Mayor Daley Budget

Mayor Daley Proposes Final Budget, Rahm Emanuel Weighs In

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley put forth a bleak economic picture in presenting his last budget for the nation's third-largest city, but ...

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Damn The Torpedoes: Daley Balances His Last Budget

suntimes.com | Turning Left | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley is apparently determined to go out on a political high, even if it sets his successor up for a fall. Daley's final budget will use one-...

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In The Public Interest : Learn From Chicago's Mistakes

Celeste Meiffren | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Daley Blasts State Borrowing For Pensions, Even As City Borrows To Pay Police

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley blasted the Illinois General Assembly today for attempting to borrow its way out of the state pension crisis -- even though he's using the...

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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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Red Light Camera Expansion Halted By Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's worst budget crisis in modern history has put the brakes on plans to expand the city's Big Brother network of red-light cameras to more than...

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Aldermen Blast Daley For Dipping Into Financial Reserves

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley was accused Wednesday of mortgaging Chicago's future by draining reserves that were supposed to carry the city for decades to solve two sh...

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Venetian Night Could Fall Victim To Budget Crunch

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Venetian Night -- Chicago's annual parade of illuminated boat floats that draws up to 500,000 people to the lakefront -- could be sunk, thanks to cost...

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Budget Approved By City Council Will Drain $270M From Parking Meter Fund

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A windfall from the sale of Chicago parking meters that was supposed to last for 75 years would be nearly exhausted in just one year to stave off tax ...

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City Cutting Recycling Pickup To Once Every Three Weeks

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's citywide switch to curbside recycling would hit the brakes in some neighborhoods, while pickups would be less frequent in others, under cuts...

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City Asking Police, Firefighters To Take Furloughs

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley and some aldermen suggested today that police officers and firefighters take off nearly five weeks without pay to cut city spendin...

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Daley Plans 24 Unpaid Days For Thousands Of City Workers

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley said Monday he would eliminate 220 vacant city jobs, cancel cost-of living pay raises for 3,500 non-union employees and order those bureau...

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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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Daley Slams Quinn's Budget For Shorting Chicago

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, Daley, whose voice is heard by many of the city's state lawmakers, threw cold water on Quinn's plan. "We get no benefit," the mayor said at a ...

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City Council Voting On Daley's Budget

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago City Council is scheduled to vote today on Mayor Richard Daley's 2009 budget proposal, which is designed to address what he called the wo...

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Budget Cuts Hurt Police Department

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago City Council is scheduled to vote on the 2009 budget later today. The proposal cuts seventeen million dollars from the police department's...

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Daley's Budget Approved After Council Rebellion Quelled

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley's tough times 2009 budget -- precariously balanced with 929 layoffs, slow police hiring and $52.5 million worth of taxes, fines and fees -...

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Daley Reverses Course, Stops Big PR Payments

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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City Hall has abruptly halted all spending for private public relations consultants, despite Mayor Richard Daley's repeated assertions that the contra...

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Daley Announces Budget: 900-Plus Layoffs, Higher Taxes

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley has announced a pared down budget for the city of Chicago that looks to cover a $469 million shortfall. And the mayor told city l...

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Daley Takes On Wall Street, Dodges City Budget

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley is criticizing the Federal Reserve's decision to give an $85 billion bailout to troubled insurance giant AIG. In the latest of hi...

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Daley Talks Baseball, Not Budget

Chicago Reader | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley took media questions following Wednesday's City Council meeting. Asked if he is worried about legal challenges to the O'Hare Expansion Pr...

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