LOLLAPALOOZA: Rahm rides his Texas connection
Chicago's biggest and priciest teeny-bopper rock festival jumps off this weekend. Thousands of mainly white, suburban kids are getting dropped off by parents in Grant Park, which is now surrounded by full length "NATO riot fences" to ease mom and dad's minds about the other (if you know what I mean). Many have paid the $250 needed for a 3-day pass (drugs not included) to hear favorites like Eminem, Outkast, Kings of Leon, etc...
It's enough to get the Mayor back chair-thrusting again.
SWEET DEAL...It's another windfall for Rahm's pals, money magnets C3 Presentstrio of Charles Jones, Charles Attal and Charlie Walker who were given a 16-year, no-bid contract to put on Lollapalooza with relatively small tax revenues coming to the city. The 3 Charlies were the ones who hosted Rahm Emanuel's giant Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: LOLLAPALOOZA: Rahm rides his Texas connection: