“Under Daley the main qualification for service on the [Chicago Plan] commission is loyalty to Daley.” —”A Commission of Puppets” by Ben Joravsky, May 15
Bright Spencer
The mother-in-law sandwich is known in Mexico as a “torta de tamal.” In Mexico City it is a bolillo [stuffed with] a hot tamal (please do not spell it tamale; in Spanish the words that end in a consonant are pluralized with an “es” ending). It is usually served with a cup of atole (or a cornstarch-based, flavored hot drink, usually chocolate).
When the oil companies raise their prices, people drive less, which means they buy less gas, which means there is less revenue (from gas taxes) that is received by the city, county, state, and federal governments. However, if these entities—city, county, state, and federal governments—would institute a law that stipulates that for every amount above $2 that gas prices rise, there will be a corresponding rise in municipal, county, and federal taxes (thus offsetting any profits for the oil companies, while maintaining the same level of revenue for the city, county, etc), then I am sure that these increases will cease. Even if the oil companies continue to raise prices, the corresponding increase in their taxes will offset any profits. And, because consumers will continue to buy less gas when the prices are high, there will be no incentive for the oil companies to continue raising prices. Just a thought.
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Reginald Berry, a murderer, pimp, heroin dealer, and at one point head of a gang. Why, oh why was he sent to a supermax prison I just can’t imagine.
N. Paulina
