Inside DC| More...
 

Scott Waguespack

City Leased The Streets Along With Its Parking Meters: Study

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Right of Way, Urban Planning, Chicago Parking Meters LLC, Active Transportation Alliance Parking Meter Report, Scott Waguespack, David Hoffman, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Margo O'Hara, Chicago News

The deal to lease Chicago's parking meters to a private company has crippled the City's ability to make comprehensive transportation planning, a new r...

Read Whole Story

Pictures Of On-Duty Cops Posing With Women Outside Clubs Leaked To Fox

Fox Chicago | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Cop Photos, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News

The photos are from a frustrated club worker who says some officers have been slow to respond to his calls and he believes these pictures show why. ...

Read Whole Story

TIF Sunshine Ordinance Passes City Council 48-0

Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Tif Sunshine Ordinance, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Mayor Daley, Manny Flores, Margaret Laurino, Chicago Tifs, Tif Reform, Scott Waguespack, Tifs, Chicago News

It's about to get a lot easier to find out where the reams of city taxpayer money spent on Tax Increment Financing districts goes. On Wednesday the C...

Read Whole Story

TIF Sunshine Ordinance Passes Committee

Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: TIF Sunshine Bill, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Tifs, Manny Flores, Tif Sunshine Ordinance, Tif Reform, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News

A bill that would require the City of Chicago to disclose all the financial details of murky Tax Increment Financing (TIF) deals is a step closer to b...

Read Whole Story

Eternal Sunshine of Chicago's Mind: TIFs Need to be Brought Into the Light

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Tax Increment Financing, Hired Truck Scandal, The Chicago Way, Manny Flores, Scott Waguespack, Chicago Corruption, Tif Reform, Chicago Tifs, Tifs, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

TIF districts make eyes glaze over because they're difficult to understand, difficult to track, and it takes decades to see the results of bad governance, perfect conditions for pulling the wool over citizens.

Read Post

City Council Tables Vote On TIF Reform

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Manny Flores, Chicago City Council, City Council Tifs, Mayor Daley, Chicago Tif Reform, Scott Waguespack, Tifs, Chicago News

But this being the Chicago City Council, where almost nothing moves forward without the imprimatur of the mayor, the proposal was tabled without a vot...

Read Whole Story

Double Secret Probation for Global Parking Management in 32nd Ward

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cars, Global Parking Management, 32nd Ward Chicago, Scott Waguespack, Chicago Parking, Joe Grillo, Chicago Parking Restrictions, Denver Boot, Chicago News
The Parking Ticket Geek

Just a few weeks ago, the fate of Global Parking Management had been sealed. The private booting firm was going to be given the boot from the 32nd Ward. But emotions seem to have cooled.

Read Post

Aldermen Want Republic Windows To Return City Tax Subsidies

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Manuel Flores, Republic Windows and Doors Lay Offs, Job Cuts, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News

Chicago Ald. Manuel Flores (1st) and Scott Waguespack (32nd) today introduced legislation directing the Daley administration to consider recouping tax...

Read Whole Story

Wicker Park Hotel Battle: A Case Study In Clout

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Wicker Park Coyote Building, Chicago Clout, Wicker Park, Chicago Zoning Law, MCM Properties, 32nd Ward Chicago, James Banks, Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals, Wicker Park Hotel, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News

Who has more clout over zoning in the 32nd Ward: Alderman Scott Waguespack or zoning lawyer James Banks? Ordinarily the alderman would be the obvious ...

Read Whole Story

Alderman Waguespack to the Rescue in Bucktown Tow Truck Attack

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cars, Bucktown Cars Towed, Bucktown 5k, Bucktown Race Towing, Scott Waguespack, Chicago News
The Parking Ticket Geek

Ald. Waguespack and his staff looked into the problem and discovered there were some discrepancies that led to so many cars being towed improperly.

Read Post