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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v8n6 (02/05/2009) » Section: The News, Briefly


The blue-collar Americans who fought back

Employed for eight years at Republic Windows and Doors on Chicago’s North Side, he didn’t imagine ever having to take his hands off the machinery in favor of a megaphone to ensure the financial survival of his 250 co-workers—but in early December 2008, as a steward of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers Local 1110, that’s exactly what he did. With just three days notice and no severance pay for its workers, in addition to unpaid wages that were previously outstanding, Republic’s management closed the factory doors, removing machinery under the cover of night and leaving the plant’s loyal employees both literally and figuratively out in the cold.



Common Council report

■ Two partners, Timothy Eckstein and Clay Hubert, applied for a license to sell used cars at 202 Military Road. The application was complicated by Hubert’s criminal record: possession of burglary tools, criminal trespass, attempted grand larceny. Still, the Office of Licenses recommended the license application be approved, adding one caveat: “despite signage saying ‘we sell anything.’”



Opening up on Syaed Ali

First the Syaed Ali case, now the Brian Davis investigation: Up until last week, Buffalo Police Department spokesperson Mike DeGeorge insisted that it was against BPD policy to comment on ongoing investigations. Now he can’t seem to stop himself from commenting on ongoing investigations.



Delano takes the stand

On Tuesday, a group of about two dozen people consisting of friends, relatives, journalists, and police officers spent the day observing the ongoing investigation into the actions of suspended detective Dennis Delano. The respondent’s lawyer began by placing him on the stand and asking him a series of questions about his past.





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