Bright Idea Shot Down

Someone attempts to make an effort to solve an ongoing problem...

• Under fire to stop the trade show exodus from Chicago, McCormick Place unions on Friday proposed a customer “bill of rights” for exhibitors and sweeping audits to ensure that savings are passed along to exhibitors.

And Daley kills it before it's even discussed:

• Mayor Richard Daley today dismissed a proposed customer "bill of rights" for McCormick Place conventioneers, saying it wouldn't begin to address the high costs of doing business there.
  
  "They can have a bill off rights all they want. It's costs," Daley said.
  
  Union leaders proposed the bill of rights this week as a way to inform exhibitors what rules workers must follow, and how much goods and services cost at McCormick Place. But Daley said that won't help keep shows in Chicago.

You can say a lot of things about Shortshanks, but being close-minded and unwilling to accept criticism and input from parties who actually have a dog in the fight isn't one of them.

Oh wait, yeah it is.