How the mayor changed course to win reelection
Tag: Alderman Pat Dowell
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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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Racial Migration in the Strangest Locations
U.S. Census data show historically black wards growing increasingly white.
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Off to see the wizard
Aldermen introduce another proposal to slow down approval of privatization agreements–and to cover their rears for agreeing to the parking meter deal. But not everyone’s buying this one.
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Smile for the camera!
The City Council wants to use cameras to catch dangerous speeders. And collect their money.
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City Hall in a sound bite
Hear city budget director Bennett Johnson III give alderman Pat Dowell the runaround as a budget hearing talk turns to TIFs.