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Daley Endorses Tax Plan He Once Dismissed

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Taxes, Thomas Johnson, Todd Stroger, Daley Property Tax Relief, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago Property Tax Relief, Daley Tax Plan, Cook County Assessor, Daley Houlihan Tax Plan, Richard Daley, Taxpayers Federation of Illinois, Daley Houlihan, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley said today that the state should expand a state program that provides property tax relief to disabled, low-income, elderly residen...

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Daley Going To Turkey For Olympic Meeting

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: European Olympic Committee, Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Daley Turkey Trip Olympics, Daley 2016 Olympics, Istanbul Turkey, International Olympic Committee, Richard Daley, 2016 Olympics Bid, Pat Ryan, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Mayor Daley has traveled the world to promote Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. He's about to pile up even more frequent-flier mile...

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Daley Reaches Agreement With Unions That Could Decrease Lay Offs

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Labor, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Daley Labor Agreement, Chicago Layoffs, Daley Labor Deal, Chicago Budget Deficit, Chicago Labor Unions, Daley Labor Unions Budget Layoffs, Richard Daley, Laborers Local 1001, Chicago News

Mayor Daley and organized labor have reached an agreement that could dramatically reduce the 929 layoffs needed to solve Chicago's worst budget crisis...

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Will The City Clerk's Office Be Eliminated?

FOX Chicago | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Clerk, Chicago City Council, 21st Century Commission, Abolish Chicago City Clerk's Office, Richard Daley, Miguel Del Valle, Chicago City Clerk's Office Eliminate, Chicago News

Chicago's last two city clerks have gone to prison, turning the office into an easy target for those who want to abolish it. Now a commission appoint...

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Obama's Urban Policy Office: Role For Architects?

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Urban Policy Office, Valerie Jarrett, President Obama, Architecture, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Obama Urban Policy, Architects Obama Administration, Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Chicago News

With a variety of news outlets reporting that Barack Obama will form an Office of Urban Policy to coordinate the new administration's efforts on citie...

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Claypool Won't Seek Rahm Emanuel's Congressional Seat

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Claypool Emanuel Seat, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Claypool Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Forrest Claypool, Emanuel Congressional Seat, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel Congressional Seat, Barack Obama, Chicago News

Mr. Claypool is not going to Washington. Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool told the Sun-Times today he has decided not to run for Congress to...

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Chicago Reporter: Emanuel Will Be Reviled By Dems

Washington Independent | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Chief of Staff, David Axelrod, Obama Daley, Rahm Emanuel, President Obama, Obama Transition, Obama Chicago Politics, Richard Daley, Obama Chicago, Politics News

In the days following his election, it has become clear that President-elect Barack Obama is bringing a little bit of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's...

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Taxpayers To Foot $7M Bill For Downtown Project

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Downtown Public Plaza Chicago, Chicago City Council, Taxes Chicago Plaza Developer, John Buck Co., Richard Daley, Chicago News

Taxpayers will pick up $7 million in costs for the creation of a new downtown public plaza at Randolph and Franklin Streets, part of an office project...

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CEOs Warn Of Huge Layoffs: Daley

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Layoffs, CEO Layoffs 2009, Daley CEOs Layoffs, Richard Daley, Daley 2009 Budget, Chicago Budget, Chicago News

Mayor Daley said Wednesday he's been warned by a parade of corporate CEOs that a blizzard of job cuts are about to bury the souring Chicago economy. ...

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Daley Rebukes Anti-War Alderman

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Daley Rebukes Smith, Ed Smith, Jason Antonio Vazquez, Patrick Daley, Daley Smith, Anti-War Alderman Chicago, Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Chicago News

Ald. Ed Smith (28th) on Wednesday used a City Council resolution honoring the memory of an Illinois National Guardsman who died in Afghanistan to dema...

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City Looks To Lay Off 29 At Airports

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Midway Airport, Chicago Budget, Chicago Airport Layoffs, 2009 Chicago Budget, O'Hare, Brendan Reilly, Richard Daley, Aviation Department, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley's administration plans to eliminate the jobs of more than two dozen people who translate and answer questions for international vi...

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Daley's Budget Approved After Council Rebellion Quelled

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Richard Mell, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Mayor Daley Budget, Chicago Budget, Bennett Johnson, Chicago Budget Passed, Richard Daley, Daley 2009 Budget, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago Budget Vote, Chicago News

Mayor Daley's tough times 2009 budget -- precariously balanced with 929 layoffs, slow police hiring and $52.5 million worth of taxes, fines and fees -...

