Screwed. As Usual.

The Aldercreatures have done it again, rubber-stamping what Shortshanks wants. Unanimously. They've bought the bill of goods that Pat Ryan, et al. were selling.

• The Chicago City Council today approved, without a single dissenting vote, an ordinance that puts taxpayers on the hook for cost overruns if Chicago wins the 2016 Olympics.
  
  Afterward, aldermen and Mayor Richard Daley gave themselves a standing ovation. The vote reauthorizes Daley to sign the Olympics host city contract in advance of the Oct. 2 vote in Copenhagen by the International Olympics Committee on which of four finalist cities gets the Summer Games in seven years.

Note the first sentence of the second paragraph: Afterward, [Aldercreatures] and [Shortshanks] gave themselves a standing ovation. Congratulations, Chicago. Another screwing by the politicians you continue to elect to office.