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Chicago City Council Live Viewing Party Thread - 10 a.m. - ?

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

ok, got toothpicks jabbed into my eyelids

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

86 new police officers - what a joke

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by mdgilmer 5 weeks 1 day ago

That woman giving the prayer realizes that "God" does not = "Santa" right?

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

my take-aways - VERY defensive on the issues he is most vulnerable on: the parking meter deal & youth violence, in other words, he's running! it's the 1st speech of the 2011 campaign, incl. the traditional Daley campaign launch "no new taxes" pledge

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

I'm suffering from whip-lash from the furious dialectic

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

parking meter spending par-tay!

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

the kinder, gentler side of the parking meter deal

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by qstrian 5 weeks 1 day ago

Who could disagree with Chicago Police enforcing laws, but Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman knows for fundamental familial intervention is urgently needed.

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

1st applause - end the cone of silence, 20 min in

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

"I lost a child"

oh, for god's sake

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

borrow from the reserves? WHo's he kidding? we'll replensih them, before or after we cach up on our penison funds>

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by qstrian 5 weeks 1 day ago

Aren't taxpayers paying twice by long-term leasing parking meters? Aren't we watching a band of aldermanic pirates loot our children's legacy by spending the parking meter & Chicago Skyway sale "rainy day fund" to pay for a recurring municipal budget expenditures?

Who offered the metaphorical kabuku theater analogy?

Meeting adjourned!

God better have had a pencil and paper out for all those requests. How long do you think she spent on that list?

Agreed. Mayor Richie's definitely running again.

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by qstrian 5 weeks 1 day ago

Looking forward to joining this discussion thread, fellow Windy Citizens! Allow me to provide insight in to the festivities, especially concerning the Northwest Side Chicago City Council aldermanic voting block.

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

what Northwest Side Chicago City Council aldermanic voting block?

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by qstrian 5 weeks 1 day ago

Attending one another's fundraisers or sharing state legislative districts are the following Chicago City Council Alderpersons: Laurino; Levar; Allen & Rice (ne Banks).

Occasionally, you might also see Alderman Edward Burke @ one of the late 45th Ward Committeeman Thomas Lyons' fundraiser as the two helped slate Cook County Circuit Court Judges & Lyons's Alderman Patrick Levar sat on Burke's City Council Finance Committee, occasionally substituting as Committee Chairman.

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

you said voting block

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

"Alderman Patrick Levar sat on Burke's City Council Finance Committee..."

1/2 the aldermen are members of Finance

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

there's only 1 voting block in the Chicago City Council

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by Len Kody 5 weeks 1 day ago

Love the high-tech set up!

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

am i the only one having trouble posting? can we lose the vid?

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by mdgilmer 5 weeks 1 day ago

no, my firefox window won't allow me to scroll down to see comments, it just automatically scrolls back to the top. a sacrifice i'll make for the video.

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by BradFlora 5 weeks 1 day ago

The transcription element in the iframe up above was goofing things up. I didn't see that one coming but will have a solution in place for the next time around. D'oh!

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by BradFlora 5 weeks 1 day ago

Actually, learned several things today that will help the next one work a lot better. Good stuff.

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by qstrian 5 weeks 1 day ago

How do we make the comments easier for visitors to follow?

May I recommend that we simply post comments at the bottom of the main thread so that we may follow a single train of conversation?

Replies to individual comments makes it more challenging for outsiders to follow if they are unaccustomed to our prevailing practice.

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

unstructured is easier to follow?

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by BradFlora 5 weeks 1 day ago

What I've learned from this thread and others is that we should offer an option at the top of the comments to let people sort the threads in chronological order or by popularity. Popularity is most interesting most of the time, but for this, chrono would have worked better.

I agree that replies to specific comments need to be in the threads. that's pretty standard on the web.

Hope it's a "good" one. Sorry I won't be able to join everyone today.

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by Len Kody 5 weeks 1 day ago

and we have video!

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by BradFlora 5 weeks 1 day ago

The quorum is present!

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by Len Kody 5 weeks 1 day ago

Now THAT's an invocation!

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by lanarama 5 weeks 1 day ago

They're praying now: "We ask that you minister to all the Aldermen here."

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by Hugh 5 weeks 1 day ago

praying for no more lay-offs? uh-oh, she's setting herself up for her faith to be tested in a few

Yeah, that didn't seem to wise.

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