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Chicago May Consolidate Election Offices

Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Board of Elections, Chicago Elections Offices Consolidation, Richard Daley, David Orr, Chicago Elections Offices, Chicago News

The city of Chicago could save money by transferring its election board's responsibilties to Cook County. Mayor Richard Daley says he's open to the id...

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Old Post Office Renovations To Start Next Year

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Post Office Renovation, Old Chicago Post Office, Thomas Omundson, Chicago Post Office, Richard Daley, Omundson Co., Chicago News

The long renovation of Chicago's "incredible hulk," the old Chicago post office that spans the Eisenhower Expy., should start later next year, with of...

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Daley Proposes $12 Million For Block 37

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder and Fran Spielman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Block 37, Joseph Freed & Associates LLC, Richard Daley, Block 37 Proposal, Block 37 Hotel, Chicago News

Downtown's Block 37 project, already one of the most tax-subsidized developments in city history, is in line for more money. Mayor Daley proposed Wed...

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Daley Wants Grace Period On Parking Tickets

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Parking Ticket Grace Period Chicago, Parking Ticket Amnesty Chicago, Richard Daley, Chicago Parking Tickets, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley announced today he wants an amnesty period for parking and red-light tickets. The grace period would allow violators to pay 50 pe...

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Daley Signs Three More PR Deals For $5M Each

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Marilyn Katz, Daley Pr Contracts, Daley Public Relations Contracts, Dana Herring, Valerie Denney Communications, Better World Advertising and Metropolitan Group LLC, Daley Pr Deal, Richard Daley, Jacquelyn Heard, Chicago News

The Daley administration has signed three more public relations contracts -- at $5 million apiece -- to supplement the highly- controlled message comi...

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Trouble For Carson's State Street Project

Crain's Chicago Business | Eddie Baeb | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Carson Pirie Scott, Billabong, Carson's Move State Street, Fox & Obel, Joseph Freed & Associates LLC, Richard Daley, Chicago News

Gourmet grocer Fox & Obel and trendy surf-wear retailer Billabong are dropping plans for stores in the former Carson Pirie Scott & Co. building on Sta...

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Daley Doesn't Remember Gutierrez Lobbying Letter

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Gutierrez Loan Letter, Chicago Zoning Law, Calvin Boender, Luis Gutierrez, Daley Gutierrez Letter, Jacquelyn Heard, Richard Daley, Chicago News

A top aide to Richard Daley said Thursday that the mayor does not recall receiving a 2004 letter from U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who wrote Dal...

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Aldermen Riled Up Over City Garbage Cuts, Daley's Budget

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Michael Picardi, Sandi Jackson, George Cardenas, Chicago Budget Cuts, Richard Daley, Chicago Garbage Cuts, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago News

City Council griping about Chicago's financial woes reached its loudest volume Thursday as Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Michael Picardi testifi...

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County Commissioners Want Fund For Low-Income Homeowners

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger, Chicago Property Tax Relief, Cook County Commissioners, Low-Income Homeowners Chicago, Chicago Property Taxes, Forrest Claypool, Cook County Assessor, Jim Houlihan, Mike Quigley, Richard Daley, Larry Suffredin, Chicago News

A band of Cook County Commissioners plan to introduce a proposal to create a so-called "circuit-breaker" fund that would give relief to low-income hom...

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Cabbies Threaten To Strike

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Norma Reyes, Chicago Taxis, Fayez Khozindar, Chicago Cabbies Strike, Chicago Cabdrivers Strike, United Taxidrivers Community Council, Chicago Cabs, Richard Daley, Chicago Cab Costs, Chicago News

Furious that Chicago taxicab fares are going down -- not up -- cabdrivers on Thursday gave Mayor Daley a two-week ultimatum: Support a 16 percent fare...

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Cell Phone Fines Can Be Paid Out Of Court

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Traffic Committee Chicago, Cell Phones, Pat O'Connor, Chicago City Council, Cell Phone Driving Fine Chicago, Richard Daley, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Chicago News

Chicago motorists caught yakking on cell phones while driving -- and committing no other violation -- will soon be able to hang onto their driver's li...

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New Truck Allowing For Deeper Garbage Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Laborers Union, Chicago Garbage, Chicago Streets and Sanitation, New Truck Chicago Garbage, Lou Phillips, Pat O'Connor, Richard Daley, Chicago Garbage Collection, Chicago News

Mayor Daley wants to shrink the size of 80 more garbage collection crews -- to one laborer on a truck instead of two. But he might not stop there. T...

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TIF Districts Costing City Over $550M: Study

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Taxes, TIF, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Richard Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Property Taxes, David Orr, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Cook County Clerk David Orr's annual TIF report is due out tomorrow, and the news is all bleak. On the one hand, the city's tax increment financing d...

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