WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL US, AND WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID By Scott Hum

Almost one of every 10. That's how many people the top Chicago agencies have lost just since the beginning of 1992, according to headcounts we

That survey has rekindled the headshaking and the ‘What’s wrong in Chicago?’ questions that always accompany bad news. And there’s no denying the numbers are bad: the 12 major Chicago agencies from which we got employment numbers shed a net total of 451 positions between Jan. 1, 1992, and July 1, 1993.