Author: DXO
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NYC Weekend Bridge and Street Closures – October 10-12, 2009
Weekend Bridge and Street Closures – October 10-12 The Grand Street Bridge over Newtown Creek will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm to facilitate bridge repairs. Motorists should use the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Two of three lanes of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) between Hamilton Avenue and Atlantic Avenue may…
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Me and Hoffman
In October 2005, Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed David Hoffman to be the new Inspector General of the City of Chicago. He breathed new life into a moribund, embarrassing department in city government. Shortly after the appointment, I helped create the first Web site for the department. That’s when I first met David Hoffman. He…
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Busy Little Beavers at the Chicago Department of Public Health
Three restaurants in two separate press releases today. Summary, for the get-me-to-the-gross-out crowd: infestation of fruit flies at Lalo's, unclean hands at Artemio's, and cockroaches and too-hot deserts at Dong Ky. Two Restaurants Shut By City Health DepartmentHealth Code Violations Will Not Be Tolerated Two restaurants remain closed today after being shut down Tuesday afternoon by…
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NYC Weekend Bridge and Street Closures > September 5 – 7, 2009
The 145th Street Bridge over the Harlem River will be completely closed on Saturday and Sunday from 12:01 am to 7:00 am to permit continued testing of electrical and mechanical equipment and operation of the movable swing span. Motorists and pedestrians may use adjacent bridges. Stone Street between Coenties Alley and William Street in Manhattan…
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Actual Civic Legislation, Actually Being Published, Reviewed, and Debated, Right Here in Chicago
Take a look at this post from the Reader's Ben Joravsky, helpfully subtitled "Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores's oversight compromise". Basically it chronicles a development at City Hall yesterday, whereby Alderman Manny Flores introduced a draft ordinance requiring strict oversight of the activities of the Chicago 2016 Committee, including details…