Monday, June 16, 2003

Best for the job: The Dems pick for a family services position was questionable, Blago's decision to give him a raise is really telling. If they can't find a person to fill this job who is better qualified than this guy, they haven't looked hard enough. Might his hiring and raise have someting to do with the fact that Minister Obadele worked on Blago's campaign?

His own family life, however, is coming into question as he starts to draw a $10,000 raise from the child-welfare agency.

Obadele, a 30-year-old associate Baptist minister and former DCFS ward, has four children by three different women.

Not surprisingly, he has his critics.

"How can you have a job like that with DCFS when you've got babies all over the place?" said Bob Storman, a Chicago media and political consultant who has criticized Obadele for craving the media spotlight.

Update: Good to see he is working on that degree (scroll down).

Obadele is currently pursuing a community development degree at Northeastern Illinois University.

I guess there are just some things you can't learn in the "bowels of the communities."

Our Tax Money: The feds question the wisdom of spending our precious tax dollars on classes teaching homosexuals how to pick up male prostitutes.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifically criticized the nonprofit Stop AIDS Project for a workshop that offers guidelines on ''safe and friendly relations'' with male prostitutes, another that discusses oral sex and a third entitled ''Bootylicious'' that provides tips for successful anal intercourse.

In February, federal health reviewers concluded that workshops with names such as ''A Walk on the Wildside'' and ''Guy Watch'' were based on ''current behavioral science theories in the area of health promotion'' and consistent with locally determined standards of decency.

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Zany CHA II: As predicted, we haven't seen the end of this story. CHA residents who blew their lucky break getting cushy gigs at "resident-run management companies," by failing their fellow tenents and proving that it isn't easy to manage public housing, took to the streets in protest after CHA terminated their services. Sun-Tmes staff reporter, Kate Grossman, who dared venture to Cabrini found other residents however who were glad the CHA dismissed the 2 tenents groups.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

No Justice for Bloody Scabs: It's always interesting when one's suspicions based on anecdotes are confirmed by hard facts. I thought that union thuggery was rarely punished, now I know for sure. Deroy Murdock of National Review Online shines the light on this neglected (yet essential) aspect of Labor's interference in the free market and freedom.

Their prerogative: Nine years ago the Minneapolis Star-Tribune decided to stop using its presses to propogate the use of Native American terms in sports. No longer would they print Indian-named team names. Now their outright ban has been lifted. It looks like they're fairly confident political correctness has been sufficiently instilled in each individual writer.

Special Ed: Obviously innocent until proven guilty, Chicago Public Schools "hard-nosed" principle is fired for "financial improprieties" and "acts of retaliation against staff."

Zany CHA: This one is almost too hot to touch. Someone felt it was necessary to bring along CPD to terminate the services of a CHA tenant-run management organization. This one might not be over just yet (does anyone have video of this?). It really begs the question: How could this have been left unaddressed for so long that it comes to this? It's apparent that there hasn't been appropriate oversight and/or guidence of these failed public-housing self-management cliques for a long time, if ever.

Monday, June 09, 2003

Andrew Sullivan has inspired me to finally become a blogger.

C-SPAN Gems: Don't miss when Bill O'Reilly and Al Franken argue on C-SPAN2. Also enjoy some rare sanity on drug policy (req. Real player).

Tech Notes: How long until Steve Jobs unleashes his lawyers on this skilled hobbyist?