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Home » Alderman James Cappleman

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

Mayor Rahm wants to spend $16 million on high-end apartments

by Ben Joravsky January 20, 2016August 18, 2021

Emanuel’s handpicked Community Development Commission rubber-stamps a TIF deal in Uptown.

Posted inBlogs

The Paul Douglas Alliance: Profiles in courage, City Council style

by Ben Joravsky April 3, 2013August 19, 2021

“Independent” aldermen issue a statement on school closings that might as well have been written by the mayor.

Posted inBlogs

April Fools’, Chicago—meet your new independent aldermen

by Ben Joravsky March 18, 2013August 19, 2021

A radical proposition from the “Paul Douglas” aldermen: If you’re nice to Mayor Emanuel, he will be nice to you.

Posted inBlogs

The City Council’s zoning committee likes the Wolf Point development so much, they approved it twice!

by Ben Joravsky February 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Business as usual: the City Council’s zoning committee praises the mayor and approves the Wolf Point deal.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best movie theater that should be reopened

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Uptown Theatre

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Uptown turns down a TIF deal—for the moment

by Ben Joravsky June 16, 2011August 19, 2021

Let’s start with the good news: several hundred north-siders packed a sweltering hot field house in Uptown last week to jeer and sneer at the city’s latest proposal to funnel $50 million in property tax dollars to a developer, in this case one who wants to build a grocery store, a health club, and a […]

Posted inBlogs

Safer pedestrian crossings could be on the way

by Alex Parker June 13, 2011August 19, 2021

What does the future of pedestrian traffic in Chicago look like? The city’s new transportation chief has some ideas. (Sun-Times) Oops. A bookkeeping error showed the county had $90 million more in tax revenue in 2010 than it actually did. But President Toni Preckwinkle says the error won’t have an adverse effect on the county’s […]

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