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Alderman Ameya Pawar says Mayor Rahm Emanuel backs his plan for independent financial analysis in the City Council, despite signs that suggest otherwise.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Aldermen advance Rahm’s South Loop plan without analyzing it first

by Ben Joravsky April 1, 2014August 18, 2021

While the plan for independent analysis stalls, the City Council approves $55 million for the mayor’s hotel and stadium deal.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is moving swiftly to build an arena and hotels in the South Loop, and Alderman Pat Dowell supports the plan.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

In Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago, nice aldermen finish last

by Ben Joravsky February 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Rahm’s South Loop arena and hotel project keeps speeding ahead.

Activists at the Take Back Chicago rally ripped Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s policies—and some of his City Council allies joined in.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step

by Ben Joravsky October 22, 2013August 19, 2021

How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step

Alderman Richard Mell: aiding and abetting Mayor Emanuel
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The City Council’s rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die

by Ben Joravsky February 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel doesn’t have to fight City Council proposals he doesn’t like—he just buries them.

Posted inBlogs

More on Burke and Rahm; aka, Committee Assignment Process Will Signal Whether Aldermen Are Legislators or Lackeys

by Mick Dumke April 26, 2011August 19, 2021

Lots has been written about the skirmishes between mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and City Council dean Ed Burke as they vie for power in the post-Daley world. But lost in the speculation over whether Emanuel will choose to keep Burke as finance committee chairman is the fact that it’s not supposed to be his decision to […]

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