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Home » News & Politics » City Side

Category: City Side

Posted inNews & Politics

Rod Gives ‘Em the Shaft; From Vacant Lot to Hot Spot

by Ben Joravsky May 6, 2004August 19, 2021

The governor has wasted no time alienating the very people who helped him get elected.

Posted inNews & Politics

Middle-Class Living Room

by Ben Joravsky March 18, 2004August 19, 2021

Aldermen risk Daley’s wrath to insist on affordable space.

Posted inNews & Politics

In Over Their Heads

by Ben Joravsky September 26, 2002August 19, 2021

A new fee for lap swimming at Park District pools prompts a crusade by a couple of aquanauts. So far, the city doesn’t seem to be listening.

Posted inNews & Politics

Big and Beautiful

by Ben Joravsky August 29, 2002August 19, 2021

Can anyone save the old Mercantile Exchange Building from the endless tide of development?

Posted inNews & Politics

Streets and San Stole My Bike!

by Ben Joravsky August 9, 2001August 19, 2021

While unsuspecting cyclists watched Radiohead in Grant Park, a city crew quietly made their propert disappear.

Posted inNews & Politics

Projected Losses

by Linda Lutton July 12, 2001August 19, 2021

As the library prepares to take its 16-millimeter-film collection out of circulation, a movie lover scrambles to show the world what’s about to be packed away.

Posted inNews & Politics

Killing Them With Kindness

by Ben Joravsky April 5, 2001August 19, 2021

The CTA’s improved access for the disabled may be just a smokescreen for deep service cuts.

Posted inNews & Politics

Corn Again

by Ted Kleine September 28, 2000August 19, 2021

New Life for the Eloteros’ Cause

Posted inNews & Politics

A Real Pain in the Tracks

by Sergio Barreto February 17, 2000August 19, 2021

The CTA had activist Adam Kerman arrested for leafleting at a subway stop. Think it had anything to do with his leaflets?

Posted inNews & Politics

Triple Threat/ Peague Moves Down the Dial

by Ben Joravsky February 3, 2000August 19, 2021

A medly of independent candidates have cooked up a new plan for beating the old system.

Posted inNews & Politics

Code War

by Jack Helbig October 28, 1999August 19, 2021

Small theaters are suddenly being targeted by city inspectors. Is the city out to singe the fringe?

Posted inNews & Politics

Food Fight

by Neal Pollack July 29, 1999August 19, 2021

Elote vendors are still under fire over health issues, but a peaceful solution may be on the horizon.

Posted inNews & Politics

Out in the Cold

by Ben Joravsky April 1, 1999August 19, 2021

The city seems determined to make a disabled man’s life even more difficult.

Posted inNews & Politics

Home Owners Beware!

by Ben Joravsky March 11, 1999August 19, 2021

Ever heard of a driveway tax. Neither had Mary Peavy, and it nearly cost her her house.

Posted inNews & Politics

Stupid Move; WGCI Gets Religion

by Ben Joravsky October 15, 1998August 20, 2021

Why is this state job-training office creeping father and farther away from the disabled clients who use it?

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