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

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Budget 2010, Daley Budget Shortfall, Mayor Daley Budget, Chicago Budget, Chicago City Council, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

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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Police Board Overhaul Ahead

nbcchicago.com | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council Vote on Police Board Reform, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Chicago News

The city council is expected to vote on a reform ordinance that would force the board to explain its decisions in writing - namely, its perplexing un...

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Daley Property Tax 'Gimmick' Clears Finance Committee

Chicago Sun-Times | KARA SPAK | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Property Taxes, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Daley's proposal to tap $35 million of Chicago's parking meter reserve funds to provide modest property tax relief for some city homeowners pass...

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Aldermen Call Daley Tax Relief Plan A Gimmick

Fox Chicago | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Ed Burke, Daley Tax Relief, Daley-Tax-Plan, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley was hoping for a quick approval of the plan, but obviously that's not going to happen. ...

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Aldermen Use Stealth Fund To Hire Friends, Family, Shady Characters

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, John Pope, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago City Hiring, George Cardenas, Ed Burke, Shakman Decree, Thomas Sadzak, Chicago News

As City Hall struggles to pay for basic services, a stealth budget account worth millions has allowed Chicago aldermen to put family members, campaign...

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Aldermen Threaten To Reject Big Pay Raises For Cops

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

Read More: Chicago Police Raises, Chicago City Council, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police, Chicago News

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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Prisoner's Dilemma: Should a Chicago Alderman Relish His Opposition to Felony Franks?

Marilia Duffles | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hot Dogs, Chicago, Slavery, Social Ills, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Frederick Douglass, Felony Franks, Jimmy Andrews, Chicago City Council, Barack Obama, Robert Fioretti, Felons, Chicago News
Marilia Duffles

Leave it to a Wall Street Journal story this week about a Chicago alderman's opposition to Jimmy Andrews' Felony Franks -- a hot dog joint that hires ...

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Daley Will Sign Abortion Protest Buffer Zone Law

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Chicago City Council, Chicago Abortion Protests, Mayor Daley, Anti-Abortion, Chicago Abortion Ordinance, Daley Abortion, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Chicago News

In a political about-face, Mayor Daley said Friday he would sign legislation creating a protective zone around Chicago hospitals and clinics to keep p...

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Council Approves Fines For Barking Dogs

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Excessive Dog Barking, Chicago City Council, Chicago Dog Barking, Animals, Dogs, Chicago News

Owners of loudmouth dogs that keep their Chicago neighbors awake at night could pay through the nose if they don't find a way to muzzle their pets....

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Anti-Abortion Activists Required To Keep Distance From Clinics, People Under New Ordinance

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Chicago Abortion Protests, Chicago City Council, Chicago Abortion Ordinance, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Chicago News

The Chicago City Council today voted 27-11 to pass an ordinance creating a so-called bubble zone requiring anti-abortion activists to keep their dista...

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City Council Votes To Put Taxpayers On Hook For Olympics Cost Overruns

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics Costs, Chicago Olympics Financial Guarrantee, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Bring on Da Games. The City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to take full financial responsibility if Chicago is awarded the 2016...

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City Council Panel Approves Mandatory Jail Time For Gun Law Violators

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban, Chicago City Council, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Laws, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

A City Council committee today approved an ordinance to require at least a few days behind bars for anyone convicted of illegally carrying a gun under...

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Aldermen Spend $73,280 Taxypayer-Funded Expense Accounts On Cars, Friends And Family

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 09.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Aldermen Cars, Aldermen, Chicago City Council Expenses, Aldermen Expense Accounts, Chicago News

Chicago aldermen have used their newly expanded, taxpayer-funded expense accounts to hire relatives, lease expensive vehicles and pay for downtown par...

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What Happened To The Independent Aldermen?

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Progressive Caucus, Manny Flores, Chicago City Council, Alderman Ricardo Munoz, Mayor Daley, Sandi Jackson, Independent Aldermen, Bob Fioretti, Chicago News

t seemed like the City Council might be growing a pair in the wake of Mayor Daley's parking meter mess and his exposed Olympic financial guarantees. ...

