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CTA…Olympics…Obama…and more

WWBOD? What would Barack Obama do? Seriously… why are Illinois “elected officials…talking…that the Barack Obama presidency will do much of the heavy lifting” to shape up the CTA?

Where Did that 100K Go?

Here was have another blaring example of Illinois’ need for transparency in government: 

A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is…