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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Boehner says, "guess who's coming to dinner?" It's Mike Madigan

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Boehner says, "guess who's coming to dinner?" It's Mike Madigan:

Boehner says, "guess who's coming to dinner?" It's Mike Madigan

Madigan (L) & Boehner
“The press never picked up on it,” Edelman said about how his group had endorsed twice as many Democratic candidates as Republicans. Those endorsements were a strong indication to Madigan, however, that they were clearly favoring him. “Luckily, it never got covered that way,” Edelman explained. “That wouldn’t work well in Illinois. Madigan’s not particularly well liked.” -- Illinois Times
Now this from today's Sun-Times (8/24/11)
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CPS board chair Vitale out as head of AUSL

Vitale
Banker, real-estate mogul and former Board of Trade president, David Vitalechairs Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked Chicago school board. At the same time, he chairs the board of the Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), the "turnaround" company that contracts with the board to operate 19 schools around the city. Emanuel recently announced plans to double