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...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago
Mayor Daley said today that he is losing confidence in the company hired to run the city's parking meters following the revelation of more problems wi...
David Orr | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago
As taxpayers, it's high time we knew more: how many tickets are issued by ward, by neighborhood, by street. We should know why they are issued and who foots the bill, and, maybe, why a city with a billion dollar TIF surplus couldn't even balance its budget.
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 07.08.2009 | Chicago
Chicago's parking meter mess could be the tipping point that awakens the sleeping giant otherwise known as the City Council....
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago
Under fire for giving quickie approval to the problem-plagued parking meter privatization that raised rates sky-high, the City Council agreed today to...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago
The City of Chicago leased its parking meters for nearly $1 billion less than they were worth and the office in charge of valuing the meters didn't ev...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago
An admittedly "frustrated" Mayor Daley demanded Thursday that Chicago's embattled parking meter contractor shape up to prevent problems like the pay-a...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Chicago
Two of Mayor Daley's former top aides -- and a security company once co-owned by the brother of Ald. Danny Solis (25th) -- are poised to make some ser...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Chicago
Mayor Daley acknowledged Tuesday what Chicago alderman and motorists have known for months: City Hall botched the privatization of Chicago's 36,000 pa...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago