When you weren’t paying attention, Chicago, Mayor Rahm increased the scope of his South Loop DePaul/Marriott boondoggle—and you get to the pay the bill!
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Mayor Rahm’s TIF games: Marriott and DePaul vs. the kids of Chicago
Even with Mayor Emanuel’s recent born-again conversion to a school builder, Marriott and DePaul are beating the public school children in the latest race for TIF cash.
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The TIF wash—et tu, Bright One?
Any way you slice it, TIFs takes hundreds of millions of tax dollars from things we say we want, like our public schools, and spend them on things we never asked for, like a basketball arena for DePaul.
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Mayor Rahm’s great plan for education: Bankrupt the schools!
If Mayor Rahm gets to throw away property tax dollars on things like his $55 million basketball arena/hotel scheme, there won’t even be any money left over for the charter schools.