With other job and business options limited, aldermen talk about bringing more Wal-Marts to Chicago.
Tag: Anthony Beale
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The dirt on dirt
Aldermen discuss an ordinance covering how dirt can be handled. And millions of dollars are at stake.
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The commissioner strikes back
Aldermen pepper city officials with questions; some city officials pepper back.
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The city’s bailout plan?
Is the Daley administration trying to strong-arm its own bailout legislation through the City Council?
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Right to work
The finance committee votes to approve a plan to open trade unions to more minorities, but some aldermen worry it’s toothless.
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Nice perks for the po-po
Alderman Anthony Beale dares to point out the generosity of some police department perks.
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A Sucker’s System
In effect, the city is proposing to divert roughly $67 million in property taxes from the chronically broke schools, parks, and county on the shoulders of an $8 million project. Only in Chicago would this kind of deal stand a chance.
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From whitewash to rugs
The City Council got exactly nowhere during a hearing on the Burge torture report today–what else is new?
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Here comes another big box
Anthony Beale, a south-side alderman who supported the big-box living-wage ordinance, has announced that a Wal-Mart will open in his ward.