Officer, Family – Chicago Contrarian; 4 Charged With Battering Off-Duty Officer, Taking His Gun In Boystown – CWB Chicago; Two Indiana State Troopers Struck On I-80 By Alleged Drunk Driver – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Video Shows Shootout That Left 1 Dead And 1 Injured On A Downtown Chicago Parking Lot – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago; Chicago Cops Hunt Skateboarding Pervert In A Series Of Attacks On Women In Loop, South Loop – CWB Chicago
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: West Town Murder Victim Managed To Facetime With Witnesses Before He Died On 4th Of July, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Crime Stoppers Offers Reward For Information About 15-Year-Old’s Murder Inside Warren Park – CWB Chicago; Old Town Grocery Store Security Guard Attacked With Hammer By Man Caught Shoplifting – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Chicago Police Issue Warning After String Of Burglaries In Albany Park And Grand Central – Chicago Tribune; SPEAK OUT: Daily Southtown Readers Support Oak Lawn Police, Slam Liberals Defending An Armed Suspect Resisting Arrest – Daily Southtown; 346 Thefts Were Reported At Lollapalooza As We Uncover 4 More People Charged In Connection With Phone Theft Rings – CWB Chicago
ILLINOIS CRIME POLICY FAILS: Bailey Hits Pritzker, Lightfoot And Foxx On Crime – Crain’s Chicago Business; Despite Differences, Police Unions Endorse Bailey For Governor, Because He Backs Officers Unlike Any Of The Politicians In This State – Chicago Sun-Times; This Is The Lunacy We’re Living Under’: GOP Congressional Candidate Slams Cook County Fake Prosecutor (And Literal Moron) Kim Foxx, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Kim Foxx Refuses Charges Hate Crime Charges In Open And Shut Case – CWB Chicago; Blagojevich Blasts Foxx For ‘Reforms’ He Says Let Violent Suspects Go Free – Chicago Sun-Times; Repeal Democrats’ Statewide Law That Makes Illinois Less Safe, Says 112th D House Candidate – Illinois Review; Chicago’s Latest Dumb Idea On Crime — Send A Therapist Instead Of A Cop – Chicago Tribune
Career Criminal Charged With Shooting At Off-Duty Cop During Road Rage Incident On Stevenson Expressway – CWB Chicago
Man Shot Twice While Confronting Catalytic Converter Thieves In West Rogers Park – CWB Chicago — Another Catalytic Converter Theft In Oak Park – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — For The Months Of January Through July, Chicago Saw 977 Carjackings (Recorded As ‘Vehicular’ Or ‘Aggravated Vehicular’ Hijackings), According To The City Of Chicago’s Online Data Portal — That Is An Average Of 5 Carjackings Each And Every Day; 14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking In Lawndale – Chicago Sun-Times; Carjack Attempt In Oak Park – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest
CTA CRIME UPDATE: Another CTA Murder On The Red Line Prompts Calls For More Security – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Chicago Police Release Video Of Man Pushing Rider Onto Blue Line Tracks On Near West Side – Chicago Sun-Times; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City Leaders Failing On CTA Crime – Chicago Sun-Times
CTA Electric Buses Are Not The Answer – Chicago Sun-Times
ANIMAL CRACKERS: Invasive Carp Captured In Lake Calumet, Just 7 Miles From Lake Michigan – Chicago Tonight; Virtual 5K Will Support Red Door Animal Shelter During Especially Rough Rescue Season – Block Club Chicago; Monee Parks & Recreation’s Pooch-A-Palooza Goes To The Dogs – Daily Southtown
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: How Illinois Democrats Will Tax You To Pay For Abortions For Non-Residents – ABC 20 Springfield; Pritzker Cheers Drag Show Pedophile-Grooming Of Children – Chicago Daily Herald; Illinois Cannabis Industry Is Race Hustle Shit-Show – Chicago Tonight; Northwestern University Students Say That They Are ‘Oppressed’ By Only Getting $8,000 For Summer Work – Chicago Tribune; Failing Chicago Tribune Reporters Are Fake News Fraud Race Baiters – John Kass News; How To Strike Back At Woke Blue State Boycotts – The Hill; Evanston’s Reparations Race-Hustle Revenue Robbery Ripoff Is Failing – Evanston Now; EDITORIAL, LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Woke