30 years later: How Madigan kept the Cubs in the dark 08/08/2018 Thirty years ago Aug. 8, the Chicago Cubs played their first game under lights at Wrigley Field – after first battling Chicago politicians for the right to do so. TAGS: Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Edward “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak, ISFA: Illinois Sports Facility Authority, Madigan & Getzendanner, Mike Madigan, Tom Tunney
Prohibition, prostitution and Chicago’s mini-fiefdoms By Austin Berg 07/01/2016 A principle once invoked to shake down speakeasies is now used to pick winners and losers in a city desperate for opportunity. TAGS: aldermanic privilege, Chicago, Dick Simpson, Edward “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak, John “Bathhouse” Coughlin, Johnny “Da Pow” Powers, permits, regulations, Thomas Gradel