Why is Richard Phelan luckier than Shedd Aquarium? Because the carp the Cook County Forest Preserve District is poisoning in order to “rehabilitate” the Skokie lagoons for fishing are not nearly as cute as the beluga whales the Shedd keeps in captivity for the edification of tourists.
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“Fort Sheridan is being made available to private developers without having first been screened by state and local governments for acquisition for public purposes,” according to the Lake Michigan Federation. “And Equitable [Real Estate Investment] will [if allowed] acquire the property without competitive bidding or an RFP (Request for Proposal) process….[The developer] noted the special sensitivity of the nearly 100 acres of undeveloped ravines, bluffs, and shoreline that qualify for dedication as an Illinois Nature Preserve, but no plans for protecting these natural areas were presented.”
My disease is nastier than your disease. From the Evanston-based National Kidney Cancer Association: “Cancer is the single most expensive disease in the U.S. economy at a cost of $110 to $120 billion annually….There are over 8 million American cancer patients and only 1.5 million who are HIV positive. Clinton has appointed an AIDS czar, but no cancer czar. The FDA has an Office of AIDS Coordination but no Office of Cancer Coordination.”
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Carl Kock.
