Aldermen Waguespack and Fioretti waged a spirited debate against two of Mayor Rahm’s favorite aldermen over the mayor’s $1.9 billion borrowing binge.
Tag: Alderman Berny Stone
Posted inBlogs
Tweeting Chicago City Hall
The pros and cons of blocking Twitter for the NATO/G-8 summits
Posted inNews & Politics
Racial Migration in the Strangest Locations
U.S. Census data show historically black wards growing increasingly white.
Posted inBlogs
It’s All My Fault
Mayor Daley blows his parking-meter wad on one budget. Is he just trying to prove the Reader wrong?
Posted inBlogs
The Olympic games have already begun
Behind the talk of Olympics funding is a struggle to determine if Mayor Daley gets just what he wants.
Posted inBlogs
“Some mistakes were made”
In its latest quest for political cover, the City Council discusses considering privatization deals BEFORE they pass–and debates the parking meter lease it approved six months ago.
Posted inBlogs
Boss Shiller
Is there a difference anymore between aldermen Helen Shiller and Berny Stone?
Posted inBlogs
Upon further inspection
The debate (if you want to call it that) over the latest proposal to strengthen the role of the inspector general centers on whether the office should be allowed to investigate aldermen. But the effectiveness of the measure really hinges on a provision that would expand the office’s budget and shield it from a politically inspired axe. The proposal from Joe Moore and his allies would do more than protect the office’s budget–it would hike it dramatically. This year it would go up 50 percent, from $5.9 million to nearly $9 million.
Posted inBlogs
The winner in the Fifth Congressional District
The winner in the Democratic primary in the Fifth Congressional District–or rather, the winner of the race to predict the winner.
Posted inBlogs
The master politician
Alderman Berny Stone delivers a valuable lesson in politics at a meeting in West Rogers Park.
Posted inBlogs
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.
