Toni Preckwinkle

Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer

David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daniel Kaplan, Mariyana Spyropoulos, USS Bunker Hill, Chicago News, Johnson & Johnson, Arthur Levitt, Barbara McGowan, Gloria Alitto Majewski, Terry O'Brian, Illinois Poltics, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Todd Connor, Mesirow Financial, Kathleen Meany, Frank Avila, Patricia Horton, Bridget Gainer, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Tom Tunney, Larry Suffredin, Mike Kreloff, Toni Preckwinkle, Susan Garrett, Carol Ronen, Sara Feigenholtz, Jeff Schoenberg, Roberto Maldonado, Debra Shore, Cynthia Santos, Bond Deal, Bond Deal Loss, Chicago News
David Ormsby

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.

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Who Should Claypool Voters Choose? Probably Preckwinkle

Paras Bhayani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Forrest Claypool, Todd Stroger, Mike Quigley, Cook County Board, Cook County Politics, Mayor Daley, Danny Davis, Tom Dart, Cook County Board President Race, Dorothy Brown, Toni Preckwinkle, Terrence O'Brien, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

The voters who would have backed Claypool, many of whom live on the North Side and in suburban Cook County, might well be the swing votes in this election.

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Danny Davis Hedging On Run For County Board President

Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Danny Davis, Cook County Board President Race, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board, Terrence O'Brien, Dorothy Brown, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago News

Congressman Danny Davis may be backing away from a run for Cook County Board president in order to keep his seat in Washington. Davis has said repeat...

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Stroger Rebuffed As Democrats Don't Endorse For County Board President

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Danny Davis, Cook County Democratic Slating, Cook County Board President Race, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Toni Preckwinkle, Terrence O'Brien, Chicago News

In a major disappointment for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, the county's Democratic leaders today have declined to endorse him for re-elec...

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Stroger Blames Zell, Bad Data For Low Poll Numbers

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sam Zell, Todd Stroger, Danny Davis, Dorothy Brown, Stroger Tribune Poll, Cook County Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Stroger Approval Rating, Stroger Poll, Terrence O'Brien, Cook County Board, Chicago News

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger downplayed his dismal approval rating in a Tribune/WGN poll Thursday and alleged that the low numbers were pa...

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Todd Stroger Called 'A Little Stupid And A Lot Lazy' By Own Ward Worker

Chicago Sun-Times | MARK J. KONKOL | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Danny Davis, Cook County Board President Race, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Toni Preckwinkle, Doug Kucia, Todd Stroger Reelection, Terrence O'Brien, Chicago News

Ask anyone, even Cook County President Todd Stroger's closest pals, and they'll tell you Ol' Todd has bumbled his way through his first term....

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Terrence O'Brien, Water District Chief, Running For County Board President

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Danny Davis, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board President Race, Cook County Politics, Terrence O'Brien, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago News

The head of an agency that handles wastewater in Cook County is running for county board president....

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Michael Reese Demolition On Hold Until Olympics Decision

Newstips | Curtis Black | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Reese Hospital Olympic Village, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Preservation, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Preservationists got a temporary reprieve last night with a public statement that demolition of buildings on the Michael Reese Hospital campus won't b...

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A Cook in Congress

Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Danny Davis, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President Race, James Houlihan, Tom Dart, Larry Suffredin, Chicago News
Shawn Healy

Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.

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Dorothy Brown Enters Race For Cook County Board President

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger Reelection, Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Danny Davis, Cook County Board President Race, Terrence O'Brien, Larry Suffredin, Cook County Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, James Houlihan, Forrest Claypool, Tom Dart, Cook County Board, Chicago News

The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...

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Danny Davis Polling For County Board President Run

Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Board President Race, Dorothy Brown, Danny Davis Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Todd Stroger, Danny Davis, Jim Houlihan, Tom Dart, Cook County Board, Larry Suffredin, Chicago News

Another big local name is considering running for Cook County Board president. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is forming an exploratory committee to weigh a r...

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The Changing Face of Illinois Politics

Hermene Hartman | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis, Rickey Hendon, Chris Kennedy, Chicago Politics, Todd Stroger, Cheryle Jackson, Cook County Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Roland Burris, Illinois Politics, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

The political landscape of Chicago and Illinois is destined to change in its black representation. Todd Stroger has been a disappointment. He should go home and not waste the public's time with another run.

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Stroger Media Blitz Fails To Calm Criticism Over Hiring Scandal (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stroger Chicago Tonight, Toni Preckwinkle, Donna Dunnings, Todd Stroger, Todd Stroger Reelection, Stroger Hiring Scandal, Stroger Dunnings Scandal, Tony Cole, Stroger Patronage, Chicago News

Damage control is not one of Todd Stroger's specialties. The beleaguered Cook County Board president's recent round of media interviews has raised mo...

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Burris, Stroger Facing Challenges From Black Women As Machine Feels Heat

Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Board President Race, Cheryle Jackson, Todd Stroger, Burris Senate Seat, James Meeks, Toni Preckwinkle, Roland Burris, Democratic Machine, Chicago News

It's a heady time in African-American politics. Presidents, senators and congressmen are feeling the burn. The old political hands are nervous. The yo...

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Why Would Ald. Preckwinkle Run For County Board President As Olympics Loom?

Gapers Block | Ramsin Canon | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Preckwinkle County Board Run, Chicago 2016, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago News

But why is [Ald. Toni] Preckwinkle looking to leave the 4th Ward just as the Olympic Games threaten to tear the community apart? Just when the ward wo...

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Ald. Toni Preckwinkle To Run For Cook County Board President

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Preckwinkle County Board, Todd Stroger, Preckwinkle County Board Run, Preckwinkle Stroger, Toni Preckwinkle, Forrest Claypool, Cook County, Cook County Board, Chicago News

While the media pack has been overwhelmed covering Messrs. Blagojevich, Burris and Obama, a big local political story has been quietly developing in r...

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Chicago Olympic Village Could Still Be At Reese Hospital Site

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Reese Hospital Olympic Village, 2016 Olympics, Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Toni Preckwinkle, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Village, Olympic Village, 2016 Olympics Bid, Pat Ryan, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

It looks like the on-again, off-again plan to move the $1.1 billion Olympic Village to the campus of Michael Reese Hospital could be back on again. A...

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Hyde Park Debates Obama Effect

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama University of Chicago, Crawford Texas, Robert Fogel, University of Chicago, Toni Preckwinkle, Kilimanjaro International, Hyde Park Historical Society, Hyde Park Obama, Hyde Park, Chicago Gentrification, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Hyde Park, a neighborhood that sets itself studiously apart, soon will be shoved into the international spotlight. With local resident Barack Obama h...

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What the Tribune's Zoning Series Missed

David Hoyt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hyde Park, Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Neighborhoods for Sale, Chicago Zoning, South Side Development, Leslie Hairston, Chicago Corruption, Toni Preckwinkle, Pat Dowell, Bernie Stone, Chicago Zoning Board, Chicago Development, Chicago Community Groups, Chicago News
David Hoyt

The Chicago Tribune's zoning series missed the half of the story that corresponds to the half of the city known as the South Side.

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Two-Ticket Boot Plan Almost Official

Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Denver Boot, Two Ticket Boot, Boot Threshold, Toni Preckwinkle, City Council, Mayor Daley, Danny Solis, Booting Cars, Chicago Parking, Chicago Parking Tickets, Parking Scofflaws, Chicago News

UPDATE Aldermen delayed a vote Monday on Mayor Daley's plan to boot the cars of drivers with just two unpaid tickets, rather than the current minimu...

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