A scandal at the Cook County morgue over the storage of bodies is leading to legislation to limit the appointment of the county medical examiner.
Local Politics
Anticipated Cook County Board Meeting Delayed
A key meeting of the Cook County Board’s Legislative and Intergovernmental Relations Committee has been postponed. The hearing was scheduled for this Thursday morning and was to hold public hearings on the controversial ordinance which effectively bars Cook County from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. The hearing would have paved the way...
Local Citizen Activist Submits Hopeless but Utopian Map
Enrique Perez, the former Aldermanic candidate in 2011 for the 2nd Ward, is crying foul over the process for redistricting all while submitting his own map in a desperate stunt that has no hope of succeeding. Enrique Perez is part of a growing pattern emerging in the 2012 redistricting battle in Chicago. It’s...
Smith Says Keep Lincoln Park Whole
Speaking in front of an overflowing crowd, 43rd Ward Alderman Michele Smith was clear and unequivocal, Lincoln Park must be protected and kept whole in any new redistricting map. Smith made her comments in front of a very friendly audience at DePaul University, currently in the 43rd Ward. It was the first of a...
John Curry: Candidate for Republican Committeeman in 32
Ever since William Hale Thompson, possibly the most corrupt politician in America’s history, ended his term as Mayor of Chicago in 1931, Republicans have become nothing more than an afterthought in the city. As political junkies and insiders prepare for several interesting committeeman races among Democrats, including one in 32, the Republican races...
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