Chicago

I shall live to see the day! Flying pigs blocking out that profanity. Hallelujah! (Source: Flying Pigs on Parade: A Chicago River Folly)

Great time at the Citizen Action Annual Dinner. Probably one of the few events at the Hilton beginning with a brief eulogy for a member of the hotel staff.

Top of the Charts:

Entering data from call sheets at one of the Quinn offices in Chicago.

Congressman Keith Ellison gave the keynote.

Funny. Every time I hear good news about employment in Illinois -- here's one from today's Chicago Sun-Times titled "Chicago Unemployment Rate Declines to 8 Percent, Lowest Since '08" -- I'm reminded of the following prediction of doom and gloom offered up by the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board in January of 2011:

Attended the annual Citizen Action IL Dinner. Jesse Jackson Sr. was the honoree.

Here's a funny: Is that an 'Oops' sign that guy is hanging up in the new Obama Campaign Head Quarters in the Prudential Building?

Not exactly the best report card from his previous gig for Rahm Emanuel's new pick to head CPS.

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