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    Jun 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. What to get for the political dad who has everything

    What do political dads really want on Father's Day?
    What do political dads really want on Father's Day? I'm not a political dad. So all I'd like is a pair of leopard-print spandex bike shorts and a Big Wheel Sidewalk Screamer, that I may go on bike rides with the mayor of Chicago. But what do political...

    Tags: Mark Kirk, Chicago Mayor, Lisa Madigan, Illinois Governor, 2012 Democratic National Convention

    2. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Kirk should tour worst neighborhoods -- with Brother Jim

    Street violence in Chicago. When it flares and the death tally soars, it's irresistible chum for politicians and preachers and anyone who can slip behind a microphone.
    Street violence in Chicago. When it flares and the death tally soars, it's irresistible chum for politicians and preachers and anyone who can slip behind a microphone. Last month, Sen. Mark Kirk announced a plan to "crush" the city's violent gangs by...

    Tags: Gang Activity

    3. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Editorial: Can the Gangster Disciples be crushed?

    Would Chicago be better off without a single member of the Gangster Disciples roaming free to intimidate and endanger their fellow citizens? Undoubtedly.
    Would Chicago be better off without a single member of the Gangster Disciples roaming free to intimidate and endanger their fellow citizens? Undoubtedly. Believed to be the city's biggest gang, the GDs have a long history of vicious criminality. They...

    Tags: University of Chicago, Organized Crime, Mark Kirk, Chicago Mayor, Dick Durbin

    4. Jun 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Fight gangs, not each other

    It was a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction. That's my assessment of Rep. Bobby Rush's incendiary assault on Sen. Mark Kirk's gang-fighting proposal.
    It was a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction. That's my assessment of Rep. Bobby Rush's incendiary assault on Sen. Mark Kirk's gang-fighting proposal. Rush, a Chicago Democrat, slammed suburban Republican Kirk's proposal to round up all of the...

    Tags: Danny K. Davis, Robin Kelly, Mark Kirk, Organized Crime, Chicago Mayor

    5. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Kirk, Rush to meet about senator's controversial gang proposal

    Sen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests to dismantle Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, white-boy solution" — announced that he will meet with Kirk on Tuesday to talk about the issue.
    Sen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests to dismantle Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, white-boy solution" —...

    Tags: Danny K. Davis, Robin Kelly, Organized Crime, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

    6. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Kirk, Rush to meet about controversial gang proposal

    Sen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests of Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office on Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, elitist white-boy solution" — announced he'll meet with Kirk on Tuesday to talk about the issue.
    Tribune reporters
    Sen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests of Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office on Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, elitist white-boy solution" —...

    Tags: Justice System, Organized Crime, Mark Kirk, Dick Durbin, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    7. May 30, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  7. There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal

    Change of Subject
    Friday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he......
    8. May 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. At least Sen. Kirk offered an idea

    I am very disappointed in Eric Zorn’s column in Friday’s Tribune, “There’s a core of substance in Mark Kirk’s ‘empty, simplistic’ crime-fighting proposal” (Change of Subject, May 31). Perhaps Sen. Kirk...

    Tags: Eric Zorn, Gang Activity, Chicago Tribune Columnists

    9. Jun 2, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Bobby Rush's racial slur

    Today we start with a quiz. Two politicians, one black and one white, have a disagreement on an issue. One airs an opinion, and the other responds with a racial insult. What will happen next?
    Today we start with a quiz. Two politicians, one black and one white, have a disagreement on an issue. One airs an opinion, and the other responds with a racial insult. What will happen next? A) The politician who used the racial insult will be...

    Tags: Herman Cain, Cultural Development, Mark Kirk, Racism, Culture

    10. May 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. There's a core of substance in Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal

    It's an arresting idea, so to speak.
    It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he first publicly advanced the notion...

    Tags: Conservation, Mark Kirk, Organized Crime, Dick Durbin, Murder

    11. May 29, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Obama in Chicago for Democratic congressional fundraisers

    President Barack Obama is back in Chicago tonight for a pair of fundraisers as Democrats try to capture the House and defend the Senate next year.
    Clout Street
    President Barack Obama is back in Chicago tonight for a pair of fundraisers as Democrats try to capture the House and defend the Senate next year. During his 15-minute remarks at the Hilton, Obama said he's willing to work with Republicans, but said he...

    Tags: Robin Kelly, U.S. Senate, Chicago Mayor, Dick Durbin, Immigration

    12. May 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...

    Tags: Danny K. Davis, Local Government, Metra, Commuting, Roderick T. Sawyer

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