Carole Brown

Emanuel's TIF Panel Demands More Oversight, Transparency

Posted 10.29.2011

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A task force formed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel during his first week in office to evaluate Tax Increment Financing (TIF) submitted a 100-page report to the...

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Meet The Team That's Tackling Chicago's $500 Million Shadow Budget

Chicago Tribune | Posted 07.19.2011

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Fulfilling a campaign promise, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today impaneled a committee to study the effectiveness of the special property tax districts that pr...

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Terry Peterson, Former Housing Authority Chief, To Become CTA Board Chair

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Chicago Housing Authority chief Terry Peterson, who has emerged as one of Mayor Daley's closest political confidantes, is the mayor's choice to...

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CTA Shakeup: Board Chair Carole Brown, Vice Chair Susan Leonis Resign

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CTA Board Chairwoman Carole Brown and her co-hort, Vice Chair Susan Leonis, resigned today, creating a leadership vacuum at the chronically-troubled m...

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CTA Locked In Gas Prices At High Rate 66% Above Market

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CTA took a big bet on fuel prices this year, and so far is losing big. The transit agency, facing a budget shortfall of $242 million, is paying $...

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Who Stole the 'L' Stop at Washington/State?

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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It may be the biggest heist in Chicago history, folks, and it's right under our noses. Or our feet, anyway.

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CTA Chair Carole Brown Wants To Follow Obama To Washington

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman and Mary Wisniewski | Posted 05.25.2011

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CTA Board Chairwoman Carole Brown is itching to join the Obama administration -- possibly in the Treasury Department. Last year, the Harvard-educated ...

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Obama's Cabinet: Which Chicagoans Are Washington-Bound?

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The buzzing and maneuvering and pondering has been percolating for many weeks -- unmistakably, if quietly. But now that the winner of the White House...

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