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Posted inColumns & Opinion

The ruling 35 percent

by Ben Joravsky March 11, 2019August 18, 2021

The vast majority of Chicago voters sit out another mayoral election.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Which mayoral candidates will survive the petition challenge process?

by Ben Joravsky December 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Thanks to former Mayor Daley and his allies, Chicago has the highest mayoral signature requirement in the country.

Posted inBlogs

John Oliver nails why Amazon’s HQ2 would be bad for Chicago

by Ben Joravsky November 9, 2017August 18, 2021

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.”

Posted inBlogs

Chicago doesn’t have to rubber-stamp the Lucas Museum

by Ben Joravsky June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

A modest suggestion for paying tribute to Mayor Jane Byrne

by Ben Joravsky June 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The greatest tribute we can pay to Mayor Jane Byrne is to elect a new mayor!

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Daley remembers R.J. Vanecko

by Ben Joravsky February 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Daley’s memory, lying to the cops, and other interesting revelations from the special report on the death of David Koschman.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm and I will have to find a new breakfast spot

by Ben Joravsky December 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Someday they’ll have to put a plaque on the site of the Lincoln Restaurant—this is where Ben and Rahm broke bread!

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm holds a budget hearing—invitation only

by Ben Joravsky October 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Budget hearings in Chicago: If Mayor Rahm doesn’t hear the bad news, apparently that means there is none.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm to north-side parents: Hush your mouths and you’ll get your money

by Ben Joravsky July 17, 2013August 19, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The TIF wash—et tu, Bright One?

by Ben Joravsky June 18, 2013August 19, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Nine schools in 12 years: One teacher’s tale of life in Chicago’s public schools

by Ben Joravsky April 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Hey, wannabe teachers: If you want to teach in Chicago, get ready to be moved to different schools all over town, many times!

Posted inBlogs

TIF town hall meeting at the Chopin Theatre: Defending the indefensible

by Ben Joravsky February 13, 2013August 19, 2021

On the road to democracy: activists come to the Chopin Theatre to start spreading the word about TIFs.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm sabotages Bill Daley’s run for governor

by Ben Joravsky January 9, 2013August 18, 2021

Unable to pass gay marriage, Mayor Rahm elects to undercut Daley’s run for governor instead

Any day now taxpayers are sure to revolt over what they’re paying into the tax increment financing program.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see

by Ben Joravsky December 12, 2012August 19, 2021

TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see

Posted inBlogs

Governor Quinn stands up to Mayor Rahm

by Ben Joravsky October 11, 2012August 19, 2021

Governor Quinn goes back in time to his glory days to take a stand against Mayor Rahm’s Wrigley Field handout

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