It ranks among the strangest-sounding lawsuits ever. The City of Chicago is suing the City of Chicago to reveal what advice the City of Chicago gave to city employees over a questionable city contract.
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Frankly, I'm not surprised that the president's Council of Economic Advisers says the "Cash for Clunkers" program has been markedly successful ["How is stimulus doing?" Nov. 5 editorial]. That's called self-serving spin. I'm more inclined to believe a plausibly unbiased source outside the administration. A source such as Edmunds.com, a legitimate auto-industry analyst, which says the program ratcheted up car sales by a modest 17 percent at a cost of $24,000 per taxpayer. Anyone out there who wants to give thanks can find me under the letter "P" for "Patsy."
When talking about programs on which the State of Illinois gets a great return on investment, one program that comes to mind is the Illinois Poison Center, Illinois' only poison center.
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