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Showing posts with label bets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bets. Show all posts
Saturday, October 10, 2015

No political bets -- this means St. Louis won’t get Cubbie-blue cheesecake

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A part of me is pleased to learn there won’t be an official mayoral bet connected to the latest round of playoffs that began Friday between ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

A DAY IN THE LIFE (of Chicago): We can’t beat stinkin’ Anaheim?

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I’m never sure what to think of these bets that political people make with government officials in other cities when our professional sports...
Friday, October 3, 2008

Is Mayor Daley a compulsive gambler when it comes to Chicago sports teams?

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When it comes to political people placing bets on their hometown professional sports teams, Mayor Richard M. Daley is a master. Perhaps it w...
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Gregory Tejeda
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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