by Michael Miner on October 2nd 2008 - 12:01 a.m.
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The locally owned Chicago Tribune and the colonized Los Angeles Times are equally troubled Tribune Company newspapers, but Los Angeles seems to care and Chicago doesn't. I've written about this.
Here's the latest evidence that in LA the state of the Times has become a civic issue -- the mayors' bet over who wins the Cubs-Dodgers playoff series.



L.A. ALL THE WAY!
L.A. ALL THE WAY!
Guess you want Chicago's image to be forever "Al Capone, Bang Bang!"
Assuming there's a need to "re-brand" Chicago's image surely it could be done more cheaply than a process that will bankrupt this city and feed the endemic corruption that already has us $420 million in the hole.
And the "bang bang" continues daily in the minority neighborhoods you claim to be so concerned about.