Backpage, CC cards, and legal threats

[Nero Wolfe]

I think Judge Posner really laid it out in a very clear opinion.

http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...n_against.html

Nice article.

[Enchanterlingum]

It's a damn good thing that there is no real crime in Chicago to worry about.

Jan. 1, 2015 - Dec. 2, 2015 - 2,752 shooting victims

Oh, scratch that.

At least they have plenty of money to waste on needless litigation.

A preliminary forecast prepared in June 2015 identified a $198.75 million gap between revenues and expenditures.

oops.

At least taxes are low.

Chicago next year will once again have the highest sales tax rate of any major U.S. city, according to a new analysis from a tax policy research organization. The city rate will hit 10.25 percent on Jan. 1, when a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase the Cook County Board narrowly approved Wednesday goes into effect.

Oh fuck me.