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Chicago Budget Shortfall

Aldermen Threaten To Reject Big Pay Raises For Cops

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

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If an independent arbitrator awards double-digit pay hikes to Chicago Police officers, there's a good chance the City Council will reject it, some ald...

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Red Light Camera Expansion Halted By Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Red Light Cameras, Mayor Daley Budget, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, Chicago Red Light Cameras, Chicago News

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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Daley Orders Employees To Forfeit Raises, Take Furlough Days

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago

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Two thousand non-union employees at six government agencies under Mayor Daley's control will be ordered to take furlough days and forfeit 2009 pay rai...

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City To Use Parking Meter Money To Help Plug Budget Deficit

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

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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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City Budget Gap Widens Nearly $20M In A Month

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 05.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Budget Deficit, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Gene Saffold, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

Chicago's new Chief Financial Officer Gene Saffold says that a $33 million dollar budget gap a month ago has now turned into a $51 million dollar shor...

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City Budget Hole Deepens: Shortfall Could Be $200 Million

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 04.06.2009 | Chicago

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If the economy continues to tank, the city budget could fall $200 million short by year's end, the mayor's top aide said today. A quarter of the way ...

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Daley Cancels "Non-Essentials": What Will be Lost in Translation?

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago City Hall, Translated City Brochures, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Pr Contracts, Chicago Budget, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Is the City really saying that guides for finding affordable housing, emergency services and getting legal help in other languages are not necessary to service our internationally-populated town?

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Daley Going Directly To Feds For Funds, Bypassing Springfield

Associated Press | Posted 02.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Obama Stimulus Plan, Chicago Federal Funds, Economic Stimulus Package, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Chicago Bail Out Money, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he will make an end-run around state government when it comes to seeking the city's share of the economic stimulus pl...

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Alderman To Daley: Restore Snow Plow Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

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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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How The New Budget Hits Drivers

Red Eye | Leonor Vivanco | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Budget Drivers, Chicago Driving Laws, Chicago Parking Laws, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Daley 2009 Budget, Chicago Budget, 2009 Budget Chicago, Chicago News

Higher taxes Parking costs have risen nationwide for the fifth year in a row--2.8 percent for monthly rates and 4.3 percent for daily rates--according...

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Alderman Tries To Cut Inspector General Out Of City Budget

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Naisy Dolar, Chicago City Council, Chicago Politics, Brian Doherty, Stone Hoffman Chicago Budget, Joe Moore, Absentee Ballot Fraud Chicago, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Bennett Johnson, Anish Eapen, Chicago City Council Budget Committee, David Hoffman, Bernard Stone, Chicago News

Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) struck out Monday in his attempt to write Inspector General David Hoffman out of the city budget in retaliation for an absen...

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Daley Reaches Agreement With Unions That Could Decrease Lay Offs

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley and organized labor have reached an agreement that could dramatically reduce the 929 layoffs needed to solve Chicago's worst budget crisis...

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Daley's Budget Approved After Council Rebellion Quelled

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Richard Mell, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Mayor Daley Budget, Chicago Budget, Bennett Johnson, Chicago Budget Passed, Richard Daley, Daley 2009 Budget, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago Budget Vote, Chicago News

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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Chicago Ending Free Trolley Service

AP | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Chicago is ending its free trolley service next year. City officials said Monday that it's a move to cut costs and estimate a savings...

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Aldermen Riled Up Over City Garbage Cuts, Daley's Budget

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Michael Picardi, Sandi Jackson, George Cardenas, Chicago Budget Cuts, Richard Daley, Chicago Garbage Cuts, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago News

City Council griping about Chicago's financial woes reached its loudest volume Thursday as Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Michael Picardi testifi...

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TIF Districts Costing City Over $550M: Study

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Taxes, TIF, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Richard Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Property Taxes, David Orr, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Cook County Clerk David Orr's annual TIF report is due out tomorrow, and the news is all bleak. On the one hand, the city's tax increment financing d...

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Blues And Jazz Fests Losing A Day

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago

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Blues Fest and Jazz Fest, two of the city's most popular outdoor music festivals, will be reduced from four days to three and feature fewer stages bec...

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Manicures And Vegan Food: Coming Soon To Chicago's Airports?

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago

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Richard Rodriguez would like hungry passengers to have more choices of ethnic foods to buy while traveling through Chicago's airports. As the city's ...

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Aldermen Easy On Top Cop Despite High Crime Rate

Chicago Tribune | Angela Rozas | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Jody Weis, Cpd, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Police, Chicago Crime, Chicago News

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis presented the City Council today with a budget that will cut 200 civilian jobs and reorganize top brass, and faced ques...

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Daley Defends Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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Ignoring sniping from all sides, Mayor Daley said today he's not about to soften the cuts in his tough-times 2009 budget because there's no money to p...

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City Council Takes Issue With Daley's Budget

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's plan to slow police hiring, shrink the size of city garbage crews and lay off 929 employees by cutting basic housekeeping services came ...

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Food Safety Compromised By Budget Cuts: Union

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Chicago Food Supply, Chicago Budget Cuts, Chicago Food Safety, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Food Sanitarians, Henry Bayer, Chicago News

Mayor Daley is inviting restaurants and groceries to cut sanitary corners and putting public health at risk by slashing Health Department spending and...

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Chicago Police Department Eliminating Key Position

Chicago Sun-Times | Frank Main and Fran Spielman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cop Layoffs, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Chicago Cops, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Cuts, City Budget, Chicago News

The Chicago Police Department will undergo a historic makeover with the elimination of a key position --first deputy superintendent, the person who tr...

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Daley Announces Budget: 900-Plus Layoffs, Higher Taxes

AP | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

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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 Shutting Down City Government

Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley today ordered a "partial shutdown" of city government for three days this year and three more days in 2009 to help solve Chicago's worst ...

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