The Chicago City Council approved a plan yesterday that green lights a 20-year lease of city property, which — for some — conjures up bad memories of the much lamented 75-year parking meter deal.
There were a number of Chicago City Council committee meetings today in order to advance matters for Wednesday’s full council session. One committee that did not meet and has, in fact, only met once since the start of 2012 is the Workforce Development and Audit Committee, chaired by Ald. Patrick O’Connor (40th), Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s council floor leader.
That the workforce committee is missing in action means that Ald. Jason Ervin’s (28th) ordinance to guarantee the city’s 2,400 airport workers a “living wage” hasn’t moved since it was referred to the committee last October – even as the majority of airport concession workers head into contract negotiations this summer. Read more »
The Chicago City Council passed 41-7 today Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s
controversial “Infrastructure Trust” public-private partnership,
arguably Emanuel’s most significant proposal in his one year as mayor.
The Chicago City Council approved a plan yesterday that green lights a 20-year lease of city property, which — for some — conjures up bad memories of the much lamented 75-year parking meter deal. 
There were a number of Chicago City Council committee meetings today in order to advance matters for Wednesday’s full council session. One committee that did not meet and has, in fact, only met once since the start of 2012 is the Workforce Development and Audit Committee, chaired by Ald. Patrick O’Connor (40th), Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s council floor leader.
