Chicago’s Royalty: Gossip
Liesel and Matthew Pritzker settled the suit against their father last week for something in the neighborhood of $450 million. Not too shabby for a couple 20-somethings.
The Tribune covered the story ad nauseum because as Americans we firmly believe that everyone is entitled to the intimate details of every even nominally famous family
I worked on a project closely with Liesel and her mother, and all I got was a lousy bouquet of flowers. Ok, so it was nice that they thought to give me anything, but come on–I am poor and they made my life nuts for a good 2 months, and they own the universe. I’m not bitter.
You guys haven’t covered the Illinois state senate’s ban on gay discrimination. Check this out- http://www.patmagazine.com/pblog/index.php?itemid=135