Money for MillerCoors

Let's check the recent headlines:

• Chicago Schools Cutting 550 Workers
  
  
• City Council Approves Furlough Days
  
  
• Union Workers Protest Layoffs at City Hall

And you can choose any of the recent headlines regarding Daley's nephew making money hand over fist and the Olympic Parade of dollars.

Then there's this story slipping under the radar:

• MillerCoors LLC officially opened its headquarters in Chicago Friday in a project estimated by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's office to cost $21.8 million.

  The new headquarters, at 250 S. Wacker Drive, for the joint venture that combines Milwaukee's Miller Brewing Co. and Colorado's Coors Brewing Co. will bring 325 jobs to Chicago, according to a Daley press release.

• The city of Chicago agreed to provide $6 million in tax incremental financing funds for redevelopment of the property. In addition, the state of Illinois pledged an economic package of roughly $18 million to lure MillerCoors to Chicago over Dallas.

$6 million for MillerCoors. And our contract is two years and a day late so far. But hey, let's just lay off police and fire fighters to cover for our own ineptitude.