Hittin' the links: Where the bodies are buried

Well, Burris can die with that "U.S. Senator" inscription on his gravestone at least.

Until it gets ripped up and dumped in the corner of a cemetary, of course.

Inspector General Hoffman is getting a lot of pushback from within City Hall and the Council. It'll be interesting to see where all this goes.

If you read this article closely, it sounds suspiciously like the city never needed to rent Vanecko's garage to begin with, doesn't it? As with any good Chicago news article, you've got to read between the lines.

Speaking of which, a lot of smart writers seem to think there's a lot more than meets the eye in the relatively straightforward announcement that John Harris, Blago's last chief of staff, is cooperating with the Feds.

Arresting Tales is like SCC but smarter and less vitriolic. Today's post has some fascinating links that attempt to explain why so many suspects seem to get shot in the back by police.

I know I've been harping on this, but today ABC-7 repeats Chicago2016's assertion that they'll be visiting "50 wards in 50 days," which is not, in fact, true.

Hittin' the links: Obama Miyagi

After initially refusing to fully guarantee the 2016 games, Daley is all in today in Switzerland.

Tom Tresser and the No Games Chicago crew are there too, trying to crash the party.

We'll see how all this plays domestically.

Suarez (31st) and Moore (49th) make some noise on the Vanecko lease.

Munoz (22nd) takes calls from his ex-con, ex-alderman friends, and gets some unwelcome press.

Wal-Mart Wars II may be on the way, and that could mean a good chance to take stock of Daley's street cred.

My guess is Fran Spielman won't be getting a Christmas card from the mayor's office this December.

Some nice slice-of-life multi-media at the Chi Town.

And, apparently, Obama's good at everything.

Hittin' the links: Bzzzzzzzz

Budget problems lurk in pretty much every story in the ChiMSM this morning: layoffs, layoffs, and more layoffs.

The looming cuts, and building dyspepsia over TIFs, has brought together some strange bedfellows.

This Chi Town article (about, what else, layoffs) offers some clues as to who's hitched their wagons to the fastest rising star in the Daley universe.

Small businessmen say they feel the squeeze from revenue-hungry city inspectors.

The Marshfield Tattler puts a human face to the rise in crime that accompanies summer's rise in temperature.

Vanecko calls it quits.

And the ChiJo adds another constituency to the long list of parking meter discontents and vandals: Bees!