With the Willis Tower and other downtown buildings fetching record sales prices, it’s a good time to remember how much TIF money we’ve sunk into these areas.
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The Button Man brilliantly turns Mayor Rahm into art
The Button Man of Bridgeport sends in a new batch of howlers depicting Mayor Rahm as a vampire, Roman emperor, martian, and gangster.
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Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?
Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?
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Mayor Rahm channels his inner Herbert Hoover
A great day for Mayor Rahm: TIF handouts for rich developers and more campaign contributions from his friends.
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Mayor Rahm: talking trash to Chicago firefighters
A Chicago firefighter speaks truth to power, when Mayor Rahm makes one of his infamous firehouse visits to tell the rank and file he’s cutting their pensions
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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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The mayor makes a TIF movie
Mayor Rahm Emanuel makes a misleading movie explaining how TIFs work
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While you were distracted by NATO …
Rahm doles out TIF and charter money while everyone watches NATO