Having been exposed to the wit and wisdom of John Catanzara for a couple of years, I’ve reached a rather obvious conclusion about the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police. It would be better off for everybody—Catanzara included—if he just hurried up and moved to Florida, where he’ll probably be living soon enough, […]
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Bad for your health
The city is still concealing many of the secrets regarding General Iron, Lincoln Yards, and Mayor Rahm.
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Pie crumbs
Chicago is really bad at fairly slicing the economic development pie.
Posted inNews & Politics
Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites but sheds little light on procedures
What’s going on in the City Council? Still hard to say!
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Who’s telling the truth in the Rahm-Daley feud?
We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to get to the bottom of this after Bill Daley slammed Mayor Rahm recently.
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Can Captain Kirk deliver Amazon to Chicago? Please, no
William Shatner’s enthusiam for the Amazon deal shows that the farther you are from having to pay for the Amazon deal, the more likely you are to support it.
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When Garry McCarthy calls a story bullshit that’s a compliment
Garry McCarthy gears up for a mayoral run by cussing out Sun-Times reporter Dan Mihalopoulos.
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Bill Clinton hits town to support Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and other Chicago news
Also, snow on the ground in Logan Square for a movie shoot and Rahm’s new inner circle.
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The next great cause in Chicago: A financial transaction tax
Now that the mayor is reforming TIFs, it’s time for another progressive fight.
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All aboard Mayor Rahm’s O’Hare express train to bankruptcy
As the City Council voted to borrow $1.1 billion to pay off the debt on some of Mayor Daley’s boondoggles, Mayor Rahm was vowing to waste even more money on the O’Hare express train.
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The mayoral runoff is going to be a shitstorm
Having embarrassed Rahm in yesterday’s election, Chicago’s voters can expect the mayor to go negative and nasty against Chuy Garcia in the coming campaign.
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See ya next year, Mayor Rahm
Having apparently exhausted himself dispensing so much BS, Mayor Rahm heads off for a holiday, leaving the rest of us to get ready for Jesus Garcia’s January 6 appearance at the Hideout.
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Mayor Rahm’s roots are in Daley-era patronage politics
In case anyone has forgotten, Mayor Emanuel still owes his career to Donald Tomczak and other hacks from the Daley machine.
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What kind of independent alderman works with Mayor Emanuel?
Alderman Ameya Pawar explains how he tries to function in Mayor Rahm’s Chicago.
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Mayor Rahm to Karen Lewis: Won’t you be my friend?
With the question of his reelection looming, Mayor Rahm decides it’s a good time to make nice to the president of the Chicago Teachers Union.