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.
Tag: Alderman Scott Waguespack
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Dumpster tax dumped again
The failed Dumpster tax: how poor planning may have added to the city’s growing budget deficit.
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Let the sunshine in
It’s a miracle: an ordinance requiring that the city let its citizens see documentation on tax increment financing has sailed through a City Council committee. Can actual passage be next?
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TIFs: Hidden in plain view
The City Council can approve a 99-year privatization deal in days, but it needs months to decide whether to put public records online.
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The City Council, for no apparent reason, puts TIF transparency on hold
A proposal to make tax increment financing deals more transparent receives broad support and no opposition in a City Council hearing–then gets tabled anyway.
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Manny and Scott Take on the TIFS
Aldermen Manny Flores and Scott Waguespack take up Mike Quigley’s TIF reform crusade.
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Mayoral memory
Just back from the spectacle in Beijing, Mayor Daley again promises it won’t cost us any money to stage the Olympics.