- Ann or out? With the Rahm Emanuel residency case apparently headed for the Illinois Supreme Court, BGA and the Sun-Times look at recusal statistics on the high court, which includes Justice Ann Burke, wife of Chicago alderman Ed Burke, who supports Gery Chico for mayor. This is part of the BGA‘s review of the Illinois court system.
- Huh? The Appellate Court ruling knocking the mayoral frontrunner off the ballot is roundly criticized on the editorial pages of both the Sun-Times and the Trib. Take your pick.
- Cookie crumbs. Also in the Trib, news that five more public employes have been charged with ripping off the taxpayers in the Cook County state’s attorney’s “Operation Cookie Jar” probe of public corruption, which earlier netted two allegedly corrupt Board of Education workers.
- Dennis on the menace. Op-ed by Trib columnist Dennis Byrne on the pension time bomb that is still ticking away menacingly despite the massive income tax hike.
- Seeing the light? Barrington Hills puts a dimmer switch on excessive outdoor lighting, but only for new homes and big rehabs, according to a Daily Herald report on a compromise aimed at resolving a divisive issue in the far northwest suburbs.
