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City Referendums: Hyde Park Enacts Booze Ban, Lakefront Development Halted

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Voters in Uptown, Edgewater and Hyde Park approved advisory referendums dealing with housing and development issues by landslide margins yesterday. I...

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Daley Rips Property Tax Plan

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Politics, James Houlihan, Tifs, Cook County Assessor, Cook County, Richard Daley, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago News

Mayor Daley today denounced as a "political stunt" Assessor Jim Houlihan's plan to siphon money away from Chicago's tax-increment-financing (TIF) dist...

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TIFS For Tots, Part Two

Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

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Northwestern journalism student Adam Verwymeren earned acclaim for "TIFs For Tots," his hilarious cartoon primer on Mayor Daley's go-to development to...

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Central Loop TIF Will Die

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Tifs, Rod Blagojevich, Loop TIF, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Mayor Daley, Central Loop TIF, Daley TIFs, Blagojevich TIFs, Chicago News

City Hall is putting a lid on Mayor Richard M. Daley's favorite honey pot. Facing apparent opposition from Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Daley administra...

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Chicago's Cost-Cutting Ideas

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago and Privatization, TIFs, Chicago Tifs, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Mayor Daley, Chicago Skyway, Chicago City Deficit, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Skyway Fund, City of Chicago, Aldmermanic Pay Raise, Chicago City Budget, Chicago Budget Crisis, Chicago Garbage Collection, Chicago News

If too many cooks spoil the broth, the solution to Chicago's budget crisis will be one spoiled stew. Aldermen, union leaders and civic watchdogs are ...

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