Sun Times Wants To Cancel Columbus, Reward Rioters – Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Sun-Times; Woke Aurora High School Is Cancel-Culturing Art Depicting Native Americans, For Not Trashing America – Chicago Daily Herald; US College Diversity Quotas Are Rigging The Game On College Admissions – Loop North News; Pritzker Thinks Indiana Pro-Life Law Will Make Employers Avoid Low Tax, Business Friendly Indiana – Crain’s Chicago Business — Sun-Times Fake News Fraud And Wife-Beating-Booze-Bag Neil Steinberg Thinks So Too – Chicago Sun-Times; Norma Rae Wannabes Demonstrate How To Lose Your Job — Unionize Coffee Chain Workers — Who Can Be Replaced With Machines Tomorrow – Chicago Tribune
CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: New Report Shows Residents Fleeing Illinois – Center Square; More Downtown Firms Join The Office-Shedding Trend – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago Based Groupon Lays Off 500 Workers – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago Home Sales Crash In July – Chicago Now; Business Travelers Avoid Chicago And Illinois – Center Square
GAS PRICES SKYROCKET: ‘Trend Of Easing Prices Could Be Short-Lived’: Illinois Has Second Highest Gas Taxes In US – McHenry Times; Biden’s War On Oil Created Gas Price Crisis – Daily Caller; Biden Gas Price Mess Has Pushed Demand For Gas Lower Than During The Pandemic – Business Insider; Gas Prices Will Jump Back To $4.35 Soon Due To Tight Supplies – Business Insider
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Senate Democrats’ Giant New Spending/Taxing Bill Not Only Will Spike Inflation, Deepen The Recession, Increase Taxes, And Increase The Deficit – Center Square — It Wastes Billions On Green Grift And Graft — Like $9 Billion For Subsidizing High End Electric Cars For Rich Democrat Voters – Daily Caller; U.S. Automakers Say 70% Of EV Models Would Not Qualify For Tax Credit Under Senate Bill – Reuters
$40K Bail For Party Bus Driver Who Allegedly Slammed 18 Cars In Boystown – CWB Chicago — Apparently, Scheduling Halsted Market Days And A Cubs Game At The Same Time Created The Gridlock That Set The Stage For This Mess
What’s With The Illinois License Plate Stickers? It’s A Supply-Chain Thing – Chicago Daily Herald
Illinois REAL ID Driver’s License Requirements: Here’s Which Documents Are Needed To Apply – NBC 5 Chicago
Recent Chicago Parking Audit Spells Bad News For Motorists — And Every Other Resident – National Motorists Association E-Newsletter #708
CDOT Installs Another Traffic Choking Bike Lane On Berwyn Avenue In Lincoln Square — And Streetsblog Is Still Having A Temper Tantrum Because Cars Aren’t Banned From The Street – Chicago Streetsblog
CDOT May Ban Cars From Catalpa Avenue In Andersonville — Neighbors Tell CDOT To Fuck Off – Chicago Streetsblog, Block Club Chicago
Another Developer Trying To Dump Parking On Residential Streets — 32 Units But Only 17 Parking Spaces In Parking Challenged Uptown – Uptown Update
Chicago School Bus Driver Shortage Leaves District And Parents Scrambling As First Day Draws Near – Block Club Chicago
Illinois’ Biofuel Industry – Center Square
After Highland Park Massacre, Officials Really Focused On Rooftops Along Bud Billiken Parade Route, Top Cop Says – Chicago Sun-Times
Metra Train Derails In Blue Island – Fox 32 Chicago
5 Rescued From Boat Near Navy Pier After Crashing Into Dock: CPD – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
FAA Clears Chicago Based Boeing Aircraft To Resume Deliveries Of 787 Dreamliner – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
FAILED CITY ALERT: Biden Inflation Choking Budget For Chicago Households – Block Club Chicago; Families Are Dumping Illinois’ And Chicago’s Failing Schools – Chicago Sun-Times; City’s New Climate Fraud Department Will Be Another Ghost-Payrolling Bureaucratic Political Compost Heap – Chicago Sun-Times; SATIRE: Lightfoot Shocked At Being Challenged For Mayor – Chicago Contrarian; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Selling Soldier Field Naming Rights Would Be A Disgrace – Chicago Sun-Times
