1.0 link 140889 <![CDATA[Daley Signs Three More PR Deals For $5M Each]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/daley-signs-three-more-pr_n_140889.html The Daley administration has signed three more public relations contracts -- at $5 million apiece -- to supplement the highly- controlled message coming out of City Hall.

But mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard insisted that not a penny will be paid to outside spin doctors until the city's budget crisis is over.

Heard said the contracts with Valerie Denney Communications, Better World Advertising and Metropolitan Group LLC were finalized in early October, "prior to the decision to issue a moratorium on these...

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