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... My fist slammed the table -- hard -- and I told my wife that I would never go back to that goddamn city (Chicago); I was going to accept the DOJ offer and go to Washington; and that was that. I did go to Washington -- which later ... sang and wrote about. The idea was the particularly Chicagoan admixture of the populist and the intellectual. The model, the Hutchins model, the Chicago model of the European free thinker, was an autodidact: a man or woman who so loved the world around him or her that ...

... anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look, the Associated Press reports. Today, the city and IBM Corp. are announcing the initial phase of what officials say could be the most advanced video security network in any U.S. city. 'Chicago is really light years ahead of any metropolitan area in the U.S. now,' said Sam Docknevich, who heads video-surveillance consulting for IBM." "Chicago already has thousands of security cameras in use by businesses and police-including some ...

Here's the map of where the meet the bloggers thing is Monday night, 7:30 to 9:30. If you'd like to say hello and can't make it Monday night, drop me a line - marty at schwimmerlegal dot com.

... a new ordinance last week that will impound the cars of drivers caught behind the wheel with a suspended or revoked license. The Chicago car accident attorneys at Abels & Annes have written about several high profile accidents involving unlicensed ... the public at risk," sponsoring Ald. Tom Allen, 38th, told the Chicago Tribune. The new law would require drivers to pay $665 to the city to get their vehicles back. The Tribune reported police issued 22,904 citations last year for driving on a ...

... it did in a 2002 attempt to halt the Soldier Field renovation project.[20] In Friends of the Parks v. Chicago Park District, the advocacy group sought a judgment declaring unconstitutional a provision of the recently passed Illinois Sports Facilities Authority ... 's Olympic bid, the proposal seems to have caught the eye of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as competing cities. The Chicago plan has been praised for concentrating its venues near downtown Chicago, placing the majority ...

... ("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This Chicago DUI lawyer was surprised to read that her hometown was announcing a pretty big grant. The grant wasn't for local schools ... South Carolina Orangeburg's Department of Public Safety has received a grant that will pay for two officers to target drunk drivers. City Council accepted the grant during its meeting Tuesday. The $149,848 Highway Safety Grant from the state Department of Public ...

... work on their property. Land owners may contest the designation at a hearing. The plaintiffs sued the City of Chicago, the Commission and several city officials to overturn the ordinance, which authorizes the designations. Count I of the complaint alleges ... it. Counts II and III allege that the ordinance violates provisions of the Illinois Constitution reserving legislative power to the city council and state legislature. Counts V through XX allege that the ordinance violates the constitution's ...

... last month, Police Committee Chairman Isaac Carothers presented an ordinance requiring that the City Council approve this change or any change involving police officers' use of force. ... brutality, including false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, and excessive force. In 1999, Chicago police shot to death two civilians in motor vehicles within less than ... during a traffic stop. Police had pursued him for three miles. That case involving excessive force cost the city of Chicago more than $9.5 million. ...

... development tool known as "Tax Increment Financing" (or TIF). Under a TIF setup, cities invest in development projects under the theory that the investments will generate higher tax revenue, ... Good luck. Republic Windows and Doors took $9.6 million from the City of Chicago, and now two banks have provided nearly $2 million ... interests are served by not telling a fuller story that includes scrutiny of this company? Given Chicago's deep history of political corruption, news media should at least try ...

... , pretty good to borrow from Larry David. Amongst all cities across the country with populations of one million or more Chicago ranks 6th in the number of safe drivers according to ... their way into the top ten, Eugene, Ore. and Boise, Idaho. City & Overall Ranking Collision Likelihood Compared to National Average Average Years Between ... % less likely 11.8 Additional "Road" Scholars Drivers in U.S. cities with populations of one million-plus are more likely than the national average to experience ...