Author: staff

“Ultimately, we’re going to play hard, we’re going to play smart, we’re going to take the ball away, but there are many different ways of doing that. There’s no real one way to skin a cat, so I would be remiss if I just said, ‘You know what, I’m bringing in my system and it’s going to be my stamp and it’s going to be mine, mine, mine.’ Nope. That’s not a good thing. It’s going to be ours.”

Lydia Stamper, right, and her daughter, Bronson, a student at Whitney Young Academic Center, get ready to make the drive from their Washington Park home to the school on Feb. 7. Stamper has been driving her daughter after busing problems and says she has only received one bus reimbursement check from Chicago Public Schools. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

“The cool thing about it is, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone have as much fun on the ice as that guy,” Strome said. “He’s always yelling, he’s hugging his post, he’s rubbing his post, he’s doing all sorts of things out there. … It’s fun to be around. It gives you a little confidence boost when you’re on the ice when you hear him cheering for himself after he makes a save.”

A report Evans and his partner wrote about the interview said they asked Thompson whether he’d been making payments on his loans with Washington Federal, and the alderman answered “Yeah.” But when he was asked to produce canceled checks as proof, Thompson replied, “No, there weren’t any.” He then requested an attorney be present for any further questioning, according to the report.