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D C Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, June 30, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Shooter barricaded exits Rebecca Smith, 34; and Authorities charge man, 38, with 5 counts Wendi Winters, 65, a com- munity correspondent. Two of murder in attack on Maryland newspaper staffers, Janel Cooley and Rachael Pacella, were in- By Justin Fenton, first appearance in the newspaper jured. They have been re- Pamela Wood court Friday since Thursday after- leased from the hospital. and Tim Prudente being charged noon and shot up The murder charges The Baltimore Sun with first-degree the newsroom be- carry a maximum penalty of murder in the tar- fore hiding under life without parole. Mary- BALTIMORE — The 38- geted attack, star- a desk, according land has no death penalty. year-old Maryland man ing impassively at to charging docu- District Court Judge who police said gunned the camera as he ments. Thomas Pryal ordered that down five employees at the appeared over vi- Authorities Ramos continue to be held Capital Gazette in Annapo- deo link from one Ramos charged Ramos in without bail Friday. “There lis used a pump-action shot- of the county’s the killings of edi- is a certain likelihood you gun purchased legally and jails. torial page editor Gerald are a danger,” Pryal said. had barricaded the exit Years after unsuccess- Fischman, 61; editor and Anne Arundel County doors as part of a planned fully suing the newspaper columnist Rob Hiaasen, 59; public defender William PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP attack. for defamation, Ramos sports writer John McNa- People gather for a vigil Friday in Annapolis, Md., in memo- Jarrod Ramos made his blasted through the doors of mara, 56; sales assistant Turn to Shooting, Page 2 ry of the victims of the Capital Gazette newsroom attack. Berrios ordered to release records Court: Public has right to data that determine tax bills By Hal Dardick Chicago Tribune An Illinois appeals court ruled Friday that Cook County Assessor Jo- seph Berrios must turn over documents used to set values of residential and business properties that he fought for years to keep out of the public eye. A three-justice panel unanimously upheld a De- cember 2016 lower court ruling in favor of the Chicago Tribune, which sued after the assessor denied two open records requests seeking specific information his office had created as it figured out ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE how much businesses and homes were worth for property tax purposes. “The public has a strong The sticky start of summer right to know about how they are being taxed by Facing the first day of 90-degree temperatures during a heat warning for the entire Chicago area, some preschoolers from the Gads Hill their government as op- posed to the government’s Center were enjoying a cold treat while sitting in the shade of their playground area on Friday. Temperatures aren’t expected to cool quickly, fairly meek interest in and the heat index could reach as high as 112 degrees before the warning expires Saturday night. Chicagoland, Page 3 secrecy,” Appellate Judge John Griffin wrote. “The Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday balance in this case weighs High 98 High 93 High 90 High 93 High 94 in favor of the public, and Low 77 Low 74 Low 74 Low 75 Low 75 in favor of disclosure.” “Property taxation is a Chicago Weather Center: Tom Skilling’s complete forecast on back of Chicago Sports function of the govern- ment that the public has a right to scrutinize be- cause, as even the asses- sor’s office concedes, the process must be uniform and fair,” Griffin added. Home caregivers “The information re- quested by the Tribune in this case is critical in order get 2nd shot to for the public to under- stand how they are being taxed.” recoup union fees Berrios withheld the in- Supreme Court orders ’17 decision be formation as the Tribune reported on its “The Tax reconsidered in light of Janus ruling Divide” series, which found that the assessor’s By Lisa Schencker court’s decision that the Chicago Tribune 80,000 workers could Turn to Berrios, Page 5 not be certified as a class, As many as 80,000 partly because not all of Illinois home health care them had objected to workers will get a second having part of their pay shot at recovering $32 collected as union fees. million in union fees fol- But on Wednesday, the ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE lowing the U.S. Supreme Supreme Court ruled in a Jacques Rivera, center, joins his children Friday at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. Court’s landmark deci- case involving Illinois sion earlier this week in a state government worker case over payments to Mark