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To: LindyBill who wrote (88894)	12/1/2004 12:06:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793718

I haven't commented on Mayor Daly's son joining the Army. It is getting an enormous amount of attention. Seems that 12 years ago he was in the news for embarrassing the hell out of his Dad by throwing a wild party at his house when he was 17. Then when Dad got him an appointment to West Point he blew out in his plebe year. But he has done well since, and Daddy won't be able to help him in Iraq or Afghanistan. I wish him well. Not that his Dad needs the help, but it sure won't hurt him in Chicago. An interesting side bar is that the Mayor is involved in restructuring the Chicago schools. He is setting up one of the new small High Schools as a Military Academy. This has brought out all the Chicago pacifists who are objecting to this "brainwashing."

To: LindyBill who wrote (88894)	12/1/2004 12:09:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793718

But we are discussing something we will never know the answer to. A good investigative reporter could probably get an answer. At least he could ask better questions. We might get answers, also, from the law suit which Gardner mentioned. Of course, everyone but the principals will have moved on by then. As for Gardner, he should have a new job soon. He's probably already weighing offers. I think the very small size of the company would have made it easy to make an overnight decision. They could perhaps make a decision to fire Gardner for political reasons in a day. They couldn't make a decision to consolidate their territories and lay off several people in that time frame. That they dismissed several people at the same time shows up strongly in the Company's column.