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Showing posts with label Jerry Butler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Butler. Show all posts
Friday, October 13, 2017

Balancing the budget; what will we cut?

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It will be interesting to see just how Cook County government manages to balance out their budget for the upcoming fiscal year; what with th...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

EXTRA: When “present” means “yes”

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I once had an editor-type person whose hard-and-fast rule was to tell us reporter-types that a “present” vote is the same as a “no” vote. ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

EXTRA: County quips. Or, 'Battle of the Board?' Political humor at work

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The Cook County Board on Tuesday felt like a comedy club of sorts (perhaps a really dorky one). GAINER: A movie buff?  For while th...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

EXTRA: Everybody doesn’t hate Todd

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Sometimes, I think people need to be reminded that their distaste for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is not universal. The man wil...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

COUNTY BORED: How old is too old?

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Is Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler aging himself just a bit too much with his wisecrack Thursday about retiring broadcast newsman Art...
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Chicago's far South Side, Illinois, United States
I am a Chicago-area freelance writer who has reported on various political and legal beats. I wrote "Hispanic" issues columns for United Press International, observed up close the Statehouse Scene in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County Board in Chicago and municipal government in places like Calumet City, Ill., and Gary, Ind. For a time, I also wrote about agriculture. Trust me when I say the symbolic stench of partisan politics (particularly when directed against people due to their ethnicity) is far nastier than any odor that could come from a farm animal.
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