Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Wednesday, May 1
Crain's has a nifty feature that allows you to map political donations by address, among other options. I discovered that of the $1.2 million in donations within four miles of my house, $46,845 went to Republicans. I guess the South Side is liberal or something...