tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post116024204984666031..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: Will Cook Shake and Bake Shakman?Rich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1160517761948350532006-10-10T17:02:00.000-05:002006-10-10T17:02:00.000-05:00While I appreciate both of these comments, I hear ...While I appreciate both of these comments, I hear in them both some post-modern irony. Watcher seems to be writing from the perspective of the County; I can't argue with what the County is looking for, except to say that it does not appear to be concerned with accountable government but rather with protecting incumbents from prison terms. As for the 7:41 anon comment, all I can say is, we'll Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192542877182829489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1160484081073877912006-10-10T07:41:00.000-05:002006-10-10T07:41:00.000-05:00There is no patronage hiring in the City nor the C...There is no patronage hiring in the City nor the County. Mara Georges said she didn't know about the City. Stroger was just trying to help people of color. It is a fair civil service meritocracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1160369483289336802006-10-08T23:51:00.000-05:002006-10-08T23:51:00.000-05:00Cook County has no choice - they have to get rid o...Cook County has no choice - they have to get rid of Shakman NOW.<BR/><BR/>The Fed's are already digging deep into all the hiring over the years at Cook County. With the Feds closing in, and with all the pending budget cutbacks (and that's not a paper deficit of $400++++ million), there's going to be all sorts of people going to be ready to spill whatever secrets they know. It's all in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com