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The shopping center at 8500-8700 S. Cottage Grove Ave. suffered a major setback from the mayhem that followed the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in late May 2020. Chatham Village Square was “one of the epicenters of the most destructive forces related to the protests,” according to a court filing. The venture filed for bankruptcy protection last May, about five months after being hit with a foreclosure suit.
Summary and audio linked here.
Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Summary and audio linked here.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
Podcast link is here.
If “folks” leave to escape the ghastly crime and mayhem, it’s called “systemic racism” and “disinvestment”…
If new businesses and enterprises come to the area, it’s called “gentrication”…
“Never mind”
Rebuild, reopen and create more shopping, oops looting, opportunities in the “community”
Next up, woe-is-me articles about the “disinvestment” in that neighborhood with activists demanding the city something about the lack of stores in the area.
Like the old saying goes, “Don’t sh*t where you eat…”
Behind paywall. Can someone with access copy and paste it?
FJB, I understand your frustration, but we do honor ownership rights of authors and publishers here.
Lefties are just too stupid to get that “cause and effect” thing…
Remember that BLM said looting is totally justified
https://reason.com/volokh/2020/08/11/black-lives-matter-chicago-publicly-defends-rioters-and-looters/