Chicago Snow Plows

Alderman Hires Private Snow Plows For Ward, Out Of His Pocket

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the second evening in a row, a fleet of plows and trucks hit the side streets and alleys of Chicago's First Ward. "We got a First Ward company ...

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Chicago Snow Clearing Grades: "A" For Main Roads, "B+" For Side Streets

Illinois Policy Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both scores are an improvement from the performance grading the city received for its response to January's snowstorm. ...

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City Scrapping Snow Plow Privatization Plan

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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After a blizzard of aldermanic opposition and scant interest from private contractors, the Daley administration has scrapped plans to privatize one of...

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Few Bidders For Snow Plow Privatization Plan

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Private contractors are not exactly beating down the door to take over one of Chicago's most politically slippery tasks -- side-street snow removal --...

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Daley Considering Privatizing Snow Plowing

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley's administration is considering how it handles one of its most sacred duties: plowing snow from the city's streets....

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Alderman To Daley: Restore Snow Plow Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fed up with snow-covered side streets and ice-packed intersections, an influential alderman demanded Thursday that Mayor Daley set aside $1 million ap...

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Break Out The Shovel: City Reducing Side Street Snow Plowing

CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard M. Daley said Tuesday that city crews will cut back on plowing side streets this winter in an effort to save money. The mayor said the c...

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