Looking back at the latest mayor Chicagoans have loved to hate.
Tag: Jesus Garcia
Airbnb reminds Chicago why Rahm’s nicknamed Mayor 1 Percent
The home-sharing company accuses the mayor of siding with his Gold Coast base at the expense of the “little guys.”
Progressives join forces with the Machine to realign Chicago’s Democratic Party
The Garcia crowd teamed up with the Madigan bunch in last week’s Illinois primary.
Two of Chicago’s most powerful Latino politicians bury the hatchet by endorsing a Chinese-American candidate
It took Illinois house candidate Theresa Mah to bring Luis Gutierrez and Jesus Garcia back together.
While you weren’t watching: The 2015 Chicago politics year in review
Lots of stuff happened in Chicago even before Mayor Rahm released the Laquan McDonald video.
You had your chance to recall Mayor Rahm, Chicago
When Chicago voters had a chance to bounce Mayor Rahm from office they were as soft as the Bulls fourth-quarter defense.
Rahm could’ve been the hero in the McDonald shooting
By doing the immoral and politically stupid thing instead, Emanuel is a bum.
Alderman Joravsky considers voting for Mayor Rahm’s budget
If I were alderman, how would I have voted on the mayor’s budget?
Mayor Rahm channels his inner Karl Marx
As long as Mayor Rahm’s daring to criticize the bond raters, he’s should start playing hardball with the lenders who stand to profit from Chicago’s economic crisis.
Orr vs. Moore in the 49th Ward!
A modest proposal: Alderman Joe Moore and Cook County clerk David Orr should run against each for Democratic committeeman of the 49th Ward.
RIP lakefront liberal
If Lincoln Parkers move any farther to the right, they’ll drown.
Rahm or Chuy? Watch us track the returns live from the Hideout
Watch a live stream of Reader writers Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky tracking runoff election returns.
Election night at the Hideout with a trio of aldermen
We’ll be reliving the great political battles of the last four years and talking about the ones to come on the April 7 election night First Tuesdays show at the Hideout.
‘Mayor Garcia’ sounds pretty good to me
You’ve got a big chance to take this city in a different direction, Chicago—don’t mess it up.
Who’s going to win the mayoral election?
Desperate to figure out who’s going to win the mayoral showdown between Chuy and Rahm, we turn to, of all things, a classroom poll of fifth-graders from a public school on the northwest side.