Much has been made about the voyeuristic way people live their lives these days, displaying everything from musical tastes to questionable photos on the Internet.
Networking tools like Twitter and Facebook have millions of users cementing their popularity, and state Sen. John Fritchey is no exception.
Fritchey, running unopposed for Commissioner Forrest Claypool’s 12th District County Board seat, talked to The Week Behind, an online magazine, about living life on the Web, and how some of his colleagues think he’s crazy for not keeping it safe: Read more...
Todd Stroger
Surveying the crowd at the W City Center Hotel last Tuesday night, Todd Stroger held his head up high.
The now-deposed Cook County Board President smiled and laughed, relishing his cheering supporters.
They, he must have thought, got the message. Read more...
Daley makes last-ditch plea to avoid CTA service cuts (Sun-Times)
If deal reached after cuts take effect, one week to restore CTA service (RedEye via Twitter)
Daley: Loop superstation still necessary (WBEZ/From this month's Current)
If Twitter is any gauge of voter behavior, voting today is a passing fad, with our #ILVote hashtag having arrived on and subsequently dropped from the microblog’s local trending topics. Chicagoans evidently are jazzed about Lost, Punxatawny Phil and Blackhawk Dave Bolland.
It appears voters just aren’t coming out today. Whether it’s because they’re at work, voted early or just don’t care is unknown.
Anyway, the lull in voters has given me time to peruse the media packet prepared by the Chicago Board of Elections. It includes voter data from elections past, and there is some shocking data in there.
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If the gloves were off before, then the candidates must have slipped on brass knuckles last night.
Democratic gubernatorial rivals Dan Hynes and Pat Quinn engaged in a fierce exchange of accusations last night, questioning each other's honesty and competence.
Comptroller Hynes built on his latest television advertisement featuring the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, a risky spot that uses a dead man's image and words to cast insults on a sitting governor. Read more...
