Fight fire with arson, then collect Chicago firefighter's pension

The Chicago Tribune reports:

How can we best honor the judge who granted a $50,000 yearly firefighter's pension to a convicted serial arsonist?

Hear ye, hear ye, Cook County Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. You've just been inducted into the judicial wing of the Chicago Way Hall of Fame.

Martin's ruling, handed down late Friday afternoon -- when all bad political news oozes out -- involves the strange case of former Chicago Fire Department Lt. Jeffrey "Matches" Boyle, a prolific arsonist.

On Tuesday, I visited Martin in his Daley Center courtroom, to inform him of his prestigious honor.

The Chicago Way!