Children's Museum/Daley rant

My internship is working with Head Start Children at El Valor in Little Village. Today we took a field trip to the Chicago Children's Museum. It is quite an entertaining (and obviously educational) little place that I had never gone to, what with not having been a child for some time now and all, it was all new to me. The kids were worn out by the trip and promptly fell asleep upon returning to the center which left my sleep-lacking body with little comfort. The Museum is currently located in Navy Pier but Mayor Daley among others have been attempting to move it to Grant Park, which has raised quite a bit of ire from many segments of the population (ok, no one wants it there except the Museum itself and Mayor Daley it seems). This goes back to the "open, clear and free" argument about the lakefront which stems from the decision to move the Field Museum from its planned location in the middle of Grant Park to where it stands today. The Art Institute is a notable exception for reasons I can't recall and will not look into (I admit to my laziness, but hey the internet is out there...I think it has something to do with air rights over the Illinois Central tracks but I might be wrong). Personally, I guess that if Da Mayor wants it Da Mayor gets it but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I have a love/hate opinion on Daley. He is improving the city in myriad ways...if you consider parts of the city that did not need much improvement. Hopefully he doesn't take the same approach to this issue as he did when he destroyed Meigs Field overnight and without warning. I wish I could find the video clip of him saying "You wouldn't want to find a rat in your sandwich, wouldya?". He was referring to some health inspector action or another but it sounded like a threat, which is great. Love his Chicago accent as well so maybe talk about accents is a future blog entry, Seacrest out.