Chicago Parking Meter Privatization

Fool Us Twice? The Peril of Rahm Emanuel's Public Private Partnerships

Donald Cohen | Posted 05.01.2012

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Donald Cohen

Chicago knows from experience how partnerships can sour. Emanuel's Infrastructure Trust, if done right, could be a new model for rebuilding urban infrastructure. Done wrong, it'll be just another hand off of public assets to private control.

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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
Tom Tresser

Mayor Emanuel wants us to trust him with the future of all of Chicago's public assets.

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Daley Joining Law Firm He Previously Hired For Meter Deal, Other Privatization Work

Chicago Reader | Heather Kenny | Posted 08.01.2011

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Katten Muchin Rosenman, a law firm that the city has paid more than $1.2 million for work on privatization deals and other matters since 2005, announc...

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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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As Federal Dollars Dry Up, City Cutting 4,000 Summer Jobs For Teens

Posted 05.25.2011

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Four thousand fewer teens will have gainful employment through the City of Chicago this summer, as federal stimulus dollars for a flagship city progra...

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Can Chicago Get Out of Its Parking Meter Lease?

Aaron Renn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Renn

Could Chicago in fact get out of the parking meter deal? Possibly, though it's a long shot. But it's imperative that the next mayor at least take a run at it.

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WATCH: Man Gets Ticket While Putting 20 Quarters Into Parking Box

Posted 05.25.2011

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If Chicagoans weren't angry enough about the new $5 per hour meter rates downtown, they might be after watching one of the poor souls paying the steep...

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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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Parking Meter Rates Jump January 1: Downtown Rates Highest In Nation

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's almost that time of the year again. No, not Christmas or New Year's, but parking meter rate increase season. It was three years ago this month w...

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20 Parking Meter Boxes Stolen: 200-Pound Boxes Missing

Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Real Estate Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's one thing for motorists to vandalize Chicago parking meters to vent their anger over the steep schedule of rate hikes tied to the 75-year, $1.15 ...

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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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In The Public Interest: Parking Privatization: A (Cautionary) Tale of Two Cities

Alana Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alana Miller

Today, the Pittsburgh City Council decisively voted to kill a proposed privatization of its parking meters and public garages, a quick fix that would ...

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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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In The Public Interest : Learn From Chicago's Mistakes

Celeste Meiffren | Posted 05.25.2011

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Celeste Meiffren

It may be too late to undo parking meter privatization in Chicago, but it's clear that the Chicago way shouldn't be the model for selling taxpayer-owned assets.

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Mayor Daley's Parking Meter Deal Gets Ensnarled in Illinois State Senate Race

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Ormsby

It may be the dog days of summer, but one local state senate campaign is taking no holiday. Democratic state senate candidate John Mulroe is already launching his first political attack of the general election.

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Parking Meters: Hassle For Drivers, Windfall For Mechanics

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's parking meter mess was a headache for motorists and a political pain for Mayor Daley, but it's been a boon to the paychecks of city employee...

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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

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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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Alderman Proposes Pictures Accompany Parking Tickets As Proof

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Motorists who park illegally on Chicago streets would get more than tickets on their windshields, if an influential alderman has her way. They'd ge...

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Chicago Parking Meters: Privatization Inspiring Other Cities To Do The Same?

Chicago Reader | Posted 05.25.2011

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Citizens in other cities may want to take note of the recent news about parking around here because it's increasingly clear that the architects of Chi...

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Parking Meter Rates Set To Rise Again

Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 05.25.2011

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In just less than 60 days, Chicago's parking meter rates will increase again....

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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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After Parking Meters, Five Other Public Assets Daley Could Sell

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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After draining reserve funds generated by city asset sales, Mayor Daley has hitched Chicago's financial future to continuing the Great Chicago sell-of...

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Parking Meter Deal Balanced The Budget: Daley

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says without money from the controversial lease of the city's parking meters, there'd be no way to balance the 2010 budget...

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