How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
Tag: Roderick Sawyer
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Will anyone challenge Mayor Emanuel in 2015? Anyone? Anyone?
A short list of people who, under some circumstance, could challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.
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The City Council’s rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die
Mayor Emanuel doesn’t have to fight City Council proposals he doesn’t like—he just buries them.
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Rahm’s addition-by-subtraction approach to jobs
While touting Chicago employment growth, Mayor Emanuel outsources city positions
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Our first-ever awards for ‘achievement’ in local politics
Our first-ever awards for ‘achievement’ in local politics
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Faced with a cop shortage, some officials look to private policing
Among the questions Chatham residents had for police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at a community forum Saturday was one asked by a lot of people around the city: “Are you going to hire more police?” As another resident went on to explain: “We don’t have much of a police presence here. And crime is spreading to […]
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Alderman Lyle Tells Her Constituents So Long—and, to Some, Good Riddance
Departing Sixth Ward alderman Freddrenna Lyle was as blunt as ever in her last public ward meeting.