http://www.suntimes.com/20799433-761/former-chicago-alderman-guilty-in-bribery-case.html

It takes something special to stand out as a dirty alderman in a city that has seen 30 current or former City Council members convicted of corruption since 1972.

But disgraced former Ald. Ambrosio Medrano managed it Monday, when he became the first to be convicted twice in two separate cases.

I hate hate hate this crummy city! I will be moving out in 7 years!

Bloody Chicago weekend: 7 dead, dozens hurt in shootings
William M. Welch, USA TODAY 6:36 p.m. EDT June 16, 2013
After a year rocked by gun violence, Chicago was seeing some relief this year — until this weekend.
Chicago Violence

Gun violence flared over the Father’s Day weekend in Chicago. At least seven people died and 30 others wounded in shootings across the city, authorities said.

In a city beset by gun crimes, six died in separate shootings Saturday night or early Sunday morning, including a 16-year-old boy, authorities said.

One of the weekend’s victims was a man shot by police when he raised a handgun in their direction after jumping from a moving car and fleeing on foot, the Chicago Tribune reported, quoting police.

The Tribune gave this account of six of the deaths:

• One person died and three others were wounded in a shooting inside a club in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. Todd Wood, 40, died later at a hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

• Ricardo Herrera, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting in the Little Village neighborhood on the South Side. Five others were wounded in that shooting and a second one a short time later in the same neighborhood, police said.

• Kevin Rivera, 16, died after being struck by a bullet fired by someone on a bicycle in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side shortly before midnight, police said.

• Jamal Jones, 19, died after being found shot about 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

• Cortez Wilberton was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.

• A man died after a foot pursuit by police early Sunday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Police spokesman Patrick Camden told the Tribune that a man ran into an alley after police tried to stop his car. Camden said the man fell, then raised a 9-millimeter handgun with one hand as he tried to get up, drawing police fire. He was later identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Antwon Johnson, 24.

The weekend deaths brought a pall to a city that had been seeing some relief from gun violence. Homicides in Chicago soared last year even as the numbers declined in other major cities, but killings this year are down after heavier policing focused on gangs.

Thanks for playing along, Christian!

More than a screwed up son though, I think. To me, it’s more like watching your neighbor’s kid get beat up by a bunch of thugs and hearing your neighbor say, “Oh it’s okay, I know them, my kid will be fine.”

Christian, you make my heart happy for the next generation.

“because the people who say that are usually the exact ones who don’t even know why they are defending it themselves.” Such an astute observation for someone of your tender years! There is so much truth in that! It’s like a knee-jerk response when people give me that line, much like when a kindergartner tells you they’re taking all their toys and going home if you want to play something else. There’s a “poutiness” to it that’s really disturbing.

I like the goldfish analogy to the BEAN! ROFL That was funny! All hail the magical BEAN!

You will get your chance to leave, I can feel it already. You will find a place that will give you better opportunities than what can be found around here, what with jobs leaving by the bucket. Don’t forget to let me know when you achieve “escape velocity” and where you plan to explore. Yours will be a journey that will be fun to watch, much like my friend and former frequent commentor, JR.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Come back soon!
~Ness

Hi Cowboy! And Irish, to boot! Gotta love it.

Yes, I noticed that it seems to be mainly the non-natives who’ve understood what we’ve been trying to say here. The locals are all offended and don’t get why we don’t think the taxes and corruption are cute and silly and just part of what makes Chicago unique.

I’m SO not surprised you like it in Texas! I have a couple of friends down there, and they adore it. But then they’re native so I expect them to love it. When the transplants do, then you know it’s a good thing.

Come back again soon! God bless y’all too.
~Ness