Friends and colleagues showed up for the dedication of Lee Sandlin Way on Saturday.
Tag: Alderman Ameya Pawar
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Here comes another round of cuts for neighborhood schools
The foundation of Chicago’s school system loses more funding.
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Voters pushed Mayor Rahm to the left. Will he stay there?
How the mayor changed course to win reelection
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Aldermania is just around the corner
Chicago-style democracy is alive and well as aldermanic candidates start lining up for February’s election.
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It’s Mayor Rahm’s game, so he makes the rules
When it comes to the rules regulating the TIF program, the main rule is that the mayor rules.
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Mayor Rahm and the minimum wage
What the heck is Mayor Rahm up to with his proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9.25 an hour?
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Mayor Rahm finds his inner Woody Guthrie
Emanuel miraculously finds some TIF money to hire a few teachers—just in time for next year’s election.
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What kind of independent alderman works with Mayor Emanuel?
Alderman Ameya Pawar explains how he tries to function in Mayor Rahm’s Chicago.
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Mayor Rahm and I will have to find a new breakfast spot
Someday they’ll have to put a plaque on the site of the Lincoln Restaurant—this is where Ben and Rahm broke bread!
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The Paul Douglas Alliance: Profiles in courage, City Council style
“Independent” aldermen issue a statement on school closings that might as well have been written by the mayor.
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April Fools’, Chicago—meet your new independent aldermen
A radical proposition from the “Paul Douglas” aldermen: If you’re nice to Mayor Emanuel, he will be nice to you.
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The Reader goes to Grant Park—four years too late
What Grant Park looks like on the night Barack Obama wins his big election, the second time
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Parking Meter II
No matter what they tell you, the mayor and his aldermen have paved the way for another parking meter deal.
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In Chicago City Council, aldermen sweat the small stuff
Newly sworn-in Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a deal with aldermen last week that he said would bring much-needed reform and efficiency to the Chicago City Council: The number of legislative committees would be cut from 19 to 16, trimming about $500,000 from the council’s $20 million annual budget. “The people of Chicago were loud and […]