Chicago Parking Meter Deal

City Now Owes $50 Million To Parking Meter Owners

Posted 05.24.2012

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Surprise! The city's parking meter selloff continues to be the gift that keeps giving to -- or, more aptly, taking from -- Chicago taxpayers. The c...

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Analysis: Parking Meter Deal A Huge Disaster

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.07.2012

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Told ya so. When the Chicago parking meter lease deal was being jammed through the Chicago City Council in just over 36 hours in December, 2008 The...

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Don't Trust the Infrastructure Trust

Tom Tresser | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Privatization, 2016 Olympics Bid, Public Financing, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago, Chicago News
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Mayor Emanuel wants us to trust him with the future of all of Chicago's public assets.

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Parking Meter Firm Bills City Another $2.1 Million

The Expired Meter | Posted 02.18.2012

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While Chicago's infamous parking meter lease deal quietly celebrated its third anniversary the first week of December, the city was releasing document...

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Rahm: City Won't Pay Parking Meter Company's $13.5 Million Bill

Posted 12.14.2011

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel lashed out Tuesday against a $13.5 million bill the city received from Chicago Parking Meters LLC concerning what the compa...

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Wicker Park To Protest Parking Meter Deal On Sunday

The Expired Meter | Posted 07.07.2011

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Better late than never? Despite the fact that Chicago's parking meter lease is now well into its third year, a protest against the deal is planned ...

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Former IG: City Can't Afford To Cancel Parking Meter Deal

Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps the biggest albatross hanging on the neck of Chicago's outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley is the controversial deal he negotiated to privatize th...

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Still No Word From Illinois Attorney General On Meter Lease Deal Investigation

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was May of 2009. That's when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan opened a consumer fraud investigation into the Chicago parking meter lease d...

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Chicago To New York: Don't Sell Your Meters So Fast

Posted 05.25.2011

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With Mayor Daley's retirement imminent, many in Chicago -- including a fair number of his prospective heirs -- have praised the accomplishments of his...

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Outrage Aside, Drivers Fuel High Parking Meter Profits

Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to revenue largely generated in the city's outlying neighborhoods, cash flow to the private company running the city's parking meter system is ...

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Alderman Hairston Goes To Pittsburgh: Warns City About Parking Meter Deal

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alderman Leslie Hairston (5th) was out of her Chicago office Thursday. Ms. Hairston decided to spend the day in, of all places, Pittsburgh. The ...

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The Expired Meter: '5 Minutes For 75 Years? Thanks For Nothing Mayor!'

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Daley's Parking Meter Grace Period, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago News

Thanks for nothing Mayor Daley. Or, at least next to nothing. I'm sure you and your administration think this alleged five minute grace period f...

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Parking Ticket Revenue Down Nearly $1 Million Per Month

Chicago Sun-Times | CAROL MARIN and DON MOSELEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Revenue collected for parking ticket fines was off on average nearly $1 million a month between May and August 2009, compared with the same time in 20...

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New City Budget Pulling $370M From Parking Meter Deal To Help Plug $550M Hole

CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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You won't be paying any new taxes, but you also won't get to enjoy Venetian night and other long-running city events anymore either, as Mayor Richard ...

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Chicago Parking Meters: Daley Proposes Free Ticket Deal

Posted 05.25.2011

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If you, like most Chicagoans, have found yourself sprinting to the parking box or meter just in time to see a ticket slapped on your car, you may be i...

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New Parking Meters Are Getting Time Wrong, Costing Drivers

Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to a parking in a metered space, the difference of a minute could mean getting a $50 ticket for an expired meter if you are just one min...

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Daley Blames Economy For His All-Time Low Approval Rating In New Poll

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley today said he's not surprised by his all-time low approval rating in a new Tribune poll, saying he believes it is a result of publ...

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City Finally Releases Unredacted Details Of Parking Meter Bid Process

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Calling all real journalists, amateur journalists, arm chair detectives, political insiders, conspiracy theorists and the like. This faux journalist ...

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Alderman Gets Heated Defending Parking Meter Deal: 'It's None Of Your Damn Business' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" assembled a panel to discuss the the lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organ...

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City Downplays Parking Meter Lawsuit: 'Wholly Without Merit'

Chicago Public Radio | Alex Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a brief written statement, the city says the lawsuit over its $1.15 billion parking meter privatization is "wholly without merit."...

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Chicago Sued Over Parking Meter Privatization Deal

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's much-maligned parking meter lease deal is getting a fresh beating. The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, a ...

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Eric Zorn: The Good Things About The Parking Meter Deal

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, I know there is much to dislike about the parking-meter deal in Chicago -- the city arguably didn't get its money's worth, prices have quadrupled...

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New Parking Meters Wreaking Havoc On Motorcycles, Scooters

Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's new Pay & Display parking payment kiosks, have put motorcycle and scooter riders in a sticky predicament....

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City Council Holding Parking Meter Deal Hearings

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aldermen who rushed to approve Mayor Richard Daley's controversial lease of the city's parking meter system today will hold a hearing to examine the d...

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City To Use Parking Meter Money To Help Plug Budget Deficit

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Daley administration will have to further dip into proceeds from the city's much-maligned parking meter lease to cover a budget shortfall that cou...

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