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Tag: Alderman Anthony Beale
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Winners and losers in Mayor Rahm’s TIF game
It’s sad to say, but many of Mayor Rahm’s most loyal aldermanic supporters come from wards that get the least in the great TIF scam.
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Mayor Emanuel plays rough and tough with Cardinal George
Rahm will mess with anyone who dares to oppose his policies against the poor.
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Reading the results of the Second District election, aldermanically
Alderman Beale’s results in the Second Congressional show that being a mayoral rubber stamp is a downer to the voters.
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City’s gun law has little firepower
Marty Zamora will be the first to tell you he’s a gun guy—he owns seven handguns and four rifles. He likes to shoot at a suburban range for sport, but he says that’s not the main reason he has them. “Everybody on my block has been robbed but me,” says Zamora, a longtime resident of […]
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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 […]
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Walmart Vote Delayed … Again
There won’t be a vote on another Chicago Walmart this week—a key alderman pulled it off the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the City Council zoning committee.
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The next big box war . . . and peace
Wal-Mart and its chief City Council booster, 21st Ward alderman Howard Brookins Jr., are reviving their six-year campaign to open a store on a south-side property that was once home to a Ryerson Steel plant. This time it looks like they’re going to get their store, and they probably won’t need to wage a major […]
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Black Ops in the Green Economy
The city is set to move forward with an exciting solar power project on the south side. So why won’t it share information about it?
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Alderman Beale Plays the TIF Game
Anthony Beale proposes a TIF that — believe it or not — just might make sense.
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City services: getting less for more
As the Daley administration once again threatens layoffs, aldermen push their own plans: privatizing services your taxes are already supposed to be paying for, and taking more of your money to do it.
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Police and Thieves
Aldermen propose giving unprecedented policing powers to their own patronage employees.
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The Shaw Brothers: An Appreciation
With former Alderman Bob Shaw on hand, the City Council pays tribute to his twin brother, the late William Shaw.