• Craig’s case. Oak Brook Village President John Craig reacted to a BGA/Daily Herald investigation at last night’s village board meeting. The investigation disclosed that Craig and his wife are collecting multiple pensions at the same time he’s claiming the pensions of the village’s retired firefighters are excessive and unaffordable. Craig says the family’s four pensions were “earned honestly and with a lot of time and effort put in.”
    • Daniels disses. The Southtown Star reports on the incredulous reaction of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels to the goings-on across the border in Illinois, comparing it to being neighbors of the Simpsons. “It’s like living next door to that goofy family that’s always doing something bizarre and completely wacky.”