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United Airlines Air Crew Get Fashion Makeover in 2011

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Fashion designer & Chicago-area native Cynthia Rowley has been commissioned to give United Airlines air crew a fashion makeover. Will it keep 'em warm after the Chicago-based carrier slashed pay & pensions?

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Can't Run Cook County Hospital? Tax Competitors!

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The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board questions Commissioner Moreno's proposal to tax hospitals who fail to deliver a full measure of indigent care. Shouldn't Cook County Commissioners simply listen to their own appointed panel & clean up the patronage gout?

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Chgo Malls & Office Towers: Lenders' House of Cards?

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Damned if you lend, doomed if you invest, locked up Chicago commercial real estate market ready to thaw as vacancies abound? Tenant & buyers delight v. investors' gloom?

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Unemployment Knocks Blacks Out of the Middle Class

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Last hired, first fired earns African Americans the dubious distinction of having the highest Chicago unemployment rate. Will this financial recession need another economic stimulus, fellow Windy Citizens?

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Bolingbrook Soldier Killed in Fort Hood Rampage

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Fort Hood's Texas tragedy took on a local slant with the reported death 21 year old US Army Private Michael Pearson. The former Bolingbrook High School graduate wasn't one to shy away from danger as he planned to defuse bombs in Baghdad.

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Congress Extends Unemployment Benefits for Eligible

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Unemployed Chicagoans may qualify for 13-weeks of Congressionally mandated extended unemployment compensation as reported by the Chicago Sun Times. Roller coaster paychecks may knock claimants out of contention.

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Challenging Chgo Speeding Tickets Gets Dismissed

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The secret to getting your Chicago Police Department speeding tickets dismissed may be simply pleading not guilty, according to Chicago Sun Times columnist Mark Brown. What the City of Chicago Law Department knows about LIDAR speed detection may help you!

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BGA Arms Citizen Soldiers in Graft & Corruption Fight

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Chicago's Better Government Association plans to use its $60,000 "News Matters" grant from the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust to scour public records & dispatch citizens to attend government meetings. Shall Windy Citizens join the BGA in its quest to root out graft & corruption?

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What's Blocking Educational Reform? Charter v. CTU?

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The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board rails about the Chicago Teachers Union blocking educational experimentation, but is there any merit to State Senator James T. Meeks comparing the CTU to Chicago street gangs? Urban family collapse v. charter school culling the best & brightest?

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Illinois Hippie Artist Calls it Quits on Route 66

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Cast as the Volkswagon van character Fillmore in the Pixar animated movie--Cars, self-proclaimed Illinois hippie artist Bob Waldmire calls it quits from the love of his life--Route 66. Read more ... (116 views)

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High Technology Trainer & Sales Engineer
Talk Show Host-WITY AM Radio
2009 5th Disttrict Congressional Candidate--Green Party
Former Precinct Captain for the late Thomas Lyons--Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party.
Shared the Democratic Primary Ballot with President Barack Obama & Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel 2004
President-Northwest Area Citizens Organization. Honest & Open Government.
Regulatory & Governmental Affairs International law firm financial analyst.
Parking Access & Revenue Control System Operations & Design Consultant 1988-2003
Bicycles Chicago's North, Northwest & Lakefront streets & bicycle paths.
Rides horseback in exurban Lemont
Leads LinkedIn Economic Development & Growth Initiative virtual discussion.
Grooves with consumer electronics.

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