The Corboy Case
The author appears to have the cooperation of the plaintiff. The attorney-client privilege belongs to the client, not the lawyer. If she wants you to see the records, they should not be turning them over redacted, with passages blotted out.
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Corboy & Demetrio is an amazing law firm who has done nothing but good for this city and the citizens. And the fact that they are being scrutinized for making mistakes that people can make every day really makes me sick. People donate money to high-ranking city officials everyday. How is that a crime? And by the way the firm’s office is not a grand ballroom. It’s just like any other prestigious law firm in Chicago.
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What’s Wrong With WBEZ
- Their pledge drives are horrible. Their model resembles the U.S. approach to the Vietnam War: browbeat the listener with incessant chatter until people call. Other stations only pledge for two minutes at a time, only four times per hour, and those stations tend to do better with fund-raising.
WBEZ could support the local music scene by taping and airing shows from clubs around the city like the Velvet Lounge and the new Jazz Showcase. It would cost almost nothing to produce (I bet technicians would volunteer), would not require much equipment, and the club operators and musicians would love the exposure. It would give WBEZ proprietary property they could license and sell. It would be more fun to listen to than old Coltrane or Thundering Herd records (sorry about that) and be more appealing to the 18-34 demographic. This can also be done with other genres and venues like the Old Town School.
