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The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

1. Disagree. Fingers-in-the-pie should be our state dessert.
2. The Beachwood Radio Hour #24: Pussy Riot, Rahm & Rauner.
Plus: The Congestion That I Get, Bimbo Roles de Canela, Duck Sex, Chicago Transit By Howard Jones, Depression, and Chicago Media Folk Confused About Hitting Kids.


3. SEO headline.
4. The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #18: Return To Bear Mountain!
In Tresty We Trusty. Plus: Brandon Marshall And Gloria Allred Grind Coach Coffman’s Gears, No Tears For Lovie, and California Uber Alles! Cubs And White Sox Under Alles.
5. “As Bruce Rauner enters the home stretch of his run for Illinois governor, 1,000 miles away in Tampa, Fla., a federal bankruptcy trial opens Monday to weigh allegations that the investment firm he ran participated in a fraudulent scheme to avoid liability for a string of deaths at nursing homes,” the Tribune reports.
“It represents a central dilemma for Rauner’s candidacy: He touts his financial acumen at GTCR while repeatedly professing little knowledge about the inner workings of companies built by his firm that later faced accusations of mismanagement, fraud or worse.
“Rauner critics have sought to tie him to the nursing home deaths in campaign ads, and his Democratic opponent, Gov. Pat Quinn, has accused Rauner of dodging accountability for companies his firm owned.
“A campaign spokesman for Rauner declined to make him available for an interview.”
It’s not up to a campaign spokesperson to make a candidate available; the candidate makes that decision. Just say Rauner refused to comment – or better yet, Rauner refused to defend himself and his company, leaving the allegations hanging out there at a time when voters need to know if their potential governor is a monster.
6. Kanye West Plays Surprise Set At Common’s Festival In Union Park That Only Ranks Fourth On The Beachwood’s Weekend In Chicago Rock Roundup.
7. The College Football Report: The Oakland Raiders Select Jameis Winston!
8. The White Sox Report: The Verdict On Ventura.
9. The Cub Factor will appear on Tuesday.
10. SportsMonday will appear on Tuesday, and when that happens, we call it SportsMondayTuesday.
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* Clock Ticking For Illinois To Form State-Run Health Insurance Exchange.
Also, scores of Illinoisans who qualified for Medicaid under Obamacare now in ninth month awaiting promised coverage.
* Americans Know Surprisingly Little About Their Government, Survey Says.
First, is it really surprising? Second, do they know what they don’t know?
* Old Chicago by The Uglies.
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Posted on September 22, 2014