The Mayor attends a Chicago Police Department ceremony, talks boats with the City Council and the world gets our bad news
DALEY NEWS
- WHAT: Chicago Police Department recruit graduation ceremony. Let's all welcome the new cops on the block.
- WHEN: 9:00am
- WHERE: McCormick Place Lakeside Center
DALEY CHATTTER
- The City Council has approved a measure to help the city balance its highly unbalanced budget. The measure calls for six mandatory unpaid days off for city employees through the end of next year. Mayor Daley has a maritime take on the problem faced by city governments all over the country:
Oh, I think everybody's in the same boat. Everybody's in the same boat in this economy. No one is, no one is outside, no one is outside the boat. Everybody's in the boat.
- CEOs of companies with large workforces in Chicago have given Mayor Daley sobering news. Massive layoffs will occur in November and December of this year. The story has now gone viral and national via Drudge Report (center panel).
Photo by Anna Tarkov
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