Also, Las Vegas gunman’s notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.
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Police union president is ‘certain’ Trump will help reduce gun violence in Chicago, and other news
Also, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia suggests that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using the sanctuary city issue to win Latino votes.
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Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm
The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.
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Former alderman Berny Stone will be missed
Stone, who represented the 50th Ward for 38 years, died Monday at age 87.
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Mayor Rahm and Joe Ferguson make love, not war
Hey, Joe Ferguson: If Mayor Rahm’s making you leave in a year—go out strong.
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To be or not to be an infrastructure trust rubber stamp
The board of the city’s new infrastructure trust fund discusses its oversight role
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Rahm on TIF abuses: Let’s talk about kids instead
To anyone wondering how Mayor Rahm Emanuel would respond to the latest evidence that the city’s chief economic development program has been used as a slush fund, here’s the answer: After-school programs are important. “First and foremost, as you know, I am a big supporter of after-school programs for children,” Emanuel said after the initial […]
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A TIF Under the Microscope
How to interpret the inspector general’s sample audit of the Central Loop honeypot
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Great Reformers Think Alike
The guilty plea and prison sentence of his ally Isaac Carothers has awakened the reformer within Mayor Daley.
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After the debate, Senate candidates spar some more
Democratic candidates for Barack Obama’s old Senate seat met for a spirited debate this morning, but the real fireworks went off after it was over.
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City inspector David Hoffman quits
He’s throwing his hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate.
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Parking meter presser: indeed, a doozy
The city’s inspector general estimates – like the Reader and other observers – that we got taken to the cleaners on the parking meter deal.
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City inspector general to weigh in on parking meter deal
The office of the city’s inspector general, David Hoffman, has been looking into the parking meter deal. A press conference at 2 will reveal its findings.
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Upon further inspection
The debate (if you want to call it that) over the latest proposal to strengthen the role of the inspector general centers on whether the office should be allowed to investigate aldermen. But the effectiveness of the measure really hinges on a provision that would expand the office’s budget and shield it from a politically inspired axe. The proposal from Joe Moore and his allies would do more than protect the office’s budget–it would hike it dramatically. This year it would go up 50 percent, from $5.9 million to nearly $9 million.