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Daley Gets Testy, Won't Discuss Olympics Insider's Land Deal

Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Scott, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Sites, Chicago 2016, Douglas Park Olympics, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley today declined to answer questions about a Tribune story on how a member of his Olympic bid team arranged to develop city-owned la...

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Chicago 2016 Bid Member Developing Land Adjacent To Planned Olympics Site

Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty, David Heinzmann and Kathy Bergen | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago 2016, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympic Bid, Michael Scott, Douglas Park Olympics, Chicago News

A member of Mayor Richard Daley's team working to bring the Olympics to Chicago has quietly arranged to develop city-owned land near a park that would...

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Daley: Tax Break For United's Willis Tower Move Essential For Jobs

Crain's Chicago Business | Eddie Baeb | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Willis Tower, Willis Tower Tifs, United Airlines, Mayor Daley, Daley TIFs, Tifs, United Willis Tower, Chicago News

Mayor Richard M. Daley says the city's proposed $24-million subsidy to help bring 2,800 United Airlines employees downtown is warranted because of the...

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Daley Backs Preferred City Contracts For Gay-Owned Businesses

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Gay Businesses, Chicago Minority Businesses, Chicago City Contracts, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley said today he would support an effort to give preferential treatment in city contracting to businesses owned by gays and lesbians....

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Daley Orders Employees To Forfeit Raises, Take Furlough Days

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

Read More: Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, Chicago City Workers, Chicago News

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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Chicago Olympics Bid Dogged By Recession

New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

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

On a recent afternoon, Mayor Richard M. Daley delivered his annual speech on the condition of the city he has run for 20 years. Revenues may fall $250...

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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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Jarrett: Chicago-Staffed White House Not The City's '51st Ward'

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama White House Chicagoans, Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Tina Tchen, Daniel Hornung, Obama Administration, Susan Sher, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Obama Chicago, Mayor Daley, Desiree Rogers, The Chicago Way, Peter Cunningham, Chicago News

In Washington, the relationships among the key players in government are subject to speculation and fascination over whether there is a "Chicago way" ...

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Mayor Daley, Why? (Or Why Not?)

David Murray | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Corruption, Arne Duncan, Cynicism, Goo-Goos, Mayor Daley, Mike Royko, Ron Huberman, Chicago Politics, Corruption Fatigue, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
David Murray

It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.

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Daley Touts Wal-Mart As Store Proposal Moves In City Council

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dick Mell, Wal Mart Chicago Stores, Chicago Big Box Ordinance, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Chicago, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley and officials with Wal-Mart appeared at a green jobs news conference today, so it was inevitable that talk would turn to Wal-Mart'...

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Daley Lauds Quinn When Asked About Hynes Candidacy

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor 2010, Mayor Daley, Illinois Governor Race, Daley Quinn, Chicago News

If State Comptroller Dan Hynes challenges Pat Quinn in the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary, he'd be wise not to count on support from a familiar...

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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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Bronzeville Residents Take Housing Crusade To Mayor Daley's Home

Chi-Town Daily News | Adrian G. Uribarri | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bronzeville, Bronzeville Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Chicago News

More than 40 Bronzeville residents packed into a schoolbus last night to visit Mayor Richard M. Daley's house, demanding that city officials approve 5...

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Willis Tower Becomes Official: Sears Tower Renamed

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Willis Tower, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Renamed, Sears Tower New Name, Joseph Plumeri, Mayor Daley, Big Willie, Sears Tower Skydeck, Sears Tower Ledge, Willis Group Holdings, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday ...

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Montel Gayles, Mayor Daley's Purchasing Chief, Resigns

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Administration, Chicago Minority Hiring, Montel Gayles, Daley Cabinet, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Daley's $169,020 chief procurement officer abruptly resigned Tuesday, continuing the revolving door in a department that has struggled to boost ...

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Daley Lays Off 431 City Workers After Unions Don't Blink

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Workers, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Union Concessions, Mayor Daley Layoffs, Chicago City Layoffs, Teamsters, Afscme, Chicago News

UPDATE 431 city workers were laid off Wednesday after two unions and the Daley administration were unable to reach an agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline,...

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Tougher Tests Just the First Step to Improving Chicago Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Test Scores, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Inner City Education, Charter Schools, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Chicago Education, Isat, Advance Illinois, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

Transform every school into a charter and you'll still have to solve the equation: How to educate students, especially students who often face troubled home lives and come to school woefully unprepared to learn.

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City Cancels Lease With Daley Nephew's Warehouse

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN AND TIM NOVAK | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley Nephew, Mayor Daley, DV Urban Realty, Daley Nephew City Pension Deals, Daley Nephew Warehouse, Robert Vanecko, Chicago News

City Hall is breaking its month-to-month lease for a warehouse that Mayor Daley's nephew and his partners bought with city pension funds....

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Daley: Olympics Bid 'Is The Only Economic Engine'

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Costs, Chicago 2016, Daley Olympics, Chicago News

An impassioned Mayor Daley today portrayed the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as the economic salvation for Chicago, but warned that the city just might lo...

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City To Deploy Debt Collectors As Budget Gap Grows

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Debt Collectors, Collection Agencies, Chicago Budget, Chicago Debt Collectors, CBE Group, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget Deficit, Chicago Collection Agencies, Chicago News

The same bill collectors who pester debtors on behalf of credit-card companies are being recruited by Chicago City Hall to go after anybody who owes m...

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Daley And Chicago Olympics Bid Lampooned In Song (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Mayor Daley, Video, Good King Rich, Matt Famer, Blue State Cowboys, Daley Olympics Song, Olympics 2016, Chicago News

A new music video mocking Mayor Daley and the city's 2016 Olympics bid is making the rounds this week. Good King Rich was recorded by the Blue State ...

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Homero Tristan, Daley's Personnel Chief, Resigns Weeks After Lying Charge

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Political Hiring, Homero Tristan, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Daley Administration, David Hoffman, Chicago News

The top mayoral aide charged with implementing a city hiring system free of politics abruptly resigned today -- less than two weeks after the inspecto...

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Education in Chicago: Chicago Public Schools Have Improved? Baloney!

Bill Sweetland | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Academic Test Scores, Still Left Behind, Illinois Standards Achievement Test, Literacy, Failure of Chicago Public Schools, Prairie State Achievement Examination, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois State Board of Education, Isat, Mayor Daley, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

Nothing that Paul Vallas, Mayor Daley or Arne Duncan did in the last 15 years has had any significant effect on the number of CPS students who can read, write and do basic math acceptably. It's all an illusion.

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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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Touted Chicago School Reform A Failure: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Still Left Behind Report, Arne Duncan, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, Renaissance 2010, Chicago Schools, Mayor Daley, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Chicago Public School reform largely has failed, with the vast bulk of students either dropping out or unprepared for college and apparent gains at th...

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