The Chicago History Museum is offering a bus tour on Saturday, September 24, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m, commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair. Paul Durica leads this bus and walking tour and will take participants to sites connected to the Haymarket Tragedy, its prelude, and its aftermath. Sites include Haymarket Square, Zepf’s Hall, the [...]
Thanks to sister Karen Florek (LRD) for alerting us to the article that appeared recently in the State Journal Register. While we have taken a break from the phone calls, emails and letters to our State Representatives and State Senators regarding our pensions which led to SB 512 not even being called to a vote, [...]
It is time to start preparing for the Union Summer Bash. This year we will be returning to Castaways Bar and Grill on North Avenue Beach. The party will be held on August 12th, starting at 6:00pm and going to 10:00pm. Please reserve your spot now by sending a refundable check made out to the Jack [...]
The winner of the 2011 fall Jack Carey Scholarship is Ashley Petrey of the John Marshall Law School. Ashley has been clerking for many attorneys in the office including Steve Stach, Al Maldanado, Preston Jones, Lorne Gorelick, Joel Simberg, Vern Scheyler, Peter Benesh, Mark Teague, Brett Balmer, Chandra Smith and several others. She has been [...]
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AFSCME LOCAL 3315 JULY 19, 4PM, 2ND FLOOR CAFETERIA, 2650 S. CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, IL 60608 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS GOLF OUTING 7/21 CASTAWAYS PARTY 8/12 SURVEY EMAIL ADDRESSES 2. BRUCE MOSBACHER – RECOGNITION FOR SERVICE TO LOCAL 3. ELECTION CHAIR [...]
This slip opinion just came out and finds that standing at a drug spot and yelling “dro, dro” is not enough as a matter of law to establish probable cause that the underlying city ordinance banning the solicitation of unlawful business is being violated. Read the opinion, here, The case is People v. Ronnie Grant [...]
