Chicago is out.

[cassiesmom]

In typical Chicago style, we are not moving forward from this but still discussing and splitting hairs over why we didn't get it (Because Mayor Daley went! Because Pres. Obama went! Because Pres. Obama said he wasn't going to go, and then he did! Because Pres. Obama arrived late! - I don't get that one, uhhhmm, he was THERE and I thought he did a great job as the last speaker for the panel - Because the Chicago presentation was flakey! Because of the U.S. Olympic Committee!). I don't think we will ever really know. Meanwhile, a 2-year-old was killed in a fire in a house without a working smoke detector -- low-income families can get them free from the CFD or their alderman's office, all they have to do is ask. And a father was charged with drowning his 19-month-old son to death. Get over it, people; we have bigger problems to solve!