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Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009

* Zorn: Killings of students provides a grim tally

* Caterpillar institutes rolling layoffs

* After Years of Shrinking, Union Ranks Edge Up

After years of decline, Illinois union ranks in 2008 grew by 97,000 workers. That’s according to a recent federal report.

* The Big Chill: Chicago’s Condo Market Is Now on Ice

* Family refuses to give up home without a fight

* Chicago Tribune names biz editor

* Railway agrees to quiet zones in suburban Chicago

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski helped broker an agreement with Canadian National Railway to establish quiet zones through Riverside, North Riverside and Berwyn.

A statement Monday from the Illinois Democrat’s office says Montreal-based CN will upgrade crossings so trains won’t blare their horns as they pass. It didn’t provide cost estimates.

* Chicago’s potholes: Lack of funding leaves gaping holes

* Early Voting Begins For House Seat Of Rahm Emanuel

* Quigley’s D.C. trip not a ‘victory lap’

* Durbin Defends Earmarks

* Lake Michigan shoreline: Sen. Dick Durbin, Mayor Richard Daley defend earmarks

* If she hit him, he probably deserved it

Obviously, what Eni Skoien allegedly did wasn’t very smart. Now she will need a skilled lawyer to get the protection order lifted.

That’s why violence is never a solution.

Still, in a situation like this, a few whacks might be the only way a woman can hold onto her dignity.

* Hispanics leaders: We can work with Burris

* Playing race politics as a zero-sum game

* Burris’ son got state job fairly, Quinn says

* Hiring of Sen. Roland Burris’ son: Review by Gov. Patrick Quinn’s office finds no misconduct

* Bensenville village president wins ballot fight:

* Judge says Geils can stay on ballot in Bensenville

* Candidates spending big bucks in Des Plaines mayoral race

* I competed with Sanchez to get city jobs: witness

* Chicago hiring fraud trial: Prosecutors rest their case

* Ill. Supreme Court removes Vrdolyak from attorneys list

* Vrdolyak’s name off Illinois attorneys’ roll

* Cleaning firm sues over loss of Soldier Field contract

* Art Institute pricing itself out of public domain

- posted by Mike Murray

10 Comments

- Leroy - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 8:54 am:
Mary Mitchell: Advocate for Violence.

She has lost all credibility with me.

- Snidely Whiplash - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 8:57 am:
Quinn the reformer. Raise taxes immediately upon being APPOINTED governor, then defend Burris’ son’s hiring in anticipation of the ELECTION for that office. Please …

- Eighty - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 9:08 am:
@Leroy: Agreed. Swap “male” and “female” in her article and it would be enough to start a national firestorm. Ridiculous. The entire premise is sexist in and of itself.

- Quinn T. Sential - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 9:10 am:
{Still, in a situation like this, a few whacks might be the only way a woman can hold onto her dignity.}

The order of protection is just another symbol of equal rights under the law.

If circumstances were different however instead of holding on to her dignity she could have instead been publicly humiliated on worldwide television, radio, and in the print media.

Look on the bright side however. Perhaps one day she will run for the U.S. Senate in a state in which she had never previously resided. Then she could run and maybe come within a stone’s throw of winning a major party nomination for President of the United States, and as a consolation prize be nominated by her opponent for the cabinet level position of U.S. Secretary of State.

For some people; personal dignity may be highly over-rated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs&feature=PlayList&p=37CF820A27840275&index=21

- Pat collins - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 9:19 am:
Mary Mitchell: Advocate for Violence.

Political correctness meets feminine priviledge.

he won’t have a problem dumping his wife and obtaining custody of his children.

And since when is a woman 100% entitled to the kids? Aren’t men and women supposed to be treated equally?

While the attack could legally be labeled domestic battery,

This belongs in the Mary Frances Berry hall of quotes.

- JonShibleyFan - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 10:43 am:
Maybe Eni Skoien should hire Joe Birkett as her attorney. She didn’t even try to throw Gary into a fire…should be an easy case.

- Lou Grant - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 1:40 pm:
Female domestic violence is a relatively unrecognized and hidden problem in this society because people like Mary Mitchell excuse it and the police don’t take it seriously.

- ConservativeVeteran - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 1:44 pm:
One of the above headlines states, “Early Voting Begins For House Seat Of Rahm Emanuel.” That implies that the early voting is only for that race, but that would be incorrect. On Apr. 7, all 1,034 Illinois townships will hold elections, and the majority of them will hold early voting, Mar. 16-Apr. 2. Many areas of IL, will hold Apr. 7 elections for mayor, town trustee, school board, library board, and/or park district board, and the early voting, in almost all of those races, will be Mar. 16-Apr. 2.

- Amy - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 4:52 pm:
maybe Mary Mitchell is defending a sister of color.

- steve schnorf - Tuesday, Mar 17, 09 @ 9:38 pm:
I guess I’m not the only one offended by Mitchell’s column.

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