South Loop voters gave Second Ward alderman Robert Fioretti the power he needed to knock off a Daley-backed incumbent.
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A New Twist on an Old Trick
If the state has its way, a TIF on sales taxes means you’ll be funding the rehab of Wrigley Field.
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Just Stupid Enough to Be True
A couple of the “retards” who voted with magic pens should be thanked, not ridiculed.
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The New School Shuffle
As facilities meant to solve overcrowding sit half empty, a successful school for the gifted gets its marching orders.
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Recorder of Deeds: Bureaucrat or Showboat?
The incumbent says he’s quietly modernizing this obscure office; his opponent, alderman Ed Smith, says he wants to clean it up and maybe even shut it down.
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State’s Attorney: A True Outsider
He’s got plenty of experience and he’s beholden to no one. Why doesn’t anyone take Tommy Brewer seriously?
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Ward Committeeman: The Whistle-Blower
If the chips fall right, fired city worker Frank Coconate could find himself in office.
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Board of Review Commissioner: The Pot and the Kettle
Can either of these well-connected men really help the little guy keep his property taxes down?
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State Representatives: Wheeler-Dealers for Change
In a key lakefront district, the candidates for state rep are promising to change the game by playing the game.
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Elections 2008: Everybody’s a Reformer
On February 5, for the first time in decades, voters here will get the chance to participate in a presidential primary that matters. But the presidential candidates will account for only a tiny segment of Tuesday’s ballots, which include a staggering 143 state and local offices—some of which many voters have never even heard of. […]
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Mell Family Politics
Richard Mell strikes a deal to push his daughter Deborah Mell into the statehouse—and independent-leaning Iris Martinez out.
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A Good Day for the Rainmakers
The well-connected score again as the city works out new TIF deals for a former alderman, a wealthy private hospital, and a big car dealer.
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The Works
As 2007 turned into 2008, it was a bright new morning in the city of Chicago—or so said Mayor Daley in a state-of-the-city op-ed that ran in the Sun-Times on January 1. “2007 was winner for city, and ’08 looks good,” the headline declared, and the essay that followed was classic Daley rhetoric, dedicated to […]
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A Zell of a Deal
The state’s proposed purchase and renovation of Wrigley Field is a corporate handout not even the mayor can swallow.