Friday, August 14, 2009

Debt Watch

A couple of seemingly unrelated stories in the local papers today are, in fact, related by one common thread: debt.

First up, the Chicago Tribune. The only thing worse than shareholders owning newspapers is the thought of banks owning newspapers.

And second, I can't say I'm surprised, but here's news of more trouble for Garrett Kelleher's Chicago Spire boondoggle. Bank of America is suing Kelleher's Shelbourne Development, claiming the developer defaulted on the terms of a loan B of A extended to him.

The Indignant Citizen