tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post2394499691949007237..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: Propaganda, NIMBY Stylechicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-38628920275207316242008-10-14T21:50:00.000-05:002008-10-14T21:50:00.000-05:00Sorry I think Mr. Gill shoots his wad a bit off th...Sorry I think Mr. Gill shoots his wad a bit off the mark with the beware of the bigger, badder, bogyman closing.ScottMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996850657057628429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-77723227929119297932008-10-14T21:11:00.000-05:002008-10-14T21:11:00.000-05:00I'm all for a petition drive to make the precinct ...I'm all for a petition drive to make the precinct in which the Normal Illinois Marriott is located go dry.edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-10386101887015698092008-10-14T20:08:00.000-05:002008-10-14T20:08:00.000-05:00Not to mention an idiotic letter from Hans Morsbac...Not to mention an idiotic letter from Hans Morsbach about "spreading concrete over the limestone at the Point" and "supporting a hotel on the Illinois Central site" (which hotel supposedly uses "blueprints from a 1960 Holiday Inn").<BR/><BR/>Whatever Hans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-46792353300401767212008-10-14T19:33:00.000-05:002008-10-14T19:33:00.000-05:00I took a look at the Herald's website to see if th...I took a look at the Herald's website to see if this week edition is up yet and I saw a very well written letter to the editor from our own Richard Gill. Nicely done, Richard. I hope they didn't make any changes to it. They must not have. It made a lot of sense. There was also a letter from the other side on the wet/dry question, but it made very little sense.edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-48012978213674299352008-10-13T19:05:00.000-05:002008-10-13T19:05:00.000-05:00If people like Hans Morsbach want to play economic...If people like Hans Morsbach want to play economic games with development in Hyde Park one obvious move for people who want to see development is to speak with their money. Stop spending money at places like Medici and instead support newer businesses or at least the ones who aren't playing games with area development.WoodLawn Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008957873206775811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-9428506384817742252008-10-13T09:52:00.000-05:002008-10-13T09:52:00.000-05:00The union is playing its own members for suckers. ...The union is playing its own members for suckers. How can they try to unionize a hotel if they prevent the hotel from being built?<BR/><BR/>Maybe the union leadership thinks White will just cave and agree, pre-construction, to a union shop at the DH site. White already said no to that idea, at the August 5 meeting. Maybe the union officials think the dry vote will pressure White into accepting the union at its other hotels. Not hardly; White can probably just walk away from the DH deal and not look back.<BR/><BR/>The dry vote is a union strong-arm tactic, plain and simple. Not smart. Talk about tilting at windmills.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of an old story from my days workin' on the railroad. Around 1970, a mining company proposed to build a coal slurry pipeline from a southern-Illinois mine to the Ohio River for loading onto barges. The Illinois Central Railroad proposed a freight rate that could compete with the pipeline, but it required operating the trains with fewer crew members than under the railroad's union agreements. These would be brand-new jobs, created specifically for the mine-to-river rail line. The union said no, the trains would have to run with full-size crews. Thus, the railroad could not compete, and the pipeline was built. The railroad's head of marketing wrote to the union president, asking, "How many railroad jobs are there on the pipeline?"Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-77319810507726747232008-10-12T22:28:00.000-05:002008-10-12T22:28:00.000-05:00I wonder how many raucous Bar Mitzvahs Blackstone ...I wonder how many raucous Bar Mitzvahs Blackstone has hosted so far? No doubt they put the partying antics of Keith Moon to shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-37005907447759619832008-10-12T21:20:00.000-05:002008-10-12T21:20:00.000-05:00Where are all the merry-makers stumbling out of Th...Where are all the merry-makers stumbling out of The Blackstone?David Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470344472613171012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-37566040652951481942008-10-12T12:04:00.000-05:002008-10-12T12:04:00.000-05:00Wow, this postcard is eerily reminiscent of a cert...Wow, this postcard is eerily reminiscent of a certain misleading <A HREF="http://hydeparkprogress.blogspot.com/2008/01/concrete-versus-limestone.html" REL="nofollow">Point Savers photo montage.</A>Elizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.com