Janus that govern- unions. ment workers cannot be Man wrongly convicted The high court on forced to contribute to Thursday ordered the unions that represent 7th U.S. Circuit Court of them in collective bar- of murder awarded $17M Appeals to reconsider its gaining. The decision TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/ decision last year in a was called a blow to Jury finds he was million for his wrongful Guevara and two other CHICAGO TRIBUNE case involving whether unions and a major vic- conviction at the hands of detectives had framed Ri- Cook County Assessor the home health care tory for labor opponents. framed by ex-CPD a notorious Chicago po- vera for a 1988 murder on Joseph Berrios has with- workers, paid with Medi- The home health care detective in 1988 lice detective — Rivera Chicago’s West Side. Rive- held assessment records caid dollars, should be case is to be reconsidered burst into loud sobs, his ra spent 21 years in prison sought by the Tribune. able to recoup money the in light of that decision. By Jason Meisner body shaking. In the hall- before the key witness in state took out of their The 80,000 workers Chicago Tribune way after court, he took the case recanted his testi- paychecks for “fair were employed by indi- off his suit coat, donned a mony, leading to Rivera’s share” union fees be- viduals with disabilities Jacques Rivera T-shirt reading “Trust & exoneration and release in tween 2008 and 2014. participating in the state- hunched forward at the Believe” and hugged a 2011. $2.50 city and suburbs, Those “fair share” fees administered Home courtroom table Friday supporter tight. In addition to finding $3.00 elsewhere covered the costs of col- Services Program, which and pressed his forehead “We got him!” Rivera that the police had vio- 171st year No. 181 lective bargaining even helps pay for severely to the fingertips of his cried. lated Rivera’s due process © Chicago Tribune though those workers disabled people to be folded hands, whispering After deliberating and constitutional rights, were not union mem- cared for at home rather a prayer as the jury filed about nine hours over two the 11-member jury held bers. than in institutions. in. days, a federal jury ruled the city of Chicago re- The 7th Circuit last When the verdict was that former Chicago po- year upheld a lower Turn to Ruling, Page 2 read — more than $17 lice Detective Reynaldo Turn to Rivera, Page 5 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, June 30, 2018 Shooter Case on caregiver sought to fees to be reheard ‘kill ... many Ruling, from Page 1 people’ Many of the workers were relatives of the disabled Shooting, from Page 1 individuals who were also their caretakers. Davis represented Ramos at “The (Service Employ- the bail hearing. He argued ees International Union) against holding the hearing and Blagojevich and and asked for a gag order in Quinn administrations the case. The judge denied seized $32 million from ANDREW HARNIK/AP both motions. 80,000 home health care Mark Janus, left, with Gov. Anne Arundel County providers against their Bruce Rauner, speaks police Chief Timothy Al- will, just took their mon- after the Janus v. AFSCME tomare said police found ey,” said William Messen- decision Wednesday. evidence of planning at the ger, an attorney with the gunman’s apartment. Al- JEN RYNDA/CAPITAL GAZETTE National Right to Work bent on silencing the tomare said items were re- Lynne Griffin, an ex-student of sports writer John McNamara, pays her respects on Friday. Legal Defense Founda- voices of workers have covered there that con- tion, who represents the been emboldened with nected Ramos to the attack. three home health care the ruling for the plaintiff Ramos was armed with a workers who brought the in Janus v. AFSCME, dis- 12-gauge shotgun that he original case in 2010. allowing collection of fair- had purchased about a year Those three workers share fees for collective ago. Police would not say prevailed at the Supreme bargaining work unions how much ammunition he Court but then returned to do on behalf of all work- used, or how much he lower courts to try to ers,” Muhammad said. carried with him. “The fel- expand the ruling to the The union argued in low was there to kill as other 80,000 workers. court documents in 2016 many people as possible,” Gerald Fischman Rob Hiaasen John McNamara “We’re hoping this will that many of those 80,000 Altomare said. help on Twitter. Police said eventually allow them to workers would likely have Ramos did not cooperate they arrived within 60 sec- get that wrongfully seized supported the union and with police, and as a check onds, and surrounded the money back,” he said. agreed to pay the fees if of a fingerprint database ran shooter.

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