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Ticket Replay: Protesters from '68 Democratic National Convention gather in Chicago to protest police reunion to celebrate those who thumped protesters 41 years ago and probably wouldn't mind doing it again if those balding hippies get too close
Top of the TicketThe more things change the more they stay the same after all these years.... -
Political runners-up shouldn’t win
Change of Subjectfrom Sunday's print editions In 1968, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley famously declared that "The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder." Last year, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said, "I know the truth of........ -
Daley's nephew appears on schools VIP list
Clout StFrom today's print edition: Daley’s nephew appears on schools VIP list Mayor’s relative made admissions requests on behalf of longtime political supporter By Azam Ahmed and Todd Lighty, Tribune reporters A VIP list maintained by Chicago Public Schools... -
Race is sensitive subtext in Obama's campaign
Tribune staff reportersThe expected launch of Barack Obama's presidential campaign is still days away, but his quest to become the nation's first black commander in chief already is forcing a delicate examination of how candidates talk about race. That conversation took an...Tags: Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Biography (genre), Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Feds go after City Hall
Tribune staff reportersMayor Richard Daley's administration illegally doled out city jobs to reward campaign workers for the mayor and other politicians in a "massive fraud" that spanned City Hall for more than a decade, federal prosecutors alleged Monday. Daley's longtime...Tags: Local Government, Employees, Chicago Jobs, Robert Grant, Defense
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In terms of clout, city's 11th Ward towers above rest
Criminal complaints filed Monday in U.S. District Court against two men with strong ties to the 11th Ward take aim at patronage--the political lifeblood of this Daley-controlled political organization, one of the city's most powerful. Robert Sorich is...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Politics, Chicago, Crime, Law and Justice
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From the Cubicle
In 1959 Mayor Richard J. Daley switched on the city's civil defense air-raid sirens when the White Sox clinched the pennant, sending Russian-fearing non-baseball fans into a frenzy. The Sox, up three games to one over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in...Tags: Jose Contreras, Freddy Garcia, Jermaine Dye, Derek Jeter, American League
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Another day, another exit
Mayor Richard Daley insisted Tuesday that he had no role in personnel decisions and denied knowledge of any criminal activity, even as a growing hiring scandal led to the departure of another top City Hall manager. John Doerrer, head of the Mayor's...Tags: Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace, Chicago Jobs, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayors agree on immigrants' value
Tribune staff reportersFormer New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said America needs to remain open to immigrants, while mayors from around the world called immigration a "net benefit" to cities, at a forum Tuesday in Chicago. Newcomers make cities stronger, enrich a city's culture...Tags: Immigration, Politics, Moscow (Russia), Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago
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The Chicago Blizzard of 1967
Chicago TribuneAt 5:02 a.m. on this date, it began to snow. Nothing remarkable about that. It was January in Chicago, and, besides, 4 inches of snow had been predicted. But it kept snowing, all through this miserable Thursday and into early Friday morning, until it...Tags: Chicago Weather, Travel, Weather, Vehicles, Weather Reports
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'Hizzoner' an astonishing look at tragic side of Richard J. Daley
Tribune theater criticMayor Richard J. Daley seems a stretch as a tragic figure. No Hamlet, no Claudius, surely no Othello, resides at 3536 S. Lowe Ave. in Bridgeport. You could argue there's questionable magnitude in dolling out city patronage jobs to well-behaved acolytes or...Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Mike Royko, Literature, Hancock Building
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10 things you might not know about dirty politics
Tribune staff reporterIt's that season again, when the dead return to life. We're not talking about Halloween--we mean Election Day, when ghost voters haunt the land. Here are 10 examples of political dirty tricks: 1. When unscrupulous British political operatives show up...Tags: Election Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Primaries, Mike Taylor, Roman Catholicism
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