‘Our Own Version of Naperville’

Hmmm, just what does it mean when leaders in DeKalb say they want us to be ‘our own version of Naperville?’ Nationwide FBI Prostitution Sting Nets Nineteen Arrests in Naperville: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-naperville-prostitution-20101112,0,4998133.story

Rename DeKalb?

Some of the world’s great cities changed names. New York was New Amsterdam. London was Londinium. Mexico City was Tenochtitlan. So, why stop at brick mania? Why not rename DeKalb? Think of all the jobs we could create by reprinting all of the stationary! What shall we call it? Yep, file this one under snark.…

Word of the Day: Patronage

patronage [pey-truh-nij] —noun 3. the control of or power to make appointments to government jobs or the power to grant other political favors. 4. Offices, jobs, or other favors so controlled. 5. the distribution of jobs and favors on a political basis, as to those who have supported one’s party or political campaign: DeKalb became…