Mayor Daley

Daley Property Tax 'Gimmick' Clears Finance Committee

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


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...

Parking Meter Deal Balanced The Budget: Daley

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago


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...

I'd Love To Talk To You, But There's An Ongoing Investigation

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago


Matt Farmer

The Chicago Board of Education's reimbursement process has been shrouded in mystery ever since Michael Scott used his board credit card to take his wife to Copenhagen for the Olympic bash.

Aldermen Call Daley Tax Relief Plan A Gimmick

Fox Chicago | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago


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

Chicago's Public Health Budget Gets The Flu

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago


Johnathon Briggs

Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.

Joe Ferguson, New Chicago Inspector General, Comes From Hardscrabble Boston Roots

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago


Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection -- and the mean streets of Boston ...

Daley's Skin Getting Thinner Under Media Glare

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Daley's decision to blame the media for Oprah Winfrey's career-altering choice to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show after her 25th seaso...

Daley Rips Reporter Over Michael Scott Question (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Daley lit into a reporter Wednesday for asking whether the death of his longtime friend Michael Scott will affect the mayor's political career. ...

Michael Scott's Death Definitely Suicide: Medical Examiner (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago


The Cook County Medical Examiner said today that there was "no evidence" the death of Chicago school board president trusted Daley ally Michael Scott ...

Making Teachers Unions Work for Students -- And All Teachers

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago


Paras Bhayani

Getting unions to prioritize compensation and not the strictures that constrain schools would require a tectonic shift in their priorities, but precedent for such reformed advocacy does exist.

Diversity Is Great, But It Won't Save Chicago's Public Schools

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago


Matt Farmer

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

Alderman On Lease Of City Water System: 'There Is Something In The Works'

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Richard Daley says any part of city government is up for grabs if the price is right. But if he is tempted to dangle Chicago's vast water syste...

Daley Sued Over Obama, Jarrett's Olympic Involvement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago


A conservative watchdog group is suing Mayor Daley and the city for failing to turn over information about the Obama administration's involvement in C...

Daley Administration To Push Judge To Remove Corruption Oversight

Fox Chicago | Anita Padilla | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Daley's administration wants Chicago alderman to believe that political favors and corruption no longer exist at City Hall. ...

Chicago Sued By Own Inspector General

NBC Chicago/Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago


NBC5 and the Chicago Sun-Times have learned the city Inspector General's Office is taking the Daley administration to court after issuing a subpoena l...

Fenger 'A Very Good School': Daley

Fox Chicago | Darlene Hill | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago


"Fenger has a very good principal and it's a very good school" Mayor Richard Daley said Thursday at Orr Academy where he was principal for the day. ...

Aldermen Blast Daley For Dipping Into Financial Reserves

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


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...

City Asking Police, Firefighters To Take Furloughs

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


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

Daley Blames Houlihan For Rising Property Tax

Chicago Tribune | Bob Secter and Hal Dardick | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday tried to offer up a scapegoat for the puzzle of why property tax bills are soaring as home values are plummeting: Cook ...

Daley Dips Into Parking Meter Funds To Offer Property Tax Grants

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Chicago homeowners squeezed by rising property tax bills could be in line for cash grants of up to $200 thanks to $35 million worth of property tax re...

Back to Business as Usual

Michael Moreci | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Michael Moreci

A month after the city was rebuffed in its Olympics bid, the financial hand wringing has returned. The smokescreen Daley spread over the city's economic disasters for the IOC has dissipated.

A Letter From Concerned Citizens to Mayor Daley

Jim Peters | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Jim Peters

The disappointment over the loss of the 2016 Olympics should not prevent Chicagoans from realizing a great opportunity -- the redevelopment of the former Michael Reese Hospital Campus.

City Turning Taxpayers Against Each Other

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Would you be willing to rat out a business that's cheating Chicago on taxes in exchange for a share of back taxes recovered?...

Red Light Camera Expansion Halted By Budget Cuts

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


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...

Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.