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« Historical question | Main | Mexican drug cartels' armament »

Need to have priorities, I suppose...

Posted by David Hardy · 13 March 2009 01:15 PM

Chicago's running a massive deficit, with things getting worse. For a time it cut back on snowplowing to save money. Mayor Daley is telling other mayors that they must "“Tell your employees that there’s going to be layoffs. Tell your citizens there is going to be cutbacks of services....”

But nothing will stop Chicago from agreeing to pay another town's legal liability should they lose the handgun prohibition test case.

Hat tip to reader Ambigous Ambiguae....

· Chicago gun case

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Flighterdoc | March 13, 2009 6:16 PM | Reply

How is that even legal? Thats not a legitimate taxpayer-funded function of government. Even in Chicago.

doug in colorado | March 13, 2009 8:28 PM | Reply

Fuhgeddaboudit. You want my cousins Guido and Al should rotate your kneecaps for ya? You didn' see nuthin'...You didn' hear nuthin...you don' know nuthin...this is Chicago, my fren'.

Melancton Smith | March 13, 2009 10:14 PM | Reply

I suspect it suits Chicago's purpose to not be the sole defendent and it could be that Oak Park has secretly expressed some concern about financial costs.

It probably would not cost Chicago any less if Oak Park drops out than if they stay in but don't contribute. Ultimately Chicago will pay both sets of plaintiff's lawyers.

DocScience | March 14, 2009 10:34 AM | Reply

If we still had cute children in iron lungs, politicians would pull their plugs on camera to save the first dollar.

The last dollars to be not spent will be those dollars of true waste and corruption that either enhance the power or the wealth of the politician and bureaucrat.

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