The vast majority of Chicago voters sit out another mayoral election.
Tag: Mayor Richard Daley
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Which mayoral candidates will survive the petition challenge process?
Thanks to former Mayor Daley and his allies, Chicago has the highest mayoral signature requirement in the country.
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John Oliver nails why Amazon’s HQ2 would be bad for Chicago
The Last Week Tonight host tells the world what Chicagoans have known for years: cities are wasting billions on corporate welfare in the name of “jobs, jobs, jobs.”
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Chicago doesn’t have to rubber-stamp the Lucas Museum
Just because Mayor Rahm wants to put the George Lucas museum on lakefront land doesn’t mean you, the people, have to let him do it.
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A modest suggestion for paying tribute to Mayor Jane Byrne
The greatest tribute we can pay to Mayor Jane Byrne is to elect a new mayor!
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Mayor Daley remembers R.J. Vanecko
Daley’s memory, lying to the cops, and other interesting revelations from the special report on the death of David Koschman.
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Mayor Rahm and I will have to find a new breakfast spot
Someday they’ll have to put a plaque on the site of the Lincoln Restaurant—this is where Ben and Rahm broke bread!
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Mayor Rahm holds a budget hearing—invitation only
Budget hearings in Chicago: If Mayor Rahm doesn’t hear the bad news, apparently that means there is none.
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Mayor Rahm to north-side parents: Hush your mouths and you’ll get your money
Emanuel magically discovers some money for north-side schools in the hopes that the parents will shut up about larger cuts and other stuff—like a certain $55 million basketball/hotel TIF deal.
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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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Nine schools in 12 years: One teacher’s tale of life in Chicago’s public schools
Hey, wannabe teachers: If you want to teach in Chicago, get ready to be moved to different schools all over town, many times!
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TIF town hall meeting at the Chopin Theatre: Defending the indefensible
On the road to democracy: activists come to the Chopin Theatre to start spreading the word about TIFs.
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Mayor Rahm sabotages Bill Daley’s run for governor
Unable to pass gay marriage, Mayor Rahm elects to undercut Daley’s run for governor instead
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TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see
TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see
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Governor Quinn stands up to Mayor Rahm
Governor Quinn goes back in time to his glory days to take a stand against Mayor Rahm’s Wrigley Field handout