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Budgeting Breakthrough -- The Illinois Double Lottery! By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: Buy a lottery ticket. You may lose or you may win. But will the check from winning ticket clear? http://chicago.cbslocal.com/20

Life in the Fat Lane By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: "The authors say a higher limit could increase gas emissions and air pollution and could lead to increased obesity, with more people taking advantage of shorter car journeys." http://www.guardian.co.uk/soci

Short Sale Rip-Off in Chicago By Cook County resident  22 comments, latest 1 year ago: Maybe the ultimate solution here is For-Sale-By-Owner Short Sale. In states where the homeowner could be on the hook for the difference between the sold price and original mortgage amount, there is incentive to get...

AT&T Judge May End T-Mobile Merger Plan by Stopping U.S. Lawsuit By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: Despite millions of dollars in lobbying and an unholy anti-consumer alliance with the Communication Workers of America, the case for the merger isn't getting past the US Justice Department and the FCC. At least for...

CWA: Monopolization Creates Jobs! By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/

Millionaire Job Creators -- Hard to find By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsal

"Pension reform on the backs of working families is unconscionable" By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: "Pension reform on the backs of working families is unconscionable and unconstitutional," said Michael Carrigan, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO. http://articles.chicagotribune "In other action, the panel approved a bill that would rescind a 2007 law...

Illinois Republicrat campaign corruptor convicted By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.chicagotribune.com/

2 Illinois teachers union lobbyists teach for a day get pensions for life By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Illinois Republicrat campaign corruptor on trial - Chicago Sun-Times By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.suntimes.com/news/m

One-day rehiring nets former Chicago labor leader a $158,000 city pension By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.chicagotribune.com/

CWA - AT&T say merger good for competition By Cook County resident  6 comments, latest 1 year ago: Cook County resident says It's completely unclear to me why rural broadband NEEDS this merger. But there are plenty of politicians who say that's why the merger should be approved. Agreed. That seems like the...

House ownership hits lowest level since 1965 - By Cook County resident  posted 1 year ago: http://www.chicagotribune.com/ "Yet, in a research paper issued a week earlier, Morgan Stanley analysts Oliver Chang, Vishwanath Tirupattur and James Egan argued that the home ownership rate is even lower than the Census Bureau statistics say."...

Out of the scofflawn pan, into the pooch permission fire By Cook County resident  posted 2 years ago: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/20

This is Not a Typo: Own a Frank Lloyd Wright for $60,000 On the Market Curbed National By Cook County resident  2 comments, latest 2 years ago: There is Wrights house in Pasadena sitting there for years for sale. It's completely useless. It's structurally damaged, can't be demolished as a historic site, regularely flooded. here is one of the links: http://la.curbed.com/archives/ I...

US Tax Code Needs to Discourage Borrowing: Fed Official By Cook County resident  posted 2 years ago: http://www.cnbc.com/id/4355072

Detroit Neighborhood: John Conyers House is an Eyesore By Cook County resident  posted 2 years ago: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dp

Small Car Marketing BS By Cook County resident  75 comments, latest 2 years ago: leo707 says bob2356 says Auto makers build cars that people will buy. Period. Automakers that don’t are gone. The marketers don’t do jack. There are plenty of makes and models out there. If someone wants...

The Bread and Circus economy: Lessons from the Great Depression Part 33. The McDonald’s and papermill education economy funded by a too big to fail bank. » Dr. Housing Bubble Blog By Cook County resident  posted 2 years ago: http://www.doctorhousingbubble

Crabby neighbor does it "for the children" By Cook County resident  posted 2 years ago: "But Piotrowski, who spoke at a recent village board meeting, said the new rules don’t go far enough. He wants to see the houses banned all together because he believes they are not safe." The...