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Saturday, April 20
Three alderman--Joe Moore, Manny Flores, and George Cardenas--went bat crazy on Thursday's episode of "Chicago Tonight" when pressed by Eddie Arruza about recent Olympics-related revelations that taxpayers will have to pay for cost overruns. Things fall apart at minute 9:00.