The Value of Water
The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.
The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.
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...
Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago
In just less than 60 days, Chicago's parking meter rates will increase again....
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
After draining reserve funds generated by city asset sales, Mayor Daley has hitched Chicago's financial future to continuing the Great Chicago sell-of...
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
The question must be floated: can we as a society be engaged in privatizing our children?
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago
Private contractors are not exactly beating down the door to take over one of Chicago's most politically slippery tasks -- side-street snow removal --...
Michael Likosky | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.
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...
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
Let's hope that the Constitutional Court and the U.S. court of public opinion come to the right conclusion and accept responsibility for essential services.
Chicago Public Radio | Alex Keefe | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago
In a brief written statement, the city says the lawsuit over its $1.15 billion parking meter privatization is "wholly without merit."...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
Chicago's much-maligned parking meter lease deal is getting a fresh beating. The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, a ...
Bloomberg News | Darrell Preston | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago
Macquarie Infrastructure Group, a publicly traded toll-road fund managed by Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group Ltd., may sell the le...
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
If you're looking for a good deal on public assets, Allen & Overy LLP, a leading international law firm, has a product for you.
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business
If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.
James Glave | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
These projects capture the kinetic energy of falling water without the massive negative impacts associated with dam construction, and they're causing quite a stir.
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...
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
As usual, the first hint of a looming financial crisis resurrected the sudden need to get rid of Social Security.
NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago
While at least some members of Los Angeles's City Council look at Chicago's parking meter mess and see . . . a mess, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa looks ...
J. Richard Cohen | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
As a society, we are facing a crucial decision: We can continue to criminalize our children and groom them for adult prisons. Or, we can invest in programs that help rather than harm them.
AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A $2.5 billion first-of-its-kind deal to privatize a major U.S. airport has collapsed amid the global credit crunch, city officials sa...
Michael Moreci | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago
This is the dream of business-minded elected officials: Boatloads of cash come in and none goes out. As Chicago sells off more and more, they'll be required to do less and less.
Randall Amster | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media
From now on, I will only get my news from future-based sources, and thus seek to remain ahead of the curve. Outlandish, you say? Impossible? You are obviously so behind the times.
Randall Amster | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green
It's one thing when the desert is bereft of water, but the marshlands? The nation's agricultural leader? Major cities? Whole continents? And this is only the beginning.
Donald Cohen | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
The real problem is that the structure of private detention and prison contracting creates incentives and behaviors that poison our system of criminal justice.
Warren Goldstein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
The brouhaha over Citigroup's naming rights to the new Mets stadium taps into intense feelings, not only about a storied baseball franchise, but also about the economic mess we're in.
Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago