Sometimes things that are intended to make things better just don’t work. Like the City of Chicago’s website. It used to be easy to find any city department. I was able to find 311 services immediately. And the direct numbers […]
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Shorty’s Sadness: No Block Party This Year
I passed several block parties this weekend and my heart dropped. At least three people asked me if I was having a block party, and my answer was negative. The final reality check was a preview from the Chicago Independent […]
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Have You Ever Been Mistreated by a CTA Bus Driver?
I had a conversation with an older woman with obvious limited mobility who said that a CTA bus driver would not drop the platform for her to step up. She ended up falling and still had a bruise. This bothered […]
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Shorty Wonders: When Does the Community Start Caring?
As I read about, watch and hear stories about people, especially children, being killed daily on Chicago’s South Side, I wonder how many people say, “Oh, another person died today,” or “Poor baby,” like it’s OK that a life was […]
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Shorty’s Thoughts on Gov. Quinn’s 911 Prank Call Penalties
These are my thoughts about this new law. This excerpt was taken from the Springfield Political Buzz Examiner, David Ormsby’s post. “Making false calls to 9-1-1 can put our law enforcement officers and emergency responders in serious jeopardy and endangers […]
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