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PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:39am
Tue Sep 14, 2010

The Contenders Start To Emerge (VIDEO)

City Hall

Seven days after the Daley bombshell, the dust is beginning to settle and some of the primary contenders to fill Daley's shoes are starting to emerge. We offer a rundown of the latest mayoral chatter.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
3:23pm
Mon Mar 8, 2010

Bringing TIF Back To Its Roots (VIDEO)

Tax Increment Financing

On Wednesday, Chicago Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward) and a handful of co-sponsors will introduce an ordinance that would require the city to set aside 20 percent of all new tax increment financing (TIF) revenue to jumpstart affordable housing projects. We look at how such an investment would buoy the city's housing market and create jobs.

Quick Hit
by Adam Doster
11:41am
Tue Feb 2, 2010

Number Of The Day: 19

That's the number of aldermen Mayor Richard Daley will have appointed to the Chicago City Council once he decides who will fill the seats vacated by Manny Flores and Ike Carothers this year. If Ald. Toni Preckwinkle wins today's primary and is elected Cook County Board President in November, you can add another one to the list. Not every appointee is a rank-and-file Daley supporter, of course.  And the large majority have been reelected on their own merits.  But still: 19 seats represents a whopping 38 percent of the council. When it only takes 26 votes to approve an ordinance -- and 17 to block a (rare) veto override -- it's quite an advantage for hizzoner.

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:59pm
Fri Jan 15, 2010

Flores Says Farewell

Chicago City Council

We were honestly quite suprised to hear last week that Ald. Manny Flores (1st Ward) had accepted
Gov. Pat Quinn's nomination to chair the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Over the past year, Flores has led some of the most important fights at
City Hall, pushing for more ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:45pm
Wed Dec 9, 2009
5 comments

A Look Back At The Republic Windows Ripple Effect

Chicago City Council

While much of the current local coverage is being devoted to the
anniversary of Rod Blagojevich's arrest, this week also marks one year
since the historic sit-in by the employees of Chicago-based Republic
Windows and Doors.  The occupation of the factory began on ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
9:23am
Fri Dec 4, 2009

Next Up, Saffold Defends TIFs (UPDATED)

Tax Increment Financing

Mayor Daley must be really eager to tamp down all this tax increment financing (TIF) talk.  Appearing on WBEZ on November 1, he talked at length -- and not entirely truthfully -- about the benefits of this economic development tool.  At a November 13 press conference...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
9:14am
Thu Dec 3, 2009
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TIF Dominates The Chicago Budget Debate

Manny Flores

Judging by the budget debate that took place yesterday, there's no doubt that members of Chicago's City Council have noticed the unprecedented tax increment financing (TIF) blowback that we chronicled this week.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:14am
Wed Nov 18, 2009

Activists Push For Better TIF Investment: "We Need This Housing"

Housing

A few months back, a coalition of community activists from across Chicago met at City Hall to call out the Daley administration for investing so few tax increment financing (TIF) dollars in affordable housing. After all, over the past decade, a mere 4 percent of the ...