The Chicago Machine Gets Rich On Taxpayers And DePaul
Posted on 21. May, 2013 by Frank Coconate in Current Events, Politics
If you haven’t heard already, DePaul University and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are collaborating in a plan to build a home for the DePaul Blue Demons at McCormick Place Convention Center. This plan will be, of course, funded by taxpayer dollars. DePaul will have to cough up 70 million, but the City of Chicago will [...]
Congratulations Norridge!
Posted on 13. Apr, 2013 by Frank Coconate in Current Events, Politics
Our message was heard loud and clear (for those of you who are unfamiliar with the message, please take the time to read my February 28, 2013, article by clicking here before you go any further). The responsible citizens of Norridge, Illinois, stood up and defended their village. However, first and foremost, we must thank [...]
Rahm “Walker’s” On
Posted on 01. Apr, 2013 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, History
The 2011 Wisconsin protests should still be vivid in your memory – they certainly are in mine. In February of that year, tens of thousands of protesters filled downtown Madison, hell-bent on derailing Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to pass the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, which made public sector workers pay a bit more – though [...]
Corruption’s Winning Team: Fagiano, Daddono & Saviano?
Posted on 13. Mar, 2013 by Frank Coconate in Organized Crime, Politics
An alleged cover-up of a another botched murder attempt by a longtime violent Outfit associate named John Rainone happens to be a current affair within the Elmwood Park, Illinois, Police Station. According to an eyewitness, last month John Rainone used his automobile as a weapon as he allegedly attempted to murder a 41-year-old Elmhurst man [...]
Chicago Outfit Alive And Well In Illinois Politics
Posted on 28. Feb, 2013 by Frank Coconate in Organized Crime, Politics
The Outfit has been a dominant force in Chicago for nearly 100-years, and, despite a scorched earth campaign waged against them by the federal government over the last several decades, these princes of crime are still alive and well. This is because the Outfit has evolved. The days of well-dressed thugs standing on the corner [...]
A Trimphus For The Conquering Hero
Posted on 22. Jan, 2013 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
Here we are, back at the beginning. Four years ago I wrote an article, Panem Et Circenses On The Potomac, chronicling the epic overindulgence of the raucous coronation of our Lord and Savior King Barack Obama. The 2008 Obama inauguration was such a spectacle of waste and excess that this comparison is not difficult to [...]
Police Chief Aids Mob Figures?
Posted on 23. Aug, 2012 by Joseph Fosco in Organized Crime, Politics
The news has recently been dominated by the name James Prandini, the former police chief of Des Plaines, Illinois, who has a 103k a year pension. He has been sucked into a suit that plumbs the nepotism and insider dealing that came to characterize the police department of that fine town during his time as chief. [...]
Chicago’s War Against Sane Gun Control Rages On
Posted on 24. Jun, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
It is safer to be a U.S. solider in Afghanistan than it is to walk the streets of Chicago, and what does the Mayor want to do about it? Make it harder for Chicagoans to defend themselves. Yes, Rahmbo, who wouldn’t dream of going anywhere without armed men wearing police badges surrounding him, thinks it [...]
Illinois Taxpayers On The Line For Springfield’s Pension Debacle
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Joseph Fosco in Current Events, Politics
The Teachers’ Retirement System is broke and it is largely the fault of the state government, at least according to TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram. According to new numbers making the rounds throughout Illinois, the Teachers’ Retirement System may be insolvent as soon as 2030 because the state legislature has repeatedly delayed or flat out [...]
Gangster Willie “Potatoes” Daddono Sr. & John Joseph Rainone
Posted on 04. Apr, 2012 by Joseph Fosco in Current Events, Organized Crime
When Chicago Gangster Willie “Potatoes” Daddono Sr. armed a feeble Jewish man of the very cleaning service that feeds select members of the Daddono family to this day, I doubt he ever thought a person by the name of John Joseph Rainone would be getting a piece of the pie, even if that slice amounted [...]
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