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Alderman's Retirement Party Cum Personal Fundraiser Canceled

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alderman Bill Banks, Chicago City Council, Alderman William Banks, John Rice, William Banks Fundraiser, William Banks Retirement, Chicago News

A retirement party for powerful Ald. William J.P. Banks (36th) has been canceled, just days after the Tribune reported that invitees were asked to mak...

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Alderman's Retirement Party Turned Into Personal Fundraiser

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alderman William Banks, Ald. Bill Banks, Chicago City Council, Bill Banks Retirement, John Rice, Chicago News

The heir apparent to powerful Ald. William J.P. Banks (36th) is throwing a $200-a-ticket retirement party for the outgoing City Council zoning boss an...

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Should City Set Contract Quotas For Gay-Owned Businesses?

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Minority Businesses, Chicago City Contracts, Chicago Gay Businesses, Tom Tunney, Gay Businesses, Chicago News

Chicago's first openly gay alderman today re-opened the volatile debate about whether City Hall should establish contract set-asides for businesses ow...

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Roberto Maldonado Named 26th Ward Alderman As Daley Bucks Former Alderman

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, 26th Ward, Mayor Daley, Maldonado Alderman, Roberto Maldonado, Billy Ocasio, Chicago News

Mayor Daley today appointed Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado to replace Billy Ocasio as 26th Ward alderman....

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Chicago's Green Food Resolution Advances

Wesley Epplin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Organic Farming, Food Movement, Chicago City Council, Organic Gardening, Growing Power, Organic Food, Farmers Markets, Chicago Food Deserts, Green Food Resolution, Local Farmers, Local Food Movement, Food, Green Living, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Chicago is even closer to beating out the likes of New York and San Francisco in officially resolving to help both the the planet and their citizens by encouraging more sustainable, healthier food options.

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Alderman Drops Anti-Gay Minister As Successor Pick, Wants Wife Instead

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Homophobic Alderman, Mayor Daley, Veronica Ocasio, Rev. Wilfredo DeJesus, Billy Ocasio, Chicago News

Former Ald. Billy Ocasio said today he wants his wife to succeed him as 26th Ward alderman, and he has withdrawn his recommendation of a controversial...

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Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus, Ald. Ocasio's Hand-Picked Successor, Blasted For Anti-Gay Views

Chicago Tribune | Oscar Avila | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gay Rights, Wilfredo De Jesus, Gay Issues, Billy Ocasio, Chicago City Council, Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus, Homophobia, Chicago News

[I]n a complicated blending of morality and politics, the pastor's possible appointment has drawn protests from gay activists who object to other rhet...

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Indicted Developer Calvin Boender Took Care Of Aldermen

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Calvin Boender, Isaac Carothers Indictment, Chicago City Council, Ed Burke Zoning, Galewood Yards, Ed Burke, Chicago News

Three years ago, City Hall approved giving $5.3 million in taxpayer funding to a labor organization so it could buy land from a client of Ald. Edward ...

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City Council Holding Parking Meter Deal Hearings

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Parking Meter LLC, Chicago City Council, Mayor Daley, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago News

Aldermen who rushed to approve Mayor Richard Daley's controversial lease of the city's parking meter system today will hold a hearing to examine the d...

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Help! I'm Being Nibbled to Death by Ducks

Dan Rosenthal | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Gas Prices, Chicago City Council, Chicago Olympics, Todd Stroger, Mayor Daley, Illinois Tax Increase, Recession, Chicago News
Dan Rosenthal

Our esteemed legislators in Springfield are getting their ducks in a row this week and when they're done, we'll be in for a nibbling like we never imagined.

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Alderman Burke Helped Clients Get City Zoning Changes For Business Deals

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO, TIM NOVAK AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ed Burke, Chicago City Council, Chicago Clout, Calvin Boender, Anne Burke, Ed Burke Zoning Letters, Chicago News

Ald. Edward M. Burke wrote a letter in his official capacity that helped a client of his law firm win City Council approval to develop a blighted stre...

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