To settle the teachers’ strike Mayor Lightfoot should scrape some more “mayonnaise” from the TIF slush fund.
Tag: Tom Tresser
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Feminist Happy Hour, “Off the Wall,” and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ice Cream Beer Social, Kim Kong: Comedy Monster, and more happenings from January 16-19.
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These gold-medal dissenters stood up to Daley’s Olympic boondoggle dreams
Whereas most of the city’s political and civic elite were ready to lead us off the financial cliff.
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The Bughouse Square Debates: Come for the used books, stay for the fringe opinions
The annual Newberry Book Fair tie-in celebrates its 30th anniversary with the best of anti-lamestream stances.
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City treasurer Kurt Summers joins the anti-interest-rate-swap party
Kurt Summers distances himself from Mayor Rahm’s position on interest-rate swaps.
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Hey, Governor Rauner—open the books!
As long as Rauner wants Rahm to open up the CPS books, Rauner should have to open the state’s books to Rahm’s bean counters.
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There’s always money in the mayor’s ‘banana stand’
Rahm Emanuel has squirreled away millions in TIF funds he’d prefer not to spend on the schools. But somehow that money is always there when he needs it.
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Looking for Rahm’s hidden TIF stash
Just because Mayor Emanuel says he’s reformed the TIF program doesn’t mean taxpayers should stop trying to find out how many millions in slush he’s got stashed away.
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As TIFs keep collecting tax dollars, schools face more cuts
Mayor Emanuel sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in TIF reserves, but somehow schools face more cuts.
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Winners and losers in Mayor Rahm’s TIF game
It’s sad to say, but many of Mayor Rahm’s most loyal aldermanic supporters come from wards that get the least in the great TIF scam.
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How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
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Mayor Rahm and Joe Ferguson make love, not war
Hey, Joe Ferguson: If Mayor Rahm’s making you leave in a year—go out strong.
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TIF town hall meeting at the Chopin Theatre: Defending the indefensible
On the road to democracy: activists come to the Chopin Theatre to start spreading the word about TIFs.
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TIF town hall meeting today—be there or be square!
On February 12 at 7 PM, we’re going to have a TIF town hall meeting at the Chopin Theatre—maybe Mayor Daley will show up to say, “It’s true, the program sucks!”
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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