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cin605

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Chicago shut down Today??
« on: August 17, 2009, 04:45:34 pm »
Any one care to explain??? ;)
I just saw chicagos town offices ect...were shut down today.....to save money....now i i know it didn't have anything to do w/ the pirate invasion...right???
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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 05:14:20 pm »
Wow!  We just left today (& still haven't gotten home - bad weather - got diverted) but didn't hear anything about that!!

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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 05:42:10 pm »
Hmm..did I read that Pirate bail money was not enough to balance the budget?

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Chicago.city.closed.2.1129409.html

A sign of the times...

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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 05:51:02 pm »
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-city-offices-brief-17-aug17,0,5772004.story

Sunday the city, and roads to the airports, were packed as the air show ended-  tourists making the mass exodus.

You would think the city would want staff collecting trash, especially this Monday, as I imagine the beach and pathways, at the lake, would be a mess... not to mention a pirate ship that was abandoned at the port pier... as the captain became land-locked at the airport. I wonder what the city staff will do with the pirate ship docked there?

Yup I think the pirates scarred off the civil civil servants and sent them all into hiding.

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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 06:33:35 pm »
They do not call it the windy city for nuthin!!!! ;D
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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2009, 07:45:15 pm »
Quote from: Kate B on August 17, 2009, 05:42:10 pm
Hmm..did I read that Pirate bail money was not enough to balance the budget?

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Chicago.city.closed.2.1129409.html

A sign of the times...



No bail money raised... hence... the town shut down after MOST of our departures! :D
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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2009, 08:39:15 pm »
That student who needed to use the computer at the library should just head to the Apple store. That's where I went to check my e-mail. The hotel wifi was too expensive.

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Re: Chicago shut down Today??
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2009, 10:47:18 pm »
Thanks to all for the info.  Although I live in a Chicago suburb, I had no idea this was going on.  Sometimes it's weeks before I see or read the news  ::)

Have to say though that saving 8.3 million dollars is nothing to sneeze at.  Congrats to Richie Daley - maybe he should give Governator Arnold some tips  ;)

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