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by Angela Caputo
1:31pm
Wed Oct 28, 2009
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Waguespack On Daley: "The Old Way Of Doing Things No Longer Works"

Chicago

A week after Mayor Daley unveiled his bad news budget -- which relies on skimming $370 million from asset reserve funds to help plug a $520 million deficit -- aldermen began hearings on the city's finances this morning. Over the past five years, Chicago has collected ...

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by Angela Caputo
1:17pm
Fri Oct 23, 2009
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Daley's Next Privatization Dance?

Richard Daley

After his administration received unprecedented criticism for leasing off Chicago's parking meter system, one might think Mayor Daley would cool it on the privatization schemes.  Instead, he appears to be looking for more public assets to sell off to the highest bidder. The ...

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by Angela Caputo
4:26pm
Wed Oct 21, 2009

A Question For Mayor Daley: Why So Quiet About TIF?

Tax Increment Financing

As Mayor Daley unveiled his latest budget today, the big news
surrounded his proposal to pull $370 million from the reserve fund
created by Chicago's parking meter lease to help balance next year's
$6.14 billion budget.  But as we listened to him address the City
Council ...

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by Angela Caputo
3:00pm
Thu Oct 8, 2009
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Burnett's Affordable Housing Push: "This Is Just The Beginning"

Manny Flores

With an Olympic development bonanza now out of the picture, there's
been plenty of speculation over Mayor Daley's next move for boosting
the city's sagging economy. Credit remains tight and the housing market
is still  deeply distressed. But there are tools sitting in
the ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:24pm
Wed Oct 7, 2009
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Don Rose Suggests "Dart For Mayor"

Tom Dart

After Mayor Daley's Olympics campaign came to a screeching halt in Copenhagen last week, the conversation in Chicago quickly turned to the 2011 municipal elections.  As recent polling shows, the mayor is as vulnerable as he's ever been.  The parking meter debacle, rising crime...

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by Josh Kalven
11:32am
Tue Oct 6, 2009

On The United Deal, Don't Forget That Other $15 Million (UPDATED)

Chicago City Council

Since news first surfaced about the deal in July, we've been following Mayor Daley's efforts to convince United Airlines to move its operational headquarters from the Chicago suburbs to downtown's Willis Tower.  At first, the city offered the corporation $25 million tax ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:16am
Mon Oct 5, 2009

Sun-Times: Does Olympic Loss "Mark The End Of The Daley Era?"

Richard Daley

Over the weekend, the Sun-Times' Fran Spielman summed up the incredible amount of work awaiting Chicago Mayor Richard Daley now that his Olympics obsession has faded:

After spending his political capital on the Olympics at the expense
of higher priorities, the ...

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by Adam Doster
2:33pm
Fri Oct 2, 2009
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Amy Dean On Chicago: "We Need To See More Benefits For Real People"

Olympics

After Chicago lost its bid for the 2016 Olympics, author Amy Dean expressed skepticism that the benefits of the proposed development projects would have ever reached the city's working people.

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by Josh Kalven
11:01am
Sun Sep 13, 2009
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Trib Poll: Daley Approval Rating Hits "All-Time Low"

Richard Daley

Back in April, the SEIU Illinois State Council (which sponsors this website) commissioned a citywide poll and found that only 41 percent of respondents gave Mayor Daley a positive job approval rating, down from 56 percent in a 2006 survey.  Now the Tribune has conducted ...