For years the schools of Chicago have been pawns in the mayor’s budget games.
Tag: Rahm Emanuel
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Thank you, Sarah Cooper
At times like this, it sort of helps to bash Donald Trump.
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Bob Dylan’s ode to Chicago
The new Michael Reese TIF plan tries to undo the damage of the old one.
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Good news week
Look on the bright side, Chicago: Burke, Lipinski, and Conway lost!
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Panic peddlers
Centrist Dems are using the 1972 election to scare voters away from Bernie.
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Chicago’s three-card monte
Mayor Lightfoot’s TIF “reform” does not tell you how much the scam costs.
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Myth buster
Contrary to what Hillary said about Bernie, you don’t have to be liked to get stuff done.
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The Manhattan project
NYC sped up buses by limiting cars’ access. Let’s do that in Chicago.
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Explaining the inexplicable
How to talk to children about legal weed, Donald Trump, and endless Middle Eastern wars
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Looking on the bright side
As the teens turn to the twenties, it’s a struggle to find a little cheer in the gloom.
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Making a transfer
2019 was a year of new beginnings in Chicago, and transportation was no exception.
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The first step
Thank you, Chicago teachers, for forcing the powers that be to take a small step toward doing the right thing.
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The good old TIF mayonnaise jar
To settle the teachers’ strike Mayor Lightfoot should scrape some more “mayonnaise” from the TIF slush fund.
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Feast to famine
Just last year Chicago had billions for Amazon but now it’s suddenly too broke for schoolkids.
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The Rahm advice
Hey, Dems: If you want to beat Trump, don’t listen to Rahm.