The Jennifer Hudson Family Tragedy - The Brian Murdock / Quentin Buckner Tragedy - The Trevor Boehm Tragedy

Will these mysteries be solved? What is happening to our young people?

Who are your picks for local and national elections? I am looking forward to your phone calls, blog comments, and voice messages. Garrard McClendon Live! will be on throughout the election night with CLTV News and continuous election coverage.

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Who are you voting for on Tuesday? Tell me and I will share your picks with viewers on GML.

The story keeps getting sadder.

It has been reported that the Hudson family was told that the 7 year old child was Julian King. The group "War" was right when they wrote the song, "The World is a Ghetto." News reports say the poor boy was shot several times which makes the crime as heinous as it possibly could be. I am upset and find that human life is quickly becoming devalued. Do you care for Darnell Donnerson, Jason Hudson, and Julian King?

Leave your blog comments.

A 13% approval rating is an 87% disapproval rating. Is n't that grounds for impeachment? Can a governor be asked to leave midway through his term? Come clean Blagojevich! Stop avoiding reporters, stop giving canned (rehearsed answers), and if there is any corruption, kickbacks, favors, or malfeasance, just tell us, and we will forgive you. The public can handle the truth. Admitting these actions could boost your approval rating (maybe) and you could be in better shape for the forthcoming election.

Well, maybe not.

87% disapproval (even if there is an undecided constituency) is still a huge mountain to climb. The Tribune's cover says "Blagojevich: 13% approval. " You're in bad shape governor!

I will not tolerate Black women dying over poverty, broken health care, and racism. The Black female death rate is twice that of White women. The sad news is that Black women have a tougher time with breast cancer than other ethnic groups. The American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organizations do great work at raising money for the cure. But inadequate facilities and late diagnosis can plague the chances of a black woman beating breast cancer.

Read the Chicago Tribune article.

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I am fed up with Jon Burge and I have problems with the massive cover-up that has taken years to truly expose. The Chicago Tribune states, "Special prosecutors have alleged that former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge led the torture of criminal suspects for two decades, coercing dozens of confessions with fists, kicks, radiator burns, guns to the mouth, bags over the head and electric shock to the genitals." Jon Burge pleading the 5th Amendment, skating away into the margins of statute of limitations is bogus. On Garrard McClendon's trial, he's a criminal and I believe the testimonials of the tortured deserve to be heard once again. $20 million is a great settlement, but money and justice aren't synonymous.

"A special prosecutors' report paid for by Cook County and released in 2006 concluded that dozens of suspects had been tortured but that no one could be prosecuted because the statute of limitations had run out" reported Angela Rozas and Jeff Coen from the Chicago Tribune on June 11, 2008. If I'm a torture victim, throw away the statute of limitations!!!

The Criminal Irony of Jon Burge

When is enough, enough? When The Cook County Board says so. First we get socked with 10.25% and now Cook County needs a loan for a hundred million dollars? President Stroger, please come on Garrard McClendon Live and explain...We would appreciate it, my friend.

Is Chicago headed by a few families? Do these names ring a bell? Burke, Madigan, Hynes, Dart, Daley, Jones, Jackson, and Stroger? After reading John Kass's article, Family Ties are What Bind Illinois into its Sad State, I'm convinced that qualifications aren't needed; unless you count your last name as one. The chief prerequisite on your resume' is your surname. Is this unfair, or just the way it is?

Finally, city government decides to do the right thing: embracing fiscal responsibility.

Layoffs are never pleasant, especially for those who receive the dreaded pink slip, but $420 million is a monumental sum that can potentially be an asset to the city, its workers, and property owners. In the event of a massive layoff, care must be taken not to release people who may be crucial for city services, but the layoff must be done with expedience, so that morale doesn't place workers in "deer-headlight" syndrome.

These layoffs can also guage the excess in the city and its needs. Municipal employment has too many extremes - either you're working hard all day, or taking several coffee and smoke breaks to kill the time. This layoff may be a blessing in disguise.

Is he real or a processed politician? Can Obama lead our country out of this madness? Can he repair the damage of George DubYah? Very articulate, handsome, young, Harvard trained, superior organizer, constitutional lawyer...notwithstanding...

Can he lead the United States of America? I know he can.

What do you think?

Also, there's been a lot of talk about the concert held before Obama's major speech in Berlin earlier this month. Does it matter that a concert occured and was responsible for at least some of the people who attended Obama's speech?

Check out this clip from the show:

In this corner -- 10.25%.  In the other corner 9%. In fear of losing customers to surrounding counties, Peraica and others are at it again. They want the taxes back down to a rate that satisfies residents, taking the sting off of surrounding county rates of 3% lower.

But what about citizens groups, healthcare, and other entities that benefit from a tax increase? Will they be slighted.

What is your opinion? Blog me up at www.CLTV.com/gml and call me tonight at 630-575-8255 to broadcast your opinion.