Richard Daley

What Bill Daley's Resignation May Signal for 2012

Keith Koeneman | Posted 03.11.2012

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Daley is a pro-business Democrat who struggled to fit in at a White House which had become increasingly populist. The philosophies of the two men, Daley and Obama, had grown too far apart to reconcile.

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'The City Won't Be The Same'

Posted 11.28.2011

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First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Chicago Monday morning to say goodbye to the city's longtime first lady Maggie Daley, who lost a long battle with...

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Maggie Daley Memorial Sunday: Chicago's 'Heart' Through The Years (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.27.2011

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Updated story As the city of Chicago continues to mourn the Thursday death of the city's former first lady Maggie Daley, a public memorial will be ...

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Bill Daley and the Next Race for Governor of Illinois

Keith Koeneman | Posted 01.01.2012

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It seems as if Bill Daley has perfected an important basketball skill: the head fake, a misdirection technique designed to keep your opponent off balance.

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Obama Staff Profiles: Rahm Emanuel

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.12.2011

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While Rahm Emanuel is listed as a "politician" in his Wikipedia entry, he's not. Emanuel is a Democratic operative at the highest levels; he bleeds Dem blue. He wasn't a politician until well after quelling all the Clinton scandals.

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Major White House Official Says He Won't Stay Past 2012

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.11.2011

White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told NBC Chicago Monday that he will not stay past President Barack Obama's re-election. "I made a commitment to...

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Chicago Police May Close Stations To Save Money

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Cpd, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Police Station Closures, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Budget Deficit, Richard Daley, Chicago Police Stations, Chicago News

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has been tasked with cutting $190 million from the department's $1.3 billion annual budget, and as he has...

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Rahm Drastically Reins In City Agency Credit Card Usage

Posted 09.10.2011

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After his administration reviewed how government-issued credit cards are used in the city, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to drastically c...

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Former Chicago First Lady Has Spent Week In Hospital, Reports Doctor

AP | Posted 08.26.2011

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CHICAGO — Maggie Daley's doctor says the former Chicago first lady has spent the past week in the hospital and has been released. Dr. Steven Ro...

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CHA Head Resigns Following Credit Card Scandal

Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Politics, Credit Card Scandal, Credit Card Abuse, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago News, Government Transparency, Richard Daley, Lewis Jordan, Chicago News

Last week, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel took away his access to city credit cards, cars and the police officers assigned to drive them. On Tuesday, Chic...

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Report: Daleys Selling House Due To Maggie's Health Issues

Posted 07.20.2011

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In 1993, Mayor Richard M. Daley made a move that stunned the city. He sold his family's home on South Emerald Avenue in Bridgeport -- the neighborhood...

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Changing of the Guard

Hermene Hartman | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Chicago Mayoral Inauguration 2011, Mayor Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, Ndigo, Chicago Politics, Chicago's Mayor, Richard Daley, Hermene Hartman, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago News

This week, Chicago experiences a new political era as the Daley years have ended. Enter Rahm Emanuel, who takes over from a legend and inherits serious debt.

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Man on Five: The Chicago Mayoral Race

Sugar Rautbord | Posted 05.25.2011

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To understand how Chicago politics works one need only do a doctoral thesis on the Daley I mayoral years, the Daley II mayoral years or watch a West Wing-like television series that I may have to co-write, Man on Five.

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Richard Daley, Jeffrey Immelt - A Rhyming Rant

Jim Parry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Daley, Jeffrey Immelt,/ Businessmen who know their stuff,/ Now have clout to help Obama/ Tell the workingstiffs, "Hey, tough."

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Running for Mayor of Chicago? Your Web Presence Probably Stinks

Daniel Sinker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Danny Davis, Roland Burris, Carol Moseley Braun, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayoral Race, Chicago, Chicago News

You're going to need a website. Many of you have them, but there are a few surprises in the pool that don't. Danny Davis and Roland Burris, I'm talking to you when I say the web is really important.

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Mayor Daley Feasts on Another Budget Victory; Leaves Next Mayor With the Tab

Joe Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year's city budget called for no tax increases and no significant further cuts in services. It's a perfect election year budget. So what's not to like?

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Chicago Cubs Owners Rail Against Gov't Spending While Asking Taxpayers For $300 Million To Renovate Wrigley Field

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Wealthy businessman Joe Ricketts's mission to rid the country of earmarks and government waste has run into a hurdle: the request by his...

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Kicking the Can Down the Road -- Mayor Daley's Final Budget Proposal

Joe Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Mayor delivered his budget address October 13, and he kicked the can to his successor. Once again the parking meter lease proceeds served as a convenient piggy bank.

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How to Fit in at the Sit-In

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The radical moms from Whittier Elementary School are now in the fifth week of their sit-in at the field house they call La Casita.

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A Defeatist Meme Threatens the Democratic Majority in Congress

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

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The defeatist meme has disproportionately expanded for an election that is still six weeks away. But it's never over until it's over, and all this talk is nonsense, even when muttered by the mighty.

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Decline of Daley, Chicago and U.S.

John R. MacArthur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley's bombshell announcement that he won't seek reelection is the most significant indication yet that the majority party will lose many congressional seats, and that its love affair with Obama may be on the wane.

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I'll Miss the Mayor

Matthew Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 60 years of quasi-association joined my family to the current mayor.

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WATCH: Some Seriously Hilarious Mayor Daley Moments

Posted 05.25.2011

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Say what you will about Richard M. Daley--but he is the definition of a Chicago character. From his undeniable South Side accent to his sometimes inte...

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Rahmbo Rahmno: The Case for a Woman to Replace Mayor Daley

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only clean break with the past that matters is electing a pro-women woman the next Mayor of Chicago.

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The Daley Show With Rahm Emanuel: The Mediagasm (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Richard M. Daley announced that he will not be seeking reelection as mayor of Chicago, the reaction of your cable teevee news heads was as swift ...

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