Comments on Advance Indiana™: Another Corrupt Chicago Pol Commits Suicide

Hmmm just a thought are they really suicides? It&#...

2010-05-09T19:38:02.074-05:00

Hmmm just a thought are they really suicides? It's Chicago you know!

The corrupt mobsters and bandsters who have been r...

2010-05-08T00:06:29.407-05:00

The corrupt mobsters and bandsters who have been robbing us blind are doing us a favor by choosing suicide. According to Joe Wiesenthal at the Business Insider, the "real" unemployment rate, which includes discouraged workers who aren't looking for work, is now at 17.1%.

Yes, he was receiving full pay while on unpaid lea...

2010-05-07T17:47:22.924-05:00

Yes, he was receiving full pay while on unpaid leave during the investigation. They wanted to make sure he had plenty of time to hire a good lawyer.

At some $270,000/yr, I guess I just would have fou...

2010-05-07T17:28:52.423-05:00

At some $270,000/yr, I guess I just would have found a way to cope with being fired. Didn't sound like prison was in his near future. I pity the man who has those kinds of demons.

It's creepy in all kinds of ways for me, though. When I work in the Chicago area, I use Crystal Lake as my base of operations because of the size of my territory, and have frequently taken the train from the Crystal Lake station into Ogilvie Station in Chicago. Unfortunately, I know the area well, and am an avid railfan, so that stretch of track is just going to be too morbid for me to contemplate.