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Lightfoot’s two words to Trump: “It begins with F & ends with you!”

May 29, 2020 | billcameron

The mayor also welcomed any police brutality marches in Chicago, but urged marchers to stay six feet apart and wear face masks.

Chicago Phase 3 re-opening set for Wed, June 3rd

May 28, 2020 | billcameron

Mayor Lightfoot says lakefront could re-open safely later in Phase 3

Still no exact “early June” date to reopen Chicago but guidelines are out

May 27, 2020 | billcameron

Details at Chicago.gov/reopening

City Hall not happy about holiday weekend murders

May 26, 2020 | billcameron

TEN VIOLENT DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND HAS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SENDING HER NEW POLICE SUPT DAVID BROWN BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. SHE CALLS HIS NEW PLAN “A FAIL” AND HAS ORDERED HIM TO DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGY. LIGHTFOOT SAID SHE NEEDS JUDGES TO KEEP MORE VIOLENT BAD GUYS IN JAIL AND SHE SAID CHANCE THE RAPPER IS…

Blago is back with “Lightning Rod”

May 20, 2020 | JVO

All-new podcast launched today!

138 more COVID-19 deaths, but also some good news

May 14, 2020 | billcameron

Moving to Phase 3 Recovery May 29th “highly likely”

Cook County Bd Prez Preckwinkle says COVID causing red ink

May 14, 2020 | billcameron

no word on which new taxes might be necessary

Lightfoot not so sure about baseball returning around the 4th of July

May 12, 2020 | billcameron

Meantime, Gov Pritzker hopes the players won’t delay a return by holding out for more money.

Pritzker gets a haircut, sort of

May 11, 2020 | billcameron

But still hasn’t made any changes to end his stay-at-home order sooner

Pritzker starting to talk about when sports will return

May 7, 2020 | billcameron

Perhaps in a couple of months without fans in the stands

Gov Pritzker says, “I’m not the one holding back the economy, the COVID-19 virus is.”

May 6, 2020 | billcameron

Pritzker under new pressure from business leaders and GOP state lawmakers to open the state economy sooner because too many businesses won’t survive his Recover Illinois timetable

Gov Pritzker announces plan to re-open Illinois regions in phases

May 5, 2020 | billcameron

No sooner than May 29th, four regions of the state can begin to reopen in phases under complicated criteria outlined here: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fCoronavirus.Illinois.gov&c=E,1,1qWR_Xo-WpGNEB-9aPg–_WlymTiacq_nx7OWsAmmSlemLstBYgnlRE3Se-PRLJckgKC2Keu6BIVUaRT9xC8UhxS6QwmZ00_GNHhRCHccc7WZdU63ZW0&typo=1

Lightfoot says if the pandemic were a baseball game, we’d be in the 4th inning

May 4, 2020 | billcameron

She was reacting to a researcher who was quoted in the NY Times who said if the global COVID-19 pandemic were a baseball game, it would the 2nd inning.

Gov Pritzker extends the IL stay-at-home order thru May

Apr 23, 2020 | billcameron

Not all bad news. Under safeguards, he is allowing a wide variety of activities to come back from elective surgeries to golf.

Lightfoot rips not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 politicians

Apr 22, 2020 | billcameron

Aldermen Lopez & Rosa for deferring her emergency powers budget ordinance, Gov Ron DeSantis for opening Florida beaches and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for suggesting states be allowed to declare bankruptcy rather than get a federal bailout.