https://freerepublic.com/tag/chicago2016/ en-us Mon, 18 Jan 2016 04:24:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3385026/posts CHICAGO -- On average, one person has been shot every three hours in Chicago since January 1st. Just two hours into the New Year, 24-year-old Deandre Holiday was gunned down after a fight at a New Year's Eve party spilled into the street. He's Chicago's first homicide of what's so far been a bloody 2016. Since January 1st, 110 people have been shot -- compared to 37 during the same time last year. That's a nearly 200 percent increase. CBS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3385026/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jan 2016 04:24:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355484/posts The organization that brought you all those banners, ads and fund-raising pitches for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago soon will pay the price for the city's failure to get the games. Chicago 2016, the high-powered civic committee that has worked on the city's bid for three years, is expected to lay off most of its 57 paid staffers by the end of October. A small group is expected to remain through year-end as it winds down operations. In a "stewardship report" issued in late August, the committee disclosed that it has raised $76.9 million from July 2006 through last June... Chicago Sun Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355484/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:43:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352051/posts This is Obamas Town mind you, as corrupt as they come. I hope they go out of business if the Olympics are not in town. Second Update on this story. Political Lore Blog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352051/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:18:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351761/posts RIOCHICAGORIO AVERAGE AUGUST TEMPERATURE= 70 degrees.CHICAGO AVERAGE TEMPERATURE= 81 DEGREES. various https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351761/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:59:07 GMT