FAILED STATE ALERT: Here Are The Four Most Important Votes For Illinoisans In November, Three Of Which Many Know Little About – Wirepoints; Illinois Public Sector Unions Already Have Massive Powers And Taxpayers Have None, Amendment 1 Would Lock Those Union Powers Into The Constitution – Wirepoints; EDITORIAL: Amendment 1 On Fall Ballot Requires Deep Study – Champaign News-Gazette; Pritzker’s Response To Workers Comp Fraud Scandal Is Either Dishonest, Derelict Or Both – Wirepoints; More On Court Ruling That Will Put Pritzker’s Corrupt Hiring On Steroids – Chicago Sun-Times; State Sen. Elgie Sims Approached In Federal Criminal Investigation Into Alleged Influence Peddling By Body-Cam Company – Chicago Tribune; What Education System Are You Getting For All The Taxes You Pay – Wirepoints; Fitch: Illinois Lags The Country For Budget Stability – Center Square
CORONAVIRUS MISMANAGEMENT: Market Days Festival Goers Criticize Chicago’s Response To Monkeypox – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
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Here’s Where You Can Get More Free Gas From Willie Wilson This Saturday – Block Club Chicago
DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — WATCH FOR STREET CLOSURES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TOW WARNINGS: Northalsted Market Days On In Boystown On Halsted Street — CUBS GAMES SCHEDULED FOR SAME DAYS WILL MAKE AREA TRAFFIC A NIGHTMARE; Chicago Brewing District Dancing In The Streets In West Town, On Hubbard Street Between Paulina And Wood; Bronzeville Jazz Fest On King Drive
THIN BLUE LINE: Rogue Cook County Jury Holds Suburban Cops Liable For Chasing Suspect With Guns In The Car – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Black Lives Matter Rioter/Looter Gets 5 Years For Setting Fire To Southwest Side Walgreens – Chicago Sun-Times
LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Ending Cash Bail Will Make Things More Dangerous, Suburban Prosecutor Warns: What You See In Chicago, We’ll Have Here – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; ANALYSIS: Dems, Biden Do Damage Control After Their Policies Wreak Havoc On American Cities Like Chicago – Daily Caller; Lincoln Park Traffic Stop Leads To A Cache Of Guns, Pot, Cash, Cops Say; 5 Charged – CWB Chicago; Chicago Police Found With 5 Guns, 1,000 Rounds Of Ammo, And Critiques Of Recent Mass Shootings After Man Fired Shotgun Into Englewood Park: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; Low Information Crain’s Chicago Business Says Chicago’s Crime Problem Is Guns – Crain’s Chicago Business — WRONG! — The Problem Is A Defunded, Dis-Empowered, Demonized Police Force, And A Lazy, Useless State’s Attorney — Kim Foxx — Who Doesn’t Give A Shit About Crime Victims; SPEAK OUT: Don’t Get Mad At Cops For Doing Their Job; Kim Foxx’s Office Is A Dumpster Fire; A Once-Proud City Of Chicago, A City Which Had Many Industries, Factory Jobs, Constructions Opportunities, A Safe City With Broad Shoulders, Has Become A Shooting Gallery For Muggers And Killers. Mayor Lightfoot Has Done Nothing To Make The City Safer – Daily Southtown; Democrat Gun Grabbers Want Statewide Weapons Ban – Chicago Sun-Times; City Council Crime Enablers Block Gang Crackdown – Chicago Tribune
License Plate Reader Leads Morris Police In Finding Suspect For Thursday’s Fatal Shooting – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Cook County Fake Prosecutor (And Literal Moron) Kim Foxx Refuses Charges — Despite 4 People Shot In Front Of Witnesses – Chicago Sun-Times
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA — Three Crime-Thugs Charged In Attempted Armed Carjacking On Near West Side – Fox 32 Chicago
CTA CRIME UPDATE: More CTA Riders Are Getting Attacked, Like Dan Beam, Who Fought Off Six Robbers – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Robbed 79-Year-Old Woman On CTA Red Line, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago
CTA Is Bankrupt, And Has Lost Most Of Its Riders For Good — But CTA Is Still Building Stations For Empty Trains – Block Club Chicago — LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Dead End Transit KoolAid Drinkers — At Active Transportation Alliance — Want More Of Your Tax Dollars Pissed Away On Transit Boondoggles – Chicago Tribune
CTA Gets Wave Of Service Complaints – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
