The city gives an update on its affordable housing program, but where are all the ears?
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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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Getting down and dirty
The City Council’s set to approve a change to city law that would encourage more composting of household garbage. But it will take a revolution for the effort to make an impact on Chicago’s growing waste stream.
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Aldermanic privilege
18th Ward aldermanic candidate Joseph C. Ziegler Jr. got a rude reminder of his challenger status at the City Council yesterday.
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The payroll inches up
Aldermen have complained that the Shakman monitor has impeded city hiring, but records show the payroll has grown over the last year.
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Anatomy of a rubber stamp
Despite showing flashes of independence over the last couple of years, the Chicago City Council rarely divides over issues up for vote, according to an analyis by UIC professor Dick Simpson.
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Our Unassailable Mayor
Funny, now that Sandi Jackson’s running for alderman she’s suddenly changed her family’s tune about Mayor Daley.
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The Hardest-Working Men and Women in Chicago Politics
Welcoming three new appointees to the City Council, aldermen sing their own praises by bewailing the hardships of the job.
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The Late, Great Municipal Reference Library
Mayor Daley’s 1993 Chicago city budget struck a major blow against public information in Chicago. The budget called for the closing of the Municipal Reference Library to the public, and the transfer of more than 50,000 documents to the Harold Washington Library. The MRL, located on the tenth floor of City Hall, had for decades […]