Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel’s belt tightening
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Inside Rahm’s privatization economic team
The top three members of the financial team at City Hall all come from firms known for privatization work
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On meter deal, legal action speaks louder than words
As Mayor Emanuel blasts the parking meter deal, city lawyers fight to keep it in place
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City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
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Rahm’s latest verdict: we’re stuck with the meter deal
Even Emanuel has to acknowledge that the city’s street parking system was sold.
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The parking meter deal: still more hosing to come
The street parking sell off continues to eat at Chicagoans’ wallets.
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 2
Part two of transparency in the Emanuel administration: The labyrinthine and fruitless act of submitting FOIA requests.
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The most transparent government Chicago has ever seen, part 1
Part one of the gradually disappearing transparency in the Emanuel administration.
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New council, new mayor, new budget, same result
A new council, mayor, and budget does not mean new results.
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Mayor Emanuel is transparent about plans to keep his meeting schedule secret
For some reason Mayor Emanuel became a bit testy when Fox Chicago asked him last week about his habit of finding time to meet with big donors and wealthy Wall Street guys, which Ben Joravsky and I detailed in a Reader cover story. First of all, the mayor said (see the two-minute mark of this […]
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A move to take back TIFs
A big week of Chicago protest rolls on, with demonstrators targeting banks and TIFs.
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A bit of the old, a bit of the new in Mayor Emanuel’s first budget
In presenting his annual budget to the City Council, the mayor did what all smart politicians do—he emphasized that things were a mess when he took over, but declared that he would make the tough choices to get the city back on track. “I inherited a government that needed to be reshaped,” the mayor said. […]
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Emanuel boasts of crime-fighting successes, even those that haven’t happened yet
Rahm Emanuel played the good Democratic solider on “Meet the Press” Sunday, but when he wasn’t touting President Obama’s accomplishments, he was touting his own work in four months as mayor of Chicago. Among his claims: “For the last nine weeks, we’ve seen crime drop 20 percent.” Host David Gregory didn’t question the figure, so […]
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Mayor and police chief look for efficiencies … except in pot policy
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced this morning that they’re transferring more cops to beat patrols, thereby fulfilling Emanuel’s campaign pledge to put 1,000 “additional” officers on the street. Most Chicagoans I know are welcoming the idea of having more officers on the beat, though whether the numbers add up the way […]
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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 […]