ANIMAL CRACKERS: In A Win For Endangered Piping Plovers Like Chicago’s Monty And Rose, The Great Lakes Has Record Breeding Season – Chicago Tribune
WOKE NONSENSE ALERT: Pritzker Us Doing All He Can For Abortion On Demand Carnage – Center Square; Chicago Launches Basic Income Welfare Giveaway — The Kind Of Misguided Liberal Program That Fails To Improve Anything At All – Crain’s Chicago Business; Sorry, Progressives, But America Isn’t Intersectional – Chicago Daily Herald; The Woke Shit-Heads That Run Evanston Are Beyond Incompetent — Can’t Hire Cops, Can’t Hire A Village Manager – Evanston Now, Evanston Now; Beware The Push For Woke Doctors – John Kass News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Says Most Common Causes Of Pedestrian Injuries Include Pedestrians Walking Drunk Or Distracted – Start Up
How Chicago Is Destroying Neighborhoods With Crime Generating, Property Value Destroying, Low Income Government Subsidized Housing — And Eliminating Parking Needed By Healthy Neighborhood Businesses And Residents – Chicago Streetsblog
GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Illinois’ Electric Car Boondoggle – Capitol News Illinois
How Policies In Chicago/Other Cities — ‘Protecting’ Small Restaurants From Delivery Apps — Are Backfiring – The Hill
For Years, The Expired Meter Has Said That Putting Seating Areas/Random Junk On The Street Is A Traffic Hazard (Seating Areas On The Street Are ‘A Traffic Hazard Waiting To Happen’) — Guess What Happened This Week In Andersonville – Chicago Streetsblog
Pilsen, Chinatown Won’t Get Alleys Repaired This Year Due To Strike That Affected Asphalt And Concrete Production – Block Club Chicago
New West Loop Fest Coming To Madison Street Next Month – Block Club Chicago
How To Approach Toll Management: 5 Tips For Fleet Managers – Chicago Now
Humboldt Park Pedestrian Bridge Reopens After Months-Long Closure – Block Club Chicago
Annual Rubber Duck Race Along Chicago River Raises Record $450,000 For Special Olympics – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago
Alder-Communist Daniel La Spata Is Shamelessly Grandstanding/Virtue Signaling Over New Divvy Pricing Scheme – Chicago Streetsblog
Pedestrian Killed By Metra Train In Downers Grove – Chicago Daily Herald
Amtrak Executives Receive Hefty Bonuses After Sizable Losses – Audacy
City Awards Over $200 Million In Airport Maintenance, Security Contracts – Crain’s Chicago Business
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Water Taxi Crew To The Rescue – Chicago Tribune
FAILED CITY ALERT: Lightfoot Needs To Stop Making Unilateral, Top-Down Decisions (Lollapalooza, NASCAR, Chicago Casino) That Impact Loop Neighborhood Residents – Crain’s Chicago Business; Failed Mayor Lightfoot Gets Re-Election Endorsements From Other Failed Democrat Leaders – Crain’s Chicago Business — LETTER TO THE EDITOR: NASCAR Deal Is No Victory For Chicago – Chicago Daily Herald; More Failure At Chicago Public Schools: About One-Third Of Traditional Schools Are Half Empty Or Worse – Wirepoints; Pre-K Enrollment Down In Chicago – WGN 9 Chicago; Former Vice Chancellor Of City Colleges Of Chicago Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison For Procurement Fraud – U.S. Department Of Justice
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FAILED STATE ALERT: Illinois Offers Generous Pensions To Public Workers, But Some Workers Engage In Legal Schemes That Give Them More Than Their Fair Share. Here Are Some Common Illinois Pension Games That Taxpayers Are Forced To Fund – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Democrats’ Green Energy Suicide Pact Is Shuttering Power Plants, Threatening Illinois Power Grid – Crain’s Chicago Business; Court Decides To Let Pritzker Go Back To The Days Of Crooked Patronage Hiring – Crain’s Chicago Business; Crain’s Chicago Business – Crain’s Chicago Business — Chicago’s Anti-Business Business Newspaper — Thinks That The Democrat Climate Fraud Bill Will Benefit Illinois — REALITY CHECK: Over 230 Economists Warn That The Bill Will Perpetuate Inflation – Fox Business; A Report Card On The Three ‘Rs’ In Illinois Schools – Wirepoints
Guest Column: School Bus Stop-Arm Violations Put Children At Risk – Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
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