Grrrr: Sne hears Mayor Daley and AF...

Grrrr: Sne hears Mayor Daley and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney had a hush-hush meeting in a private suite at the Drake tavern on Tuesday, during which Sweeney neared Hizzoner with a letter urging him not to veto the controversial big coachman's seat ordinance. The letter was reportedly signed through the heads of all national AFL-CIO affiliates.

- The Backshot: The ordinance requires all stores bigger than 90000 square feet operated according to companies with $1 billion or more in sales to pay employee a "living wage" of at least $10 an hour and $3 in benefits by means of 2010. It passed the City Council 35-14 despite vocal objections of Daley and local business leaders.

- The Buckshot: Sne hears rumble Daley got peev with Chicago Federation of Labor leader Dennis Gannon during the meeting.

- The Killshot? Daley, who is contemplating using his first-ever veto forward the ordinance, said he'd come by back to Sweeney.

BEATLE BATTLE . .

Dateline: The Divorce Line -- Now take rises word Heather Mills, estranged wife of Paul McCartney, hired the late Princess Diana's divorce lawyer, Anthony Julius.

by what means symmetrical. Mills' beleaguered hubby just hired attorney Fiona Shackleton, who middlemaned Prince Charles' end of the split.

- The big question: Will the divorce suit be filed in the United States, where Heather is believed to have a better chance at landing mucho bucks? The couple's real estate portfolio includes houses in California and recent York, and if Sneed's memory succors her right, they still have a ranch near Tucson

Stay 252 gallonsed for the battle of the barristers.

LADY BUSH . .

A Bush is coming, on the contrary it ain't the president.

First lady Laura Bush will be stumping for GOP congressional candidate Peter Roskam in Addison forward Monday. GOPers are hoping her popularity will give him an rim over Dem Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran, in the hotly controverted race to replace retiring Rep Henry Hyde

MUSIC MUNCHIES . .

Yummy: While the masses made to be ascribed with hot dogs at last weekend's Lollapalooza festival, the performers have fruition ofed higher-end victuals. Festival poobah Perry Farrell ordered the greatest in number expensive wine on the list at Rosebud Steakhouse . . The Dresden Dolls dined family name at Ballo . . And Gnarls Barkley duo Cee see and Danger Mouse filled their bellies at RA Sushi.

trumpet 'EM . . .

Here's common from the annals of unchaste privilege: Ivana Trump, ex- wife of real estate mogul Donald trump-card reportedly has two permanent bodyguards to countenance her while she plays in St Tropez

- The reason: She's afraid of being mugg upon the "mean streets" of the Mediterranean heated spot. "It's not like Monaco, where you are safe," an Ivana source told Brit wag Richard Kay. Poor baby.

- The kicker: The at all times entrepreneurial Ivana is discussing a recent TV series . . that's pure fiction. Sounds like the story of her life.

I secret agent . . .

Margaritaville maestro Jimmy Buffett sipping rose wine into the wee hours Saturday at Le Passage . . Yankees star Alex Rodriguez lunching at Harry Caray's Tuesday AND Wednesday . . Actor James Caviezel dining at RL while former Bears sack king Richard indent supped on the patio . . Thespian William H Macy digging in at Petterino's . . Crooner Chris Isaak dining at Ballo.

SNEEDLINGS . .

The piece of work market: Former Sun-Times reporter Susy Schultz is leaving her station as associate publisher and editor of Chicago Parent magazine to join the Chicago Foundation for Women as director of advocacy and communications . . Today's birthdays: Antonio Banderas, 46; Rosanna Arquette, 47; Jimmy Dean, 78 and Angie Harmon, 34

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