Chicago -
By The Beachwood Brill Building
New song parodies have just arrived. With apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young & Mitchell.
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Teach Your Children
You on the museum board
There is a law that you must live by
So please think for yourself
Because Grant Park is not a good buy.
Teach your children well,
This PR hell will slowly go by,
And keep them from Daley’s schemes
The place he picked, the one that makes us all cry
Posted on May 30, 2008
By Mike Gravel for President
Thank You
May 26, 2008
Dear Friends,
We want to thank you for the support and dedication that has sustained us throughout Mike’s campaign. Yesterday, Mike knew that his career in politics would either continue through November or end at the Libertarian convention. Though Mike’s career in active politics is now over, we know his message does not end here.
Posted on May 27, 2008
By Erica Christoffer and Becky Schlikerman
The shuffling of papers and the quiet murmur of small talk broke the silence of the nearly empty Chicago City Council chambers as a handful of city staffers filed in for a Traffic Control and Safety Committee meeting Dec. 5, 2007.
Of the 14 members assigned to the committee, only three showed up that morning: committee Chairman Patrick O’Connor (40th), Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) and Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd).
The trio sat at the front table facing the empty chamber’s 50 seats and listened as City Clerk Miguel del Valle presented a measure aimed at curbing counterfeit city stickers. The aldermen asked a few questions, then voted to approve the measure to raise fines for counterfeiters. The knock of the gavel ended the meeting in less than 20 minutes.
It would seem this meeting went off without a hitch.
Except for one thing: The aldermen broke state law, experts say.
Posted on May 19, 2008
By The Beachwood Children’s Amusement Affairs Desk
With each successive proposal, the folks behind moving the Chicago Children’s Museum to Grant Park push it further underground in an effort to satisfy opponents who say the new building would violate court decrees designed to keep the park free and clear. We here at Beachwood Labs got to wondering where just such a museum would rank among underground children’s attractions in the city, such as:
1. The Coal Mine at the Museum of Science & Industry.
2. The Streets and San public tour.
3. Al Capone’s real vault.
4. The assets Michael Jordan hid from Juanita during their divorce.
5. The meeting place for the Daley Resistance Front.
Posted on May 6, 2008
