Posted on 01/24/2010 7:00:37 AM PST by reaganaut1
I haven’t been to Chicago in 10 years, easily. And it’s an easy 3 hour drive via the Interstate from my house.
Not even the flagship store for Marshall Fields or the pretty holiday decorations hold any appeal for me anymore.
I think the last trip down was to take the kids to The Shedd Aquarium.
I could live without Chicago, easily. ;)
Unions (private not government) saw 10% of its members LOSE THEIR JOBS UNDER OBAMA IN ONLY ONE YEAR.
I hope the Chicago unions suffer greatly, for all the harm they have done in their support for Obama.
I was at McCormick South one morning, and got to watch some electricians setting up a booth for some sort of a trade show. All I could think was, “if I had a job like that I’d have a truck, a boat, a cabin, a fridge full of beer, and all the time in the world to play.”
The new wing of the Art Institute is worth a three-hour drive.
Tempting, but the ‘art’ travels up here to Milwaukee and Madistan on a regular basis.
I went through my “Monet Stage’ already. I’ve moved on, LOL! :)
Chicago is reaping what it sowed.
My favorite was a projection of a spiderweb onto a "canvas" that would tangle your shadow as you walk by. (There's a lot of crap, too).
I lived in Chicago twice for several years each time. It got worse. I assume its getting worse (Detroit???). Why is it that the libs (aka: DIM-oc-RATS) screw up great cities? So sad.
The degree of damage and the arrogance of the subsequent "explanations" put me off wanting to attend another trade show in Chicago.
Mr. niteowl77
Two interesting paragraphs left out:
“Last week Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the authority board proposed legislation that would restructure the facility’s debt and convert McCormick’s union workers to state employees. That would strip those workers of the right to strike and give facility managers the ability to rewrite work rules that have brought complaints from exhibitors.
“Lawmakers instead passed alternative legislation that would toss out the current board and replace it with a smaller group charged with figuring out how to make Chicago more competitive. Mr. Quinn said he would sign that.
So the hold of the unions on the government is not as strong as you might think.
I manage much of the exhibit setup for my company and I can tell you that cities like Chicago and New York allow the unions to run roughshod over the people that paid to rent the space.
I have been threatened for plugging in my own lights by the unions.....you must hire an electrician for that if you exhibit in Chicago.
You must be careful fighting back because they can throw you out of the show for not following the rules.
Anytime too much power is in a small group’s hands, it leads to abuse. I don’t care which group it is, either.
I've done plenty of these shows and it is amazing what the unions get away with. I am heading to Orlando tomorrow for the PGA Merchandise Show. We have a 900 square foot booth that is going to wind up costing us in excess of $50K when it is all said and done. I wanted to buy a square hanging banner. The thing was expensive enough (well over a thousand dollars)...then I found out it would cost another $400 just to get someone to hang the thing. Needless to say, I balked.
About 10 years ago, i was helping with a booth at McCormick. The place is just huge. Anyways, we wanted to have a large cluster of balloons with the corp. logo on them...but the additional cost of $500 per day discouraged us so we didn’t do it.
I inquired as to why it costs $500 extra to have balloons and was told that the ‘union’ workers have to get the floaters down from the high ceilings.
I then talked with one of the ‘union’ workers and he told me that if nothing was on the schedule, they just waited a few days and the balloons came back to earth.
But if the balloons had to come down right away, the workers would argue over who got to bring them down...with a bb gun!
But, what about the Frango Mints?
chicago. panhandler central. if my conference never returns it will be too soon.
On the road to another epic fail!
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