Politics
There are worries that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed “Infrastructure Trust” will not be accountable to the public and City Council. However, the trust is still largely undefined, raising another, more basic question: What projects will it finance?
Chicago Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott testified at a City Council Finance Committee 
A city council committee today passed a controversial proposal to
install speed enforcement cameras near schools and parks – despite
incomplete information on changes to the proposal, especially how the
city might use speeding ticket revenue. 
The Mental Health Movement added a new wrinkle in their bid to prevent clinic closings.
The Chicago City Council passed a law today that will subtract a
person’s outstanding parking and speeding ticket debt, and other such
citations, from their state income tax return. The law is revealing of
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s approach toward taxes. 
