Around the News (Chicago Sports) - Lowe Style

Detroit: Ben Gordon's City
Good luck with that one Ben.

Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa, let Havlat walk


Havlat will tell us "the real story" about why he's not in Chicago anymore.

Piniella gets ejected as Cubs win, still has fire (for now!)

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Around the News - Lowe Style - June 30, 2009

Teen bullying: Tormented boy's short life ends in suicide

Emergency rooms busier in summer NO DUH!


AP Newsbreak: SC governor calls lover 'soul mate,' says he 'crossed lines' with other women

When will this fool resign? Maybe he's trying to book an appearance on Maury or Steve Wilkos. (Or Geraldo?)


Outside the ballpark: Proposal would move peddlers, bucket boys farther away from Wrigley

The bucket boys are the real problem to me. Believe me...I know.


CPS job cuts

My god, Norm Coleman finally gave up. Well actually he was forced to give up. About time.

States do not know how to fiscally manage themselves

Rick Morrissey: Blame Hendry!

For some reason, some alderman in Chitown don't want jobs for the city.

Trib editorial: Stroger Tax Birthday

Brookfield Zoo is 75!

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Poll: Most MLB players would not want to play for Piniella, Guillen

Probably because Piniella and Guillen demand things out of their players. Other weak managers don't.

Around the News - Lowe Style - June 29, 2009

Time to go around the news: Lowe style.

Chicago personnel chief says inspector general 'reckless' in calling for his dismissal

Excerpt from the Tribune:
In a letter obtained by the Tribune, Human Resources Commissioner Homero Tristan said he was always truthful with investigators for Inspector General David Hoffman who were probing whether an alderman used clout to help a city worker. "The report is a baseless assault on my character and integrity as well as the honesty and professionalism of the Department of Human Resources," he wrote.
This is the city of Chicago, county of Cook, state of Illinois. The HR department has zero honesty and just as much professionalism as honesty. Check that. The HR department employs professional cronies, professional crooks, professional political elbow rubbers, and professional rubber-stamp hiring managers. If the city's HR dept. was full of honest, professional workers, the city would not be under federal order to have an independent hiring inspector. Tristan needs to cut the bs...big time.

Cook County State's Attorney has employee involved in ugly, bitter custody battle.

A politically connected Cook County state's attorney's office employee threatened to use her position to expose her ex-boyfriend as a federal informant against the Outfit, voice mail messages played in court suggest.


Granted that this woman's husband threatened violence against her, allegedly held a gun to her head, and threatened to abduct their children, she improperly used her position. The article states that the State's Attorneys office could bring "disciplinary or criminal" charges against this employee. Could bring? "Disciplinary." You have got to be kidding me. I don't care how threatened you feel or how politically connected you are but in a situation involving gross misuse of a public office and in this case of a public safety office, only criminal charges fit the bill. I'm sure that the media won't really cover this though and it will just fall by the wayside and die out. However, this just goes to show that in Illinois everyone is fair game if you've got info. The misuse of position in this case to me is simply sickening and pathetic.

Vintage Brookfield Zoo photographs.

In other news, the Cubs have inked 21 of their 50 picks from this years draft. The list includes first-round pick Brett Jackson out of UC-Berkeley.

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