Woodlawn gets a grocery store and Lincoln Yards gets $1.3 billion in Mayor Rahm’s Chicago.
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New Report Shows a Reliable City Council for Daley
The City Council voted with Mayor Daley 82 percent of the time since 2007, according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Authored by political scientist and former alderman Dick Simpson, the report shows that seven aldermen voted with Mayor Daley 100 percent of the time since 2007: John Pope (10th […]
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Why Can’t Chicago Recycle?
A world-class city, a “green” mayor—what’s the problem? Insiders say the city’s budget woes are only part of the story.
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Under the Gun
Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they’ve barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.
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The Armies Are Gathering
Now that the word’s out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.
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City Council Plays Guessing Game with Expansion of Blue Cart Recycling
A City Council meeting on Chicago’s halting recycling programs quickly turns into an on-the-record bitch session.
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The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley’s TIF Game
The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they’re really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward
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Time for a Revolution
No way is Mayor Daley going down without a fight. But perhaps you’ve noticed: he rarely ever gets one.
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Another brick in the wall, part one
It’s great that Chicago aldermen decided to bring accountability to the use of a $1.3 million kitty they control. For a follow up, how about doing the same with the rest of the $6.1 billion city budget?
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It Doesn’t Take Much to Be a Maverick
Alderman Tom Allen makes history by daring to question the mayor’s pet financing scheme in City Council chambers.
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Aldermen duel over TIFs, parking meters, spending, and the brainwashing powers of the media
As the mayor’s $6.1 billion budget passed the City Council, alderman Tom Allen blasted the administration for misusing taxpayer money, and alderman Berny Stone accused Allen of being “brainwashed by the media.”
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Full steam ahead
The City Council moves closer to approving the lease deal for Midway Airport.
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Unite and Conquer
A look at the last full City Council meeting shows how Chicago’s executive and legislative branches have become one.