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City Council approves compromise that freezes hourly pay for tipped workers – Chicago Sun-Times
Far Southwest Side Ald. Matt O’Shea said a parade of restaurant owners in his border ward have told him they don’t want to leave Beverly, but city mandates have them seriously considering moves to suburbs like Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park and Blue Island. “If the restaurants don’t exist or leave to go the suburbs, nobody’s got jobs,” O’Shea said.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Burnett and Mayor Dum Dum would do well to take note of Starbucks latest anti- redistribution of wealth maneuver- they are fleeing the Northwest, relocating to Tennessee and cutting thousands of jobs in the process. They have had enough of striking baristas that think they deserve a $250K/ year lifestyle for making coffee being backed by a progressive/ socialist/ communist government.
And once our Braindead mayor gets back from his baseball cap delivery ,we’ll hear how much he hates it