Luis Gutierrez on Why Rahm Emanuel Should Not Be Mayor
Gutierrez, the Congressman from the 4th District since 1993, is recording a robo call urging Chicagoans to vote for Gery Chico for mayor—and not to vote for Rahm Emanuel.
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Chicago magazine, WGN-TV and BGA investigate potential conflicts of interest at Cook County Board of Ethics
Tonight, WGN News at Nine is airing an investigative story that all began right here, several months back, during the course of our investigation with the Better Government Association (BGA) of soon-to-be elected Cook County assessor Joseph Berrios. (The investigation was published in our October issue)…
Seeking an Explanation for Carol Moseley Braun’s Harvard Claim
When mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun—Kirk’s predecessor in the U.S. Senate—went on WGN radio early last Wednesday morning and claimed that she had “an advanced degree from Harvard” (she has degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago Law School), the only reporter I’ve found who picked up on the whopper…
Northwest Indiana Man Re-creates Medieval Torture Devices
LEFT TO HIS OWN DEVICES: Carl Carder brings new meaning to the phrase “farm implements”
U of C Doc Melissa Gilliam Fights Teen Pregnancies
BLOCKING THE BABY BUMP: With a high-tech assist from local high schoolers, Dr. Melissa Gilliam hopes to change attitudes about contraception and reduce the large number of teenage pregnancies
Pinup Calendar Maker Alexis Finch on the 2011 Project
As told to Jenna Marotta Miss February “It was a frustration shared among female cyclists in Chicago. My friends and I got to talking about how we were treated at bicycle shops and also out on the street riding: Guys assumed that we didn’t know how to work on our bikes if we looked at … Read more
Nettelhorst Elementary School's Remarkable Turnaround
THE MOM BRIGADE: Nettelhorst was a failing educational backwater in Lake View when some determined moms got involved—and sparked a tremendous improvement
Brother Bill: A Look at William Daley
From our February 2005 issue: The youngest of the seven children of the late mayor Richard J. and Eleanor “Sis” Daley, William Daley has moved beyond the family’s local power base to hold major positions in government, business, and the law. Supporters and critics alike credit him with remarkable savvy and consider him a go-to talent for plotting strategy (although he insists that he and his brother–the current mayor–“don’t talk about city stuff”). Now Bill Daley is back in Chicago, with a top job at J. P. Morgan Chase and big charitable dollars to dispense. But given his record for exceeding expectations, few observers expect his shrewd moves to stop there
Has Bill Clinton Hurt Rahm Emanuel?
The news that Bill Clinton was coming to Chicago to campaign for Rahm—first reported by Politico’s Mike Allen on Christmas day and confirmed by Rahm’s campaign spokesman the following day—produced a harshly worded, almost threatening, response from Congressman Davis. Moseley Braun was silent for a day but then she chimed in angrily, calling Clinton “an outsider parachuting in to support another…
Rev. Jesse Jackson: The Davis/Moseley Braun meeting-and on the media covering the mayor’s race
As previously reported, Jesse Jackson, Sr., met Wednesday night at his Rainbow PUSH headquarters with Danny Davis and Carol Moseley Braun, the two leading African American candidates for mayor. The purpose, Jackson told me in a telephone conversation Thursday morning, was to get them talking-to jump start the dialogue about one of them dropping out to give the survivor a chance to turn the momentum that has been building for Rahm Emanuel. Jackson predicted that the two “old friends” will reach an agreement: “There’s nothing hostile or petty about their relationship….They left the meeting on good terms.”…